Brian Mark: Selected List of Works Large Ensemble Construction STILL in Process… (2016) 6’ Flute, oboe/english horn, clarinet, alto saxophone, bassoon, horn in F, trumpet, trombone, 2 percussion, piano, 2 violins, viola, violoncello, contrabass Written for the Bang on a Can Summer Festival Premiered at the 2016 Bang on a Can Summer Fesitval at MASS MoCA (North Adams, MA) Seascape (2014) 6’30 Atlas Ensemble (flute/alto flute/shakuhachi, oboe/english horn, clarinet/bass clarinet, alto saxophone/sho, duduk, sarangi, qanun, zheng, sheng, kemence, percussion (2 players), harp, violin, viola, violoncello, contrabass) Written for the 2014 Atlas Ensemble Composers’ Competition Premiered 9/7/15 by the Atlas Ensemble at the Muziekgebouw aan't 1J in Amsterdam, Netherlands Sliding Doors (2017 revision, orchestrated from 2007 piano work) 8-9’ Full Symphony Orchestra (3-3-3-3, 4-3-3-1, timpani, 2 perc, harp, piano, strings) Reading with the Royal Academy Symphony Orchestra on 2/6/14 A Eulogy to Words (2012) 10’ Chamber Orchestra (1-1-1-1, hn, pno, hp, 2,2,2,2,1), tape, and pre-recorded electronics Written for the Royal Academy of Music Composers Platform Premiered 11/21/12 at the Royal Academy of Music (London, UK) The Persistence of Time (2009) 12’30 Full Symphony Orchestra (3-3-3-3, 4-3-3-1, timpani, 3 perc, harp, piano, strings) Commissioned by the Chelsea Symphony Premiered 9/26/09 at St. Paul’s Church (New York, NY) Received honorable mention from the 2015 American Prize in Orchestral Composition
Six Degrees for Strings (2006) 13’ String Orchestra (5,5,5,4,2) Written for the San Francisco Conservatory Performers Premiered 4/29/05 at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (San Francisco, CA) Awarded the 2008 ASCAP/SCI Student Commission Competition Prize
7-15 Players “First they Came…” (2018) 8’ Text: Martin Niemöller For Vocal Quartet (Soprano, Alto, Baritone, Bass) and String Trio Premiered 7/5/18 at the 2018 Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium Vocal Fellows Program at the University of Oregon. Conducted by Dawn Sonntag. My Starry Night (2015) 6’ For the MikroEnsemble (quarter-tone flute, quartertone clarinet, quarter-tone accordion, quarter-tone guitar, quarter-tone piano, violin, cello). Premiered at the 2nd International Pasimusic Festival, Kuopio Music Centre in Kuopio, Finland, on 10/4/15. the Facts they deserve to know (2010, 2013 revision) 8’ Chamber Ensemble (1-0-1-0, hn, 2,1,1,1), tape, and pre-recorded electronics Written for the DETOUR Election Music Concert in NYC (10/3/10) Revision premiered with NonClassical at the Limewarf (9/20/13, London, UK Electronic version released on highSCORE New Music Center Record Label (May 2013) Construction in Process… (2010) 6’30 flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, viola, & violoncello Written for the DETOUR New Music Ensemble Premiered 1/20/11 at Galapagos Art Space (Brooklyn, NY) Cityscape (2005) 6’20 Chamber Ensemble: (1-1-2-0, 1-1-1-0, piano, 2 perc, 2-1-1-1) Written for the San Francisco Conservatory New Music Ensemble Premiered 3/12/05 at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (San Francisco, CA)
3-6 Players Harlem (A Dream Deferred) (2019) 7’ Text: Langston Hughes soprano voice, violin, horn in F, piano Commissioned by the Astoria Music Project Premiere 02/09/19 at the Astoria Music Project (Queens, NY) Several Circles (2017) 8’30 clarinet quintet (Eb Clarinet, 3 Clarinets in Bb, Bass Clarinet) Commissioned by the 10th & Broadway Ensemble Premiered 01/28/17 at Music Institute of Chicago (Evanston, Il) We Interrupt this Broadcast 1936-‘69 (2013) 11’30 flute, clarinet, piano, violin, tape, and pre-recorded electronics Commissioned by the “i equals u” Festival Premiered 09/13/13 at Guests Projects Residency (London, UK) the 12 other Disciples (2012) 8’ viola, accordion, piano, percussion, and delay pedal Written for the “twelve 12 12” Project Premiered 12/12/12 at The Forge, Camden (London, UK) Night with Her Train of Stars (2009) 7’30 harp, percussion, violin, and clarinet Commissioned by Michelle Gott Premiered 5/19/09 at the Juilliard School of Music (New York, NY) Sirens (2007) 6’ 2 violins and viola Written for the Bowdoin International Music Festival Premiered 8/2/07 at the Bowdoin Festival (Brunswick, ME) String Quartet No. 2 (2005) 12’ I. Untitled II. San Francisco Fog III. Dance Written for the California Summer Music Festival Premiered 11/12/05 at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (San Francisco, CA)
Duo By Looking Down, I See Up (2018) 10’ violin, contrabass Commissioned by Cody Takács Premiered 4/15/18 at Podium Vocale, The Hague, Netherlands Breathe (2017) 10’30 2 pianos, narration, and sound design Commissioned by the American Composers Forum with funds provided by the Jerome Foundation Premiered 1/26/17 at the Yamaha Piano Salon (New York, NY) Lucid Dreaming (2015) 14’ flute, violoncello, and 2 digital delay pedals Commissioned by the Marsyas Trio Recorded 6/30/17 at LSO St. Luke’s, London, UK Flow (2009) 5’ 2 acoustic guitars Written for Dither Quartet Premiered 7/30/09 at First Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn Heights (Brooklyn, NY)
Solo Invocation (2017) 5’ solo percussion, delay pedal, and sound design Commissioned by Tim Williams as part of Psaphha Ensemble’s “Composing for Percussion Scheme” Recorded 05/06/17 at St. Michaels, Manchester, UK Frozen in Ecstasy (2015) 3’ piano Based on Chopin’s Prelude in E Major; Opus 28. No. 9 in celebration of David Conte’s 60th Birthday Celebration
towers, beautiful, mourning, Tuesday (2013) 13’ viola, delay pedal, and sound design Commissioned by Glen Donnelly Premiered 8/04/13 at the London Contemporary Music Festival (London, UK) Sublime Oasis (2012) 9’ (also a Dance work) accordion, delay pedal, and pre-recorded electronics Commissioned by the East London Dance Company and the Spitalfields Music Festival Choreographed by Leila McMillan Premiered 6/23/12 at the Spitalfields Hidden Gems Dance Festival (London, UK) Chaos Control (2012) 12’30 I. Control II. Chaos solo marimba Commissioned by Laura Jordan Premiered 5/11/12 at Fort Washington Collegiate Church (New York, NY) Fantasia on a Lament (2011) 7’ oboe and delay pedal Commissioned by the Spitalfields Music Festival Premiered 12/14/11 at Spitalfieds In the House Music Festival (London, UK La Voix du Dauphin (2008) 5’ flute Written for the 2008 European American Musical Alliance Program Premiered 7/28/08 at L’Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris (Paris, France Sliding Doors (2007) 6’30 piano Written for the 2007 San Francisco New Keys Festival Premiered 12/16/07 at Mills College (Oakland, CA) Still Debussy (2006) 7’30 piano Written for the 2006 San Francisco New Keys Festival Premiered 4/8/06 at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (San Francisco, CA)
Limberlost (2006) 7’30 harp Written for the 2006 Bowdoin International Music Festival Premiered 4/8/06 at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (San Francisco, CA)
Chorus Love (2014) 4’ Text: Sarah Flower Adams SATB Choir (divisi), a cappella Written for the 2014 Voices of London Festival Nicola Dando Choral Composition Prize Pending publication with G. Schirmer Chorale Series Ecce nunc benedicite Dominum (2012) 7’30 Text: Psalm 134 (Latin Vulgate) SATB Choir (divisi), a cappella Commissioned by the Royal Academy Chamber Choir Premiered 9/2/12 at Neresheim Abbey, Germany (Neresheim, Germany) 2014 American Prize in Choral Composition Finalist 2013 American Prize in Choral Composition Finalist Prayer of St. Teresa (2006) 5’15 Text: St. Teresa, Translation: Henry Wadsworth SATB Choir (divisi) with solo, a cappella Written for the 5th Bi-Annual San Francisco Conservatory Choral Composition Premiered 4/8/06 at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (San Francisco, CA Awarded 1st prize from the SF Conservatory 5th Bi-Annual Choral Composition Competition (2006) Awarded 2nd prize from the New London Singers Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Choral Competition (2012)
Vocal Fire and Ice (2007) 3’ Text: Robert Frost alto vocalist, flute, and piano Written for 2007 Friends of Freie Composition Program Premiered 7/11/07 at Akademie der Künste (Berlin, Germany)
there are so many tictoc (2005) 3’ Text: e.e. cummings soprano vocalist, piano Written for 5th Annual San Francisco Conservatory Art Song Competition Premiered 4/1/05 at the San Francisco Conservatory (San Francisco, UK The Snow Globe (2001) 4’30 Text: Howard Nemerov soprano vocalist, piano Premiered 12/11/01 at the Longy School of Music (Cambridge, MA)
Electronic the Facts they deserve to know (2010) 8’ Written for DETOUR’s Election Music concert in NYC. Premiered 10/3/10 at The Tank (New York, NY) Released on highSCORE New Music Center Record Label (May 2013) 6 ½ Magic Hours (2010) 11’30 Written for DETOUR’s Music for the Prelinger Archives Concert in NYC Premiered 3/20/10 at The Gershwin Hotel (New York, NY)
Arrangements Our Material World: 3 Madonna Ballads (2012) 21’ I. Frozen (Ciccone/Leonard, 1998) II. Oh Father/Live to Tell (Ciccone, Leonard, 1986, 1989) III. Beautiful Stranger (Ciccone/Orbit, 1999; Flute Solo based on Emma Fowler’s improvisation) SATB (divisi), a cappella, flute, and harp Commissioned by Choral Chameleon Premiered 4/1/12 at the Lyre Book Lush concert at John Street United Methodist Church (New York, NY) Madonna’s Like A Virgin (Steinberg/Kelly, 1984) (2009) 4’30 cabaret soprano, accordion, flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, 2 violins, viola, violoncello, contrabass Arranged for Huxley Vertical Cabaret Nouveau Premiered 9/5/09 at the Sidewalk Café (New York, NY)
Dance Sublime Oasis (2012) 9’ (also a solo work for accordion) accordion, delay pedal, and pre-recorded electronics Commissioned by the East London Dance Company and the Spitalfields Music Festival Choreographed by Leila McMillan Premiered at 6/23/12 Spitalfields Hidden Gems Dance Festival (London, (UK)
Big Band Café au Lait (2003) 3’ Written for the Paramount Studios Union Session Players Premiered at Paramount Studios in November of 2002 (Hollywood, CA)
Film Music Misunderstood (2009) (Independent Short) 15’ Directed by Pablo Herran de Viu Premiered 12/1/09 at the 2009 Screen Loud Film Festival (New York, NY) The List: 2001-2002 Most Influential Names in Figure Skating (2002) (Documentary) 15’30 Directed by Emmy-Award Winning Cinematographer Adam Starr Premiered (6/6/02) at Loews 34th Street Movie Theatre (New York, NY)