Frank Stemper
M U S I C
The opening of Isolated Criterion No. 4 for violin solo
Chamber Music
The Sensation of Waking
(2011)
for Baritone, flute/piccolo, clarinet/bass clarinet, trumpet,
violin, cello, c. bass and piano
original poetry by the composer
Le Maître Du Marteau
(2009)
for Accordion and Eight Instruments [10']
flute, clarinet, bass Clarinet, alto saxopnhone, horn, tuba, piano and percussion
1963
(2009)
soprano, flute/picc, clarinet/bscl, violin, cello, piano, percussion [11'30"]
Isolated Criteria
(2008)
Solos for True String Quartet [22’]
Isolated Criterion No. 1
(for solo 'cello) [5'55"]
Isolated Criterion No. 2
(for solo viola) [5'32"]
Isolated Criterion No. 3
(for solo c. bass) [5'27"]
Isolated Criterion No. 4
(for solo violin) [5'30"]
Commissioned by the California Music Center for
the 2008 Klein Internation String Competition
in San Francisco
String Trio
(2008)
Violin, viola and 'cello - 3 Movements [16’]
KG's Supper Club
(2008)
for piano trio - piano,c.bass and drumset [12'38"]
Three Pieces for Clarinet and Piano (2006)
Bb Clarinet and piano - 3 Movements [10’]
Rope: Two Variations on a Bad Seed (2005)
I. Bad Seed
II. Lament Into Madness
for alto saxophone, violoncello and piano [c.16']
PROGRAM NOTES
Trio Politic
(2005)
I. Greed
II. Contempt
III. Nepotism
for viola, cello and piano [c.15']
(also scored for clarinet, cello and piano)
PROGRAM NOTES
A Love Imagined
(2005)
Song Cycle - Eight Songs from Ten Poems by Herbert Scott
for high voice and piano [52’ total]
I. November [6' 18"]
2. In a Field of Sunlight [2 '41"]
3. Night Walking [5' 43"]
4. Snowstorm on Mozart's Birthday [10' 50"]
5. Mother at the Mirror, 1939 [9' 40"]
Invocation
6. The Song the Burnt Child Sings [7' 25"]
Rain After Midnight
7. Poem (for Shirley) [6' 04"]
8. Evening, Milking [6' 49"]
(Seven) Separate Ways
(2004)
oboe, clarinet, bassoon, violin, cello, piano and perc. [15’]
Commissioned by The Archaeus Ensemble of Romania
Dedicated to Andrew Imbrie
PROGRAM NOTES
Easy Mad
(2002)
for clarinet and alto saxophone [6']
Toot tooT (2002)
for trumpet, trombone, piano [14’44”]
PROGRAM NOTES
Rock Bottom (2001)
for viola and piano [11’25”]
Bind
(2001)
for flute and piano [29’]
I. Intelligent and Beautiful
II. Ruby
III. One Was Larger
So It Goes
(1999)
for clarinet, trumpet, piano and percussion [ 9’ ]
So It Goes (and Goes)
(2003)
Re-composition for the above with flute and trombone [9’12”]
for the Catalyst Ensemble in Haddersfield, England
PROGRAM NOTES
Hope
(1996)
for viola and ‘cello duet [9”]
for Cynthia Fogg and Tom Flaherty
PROGRAM NOTES
Modern Rituals
for a Primitive Society
(1994)
for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, violin, cello, piano and perc. [15’]
Commissioned by the Archaeous Ensemble, of Romania
PROGRAM NOTES
Home Again
(1991-92)
for brass trio [8’]
Viktorsberg
(1991)
for viola and 'cello duet in 5 movements [12’]
Ever Since That Day
(1989-90)
for two pianos [13’]
Commissioned by “Delphin and Romain - Duo Pianits ”
Remembering Fire
(1990)
for soprano, violin, bs. clarinet, and piano and perc [14’]
Poetry by Rodney Jones.
Commissioned by EARPLAY of San Francisco.
ORDER
Some Things
(1988)
for flute, clar., violin, cello and piano [13’]
Commissioned by SYNCHRONIA of St. Louis
Second Diary
(1986)
for clarinet and piano [9’]
alternate version for alto sax and piano
My Breakfast With Ronald
(1985)
for soprano, clarinet and piano [6’]
Poetry by Kevin Lynch.
Dreams
(1984)
for woodwind quintet [14’]
Premiered in 1987 by the Quintette Concorde at the American Library in Bucharest, Romania.
American Premiere 1989 by the Sylvan Winds
Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York City.
ORDER
Chameleon
(1984)
for clarinet, string trio and piano [15’]
Premiered and Recorded by the Almont Ensemble in Los Angeles
ORDER
Double Wind Trio
(1983)
for oboe, bassoon and piano [6’]
Premiered by the Aulos Trio in 1983, in Carbondale, IL
ORDER
String Quartet
(1982)
for string quartet [15’]
Written under support of the George Ladd Prix de Paris.
Premiered in 1988 by the Paducah Symphony String Quartet
ORDER
Humble Cake
(1977)
for flute, clar., bs. clar., violin and cello [9’]
Premiered in 1978 at SUNY - Stony Brook. Also performed in New York City, Vancouver and San Francisco
Computer Music
Agua
(2011)
Wind Band and Electronics [7.5']
2304: Between the Alley and the Shorewood Sanitarium
(2003)
for alto saxophone and digital audio [15’]
Premiered by Danté Bazúa in Chihuahua, Mexico; American Premiere by Todd Rewoldt.
PROGRAM NOTES
Panic 2000
(1999)
for solo percussionist digital audio [13’]
Premiered and recorded in 2000 by Kevin Lucas at the Vladmir Ussachevsky Computer Music Festival in Los Angeles
PROGRAM NOTES
Sounds for the Gallery Reception
(2000)
Sonic installation for singer, alto sax and synthesizer
with MIDI sequencers , processors, samplers and 4 channel sound diffusion [105’]
Commissioned by the Southern Illinois University at Carbondale School of Art and Design.
Premiered by Rita Warford - singer, Todd Rewoldt - alto saxophone
and Frank Stemper - computer.
Rural American Sound Bytes
(1994)
Sonic Installation in 35 movements for Computer, synthesizers, samplers and
processors
with live sampled audience interaction [7 hours]
MIDI sequenced playback, using quickly edited and
processed samples of the ever changing audience as the entire "Electronic Orchestra."
Supported, in part, by a RAP Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
ORDER
Riding the Wind
(1994)
for jazz musician with Computer, synthesizers, samplers and processors [29.5’]
Commissioned by the Carbondale Bureau of Tourism; premiered in 1994.
ORDER
Electric Music No. 1
(1979)
Stereo FM synthesis
realized on the Moog Synthesizer [ 4.5' ]
premiered in 1979 in Berkeley, California
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