Composition Catalog

2003

Sabbath Bride - J. Diamond, arranged by N. Didkovsky, self-modifying computer score

A process-driven software setting of Jody Diamond’s melody. See http://www.punosmusic.com/pages/sabbathbride/sabbathbride.html

Ice Cream Time, for sax quartet, electric guitar, JMSL/JSyn software, and real-time sampling

Commissioned by ARTE Quartett. Premiered April 11, 2003, Theater Palazzo, Liestal, Switzerland. With Thomas Dimuzio, realtime sampling. See http://www.arte-quartett.com/ice_cream_time.pdf

2002

Tube Mouth Bow String, for string quartet and live electronics

String quartet using four talkboxes and four harmonizer pedals. Commissioned for Sirius String Quartet with support from Meet the Composer, Commissioning Music USA. Premiered June 25, 2002 at Pace University, Alliance for Downtown New York and Delta Present: The Lunch Box Series 2002

Slim in Beaten Dreamers, for brass quintet and percussion

Suite in 15 parts. Commissioned for Meridian Arts Ensemble with support from The Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust. Premiered June 6, 2002 at June In Buffalo Festival.

Zero Waste, for piano and computer-generated score

Composed for Kathleen Supove, Zero Waste continuously transcribes live piano performance, generating a score to be sight-read. Premiered November 11, 2002, Frederick Lowe Theatre, New York University

MachineCore, for electric guitar and computer

Develops software to manipulate electric guitar sound in real-time. Premiered Oct 5, 2002, at The GuitarEvolution Festival, Maison de la Culture, Montreal

2001

The Monkey Farm, for Doctor Nerve, narrator, and computer controlled audio processing

A Music Theatre piece based on stories by CW Vrtacek. Premiered May 4, 2001 at Roulette, NYC

With Valeria Vasilevski (voice) and Bill Moody (ASL interpreter)

Sara’s Wrist Grab, for guitar quartet, electric bass, and drum set

Composed for Sara Hook Dance. To be released in 2003 on CD: Bone, Uses Wrist Grab (Cuneiform Records, Rune 196). With Hugh Hopper on bass and John Roulat on Drums.

Two Healthy Legs

For guitar ensemble, electric bass, and drum set. Premiered at Musique Action Festival, Nancy, France

Foster Wives, Trophy Hair

For guitar ensemble, electric bass, and drum set. See Bone, Sues Wrist Grab for CD release.

To Laugh Uncleanly At The Nurse

Originally for Fred Frith Guitar Quartet, arranged for guitar quartet, electric bass, and drum set. See Bone, Sues Wrist Grab for CD release.

2000

Rama Broom, for piano and voice

Commissioned for piano virtuoso Kathleen Supové. Premiered Nov 20, 2000 at NYU, New York City.

Scratch (computer generated CD’s and live flute with processing)

Premiered by Anne La Berge Aug 19, 2000 Columbus, OH

Composed and programmed in JMSL/JSyn by Nick Didkovsky

1998

Overlife (electric guitar and percussion)

Premiered by Nick Didkovsky and Steven Schick and Malashock Dance Company, at Old Globe Theatre, Balboa Park, San Diego, on Jan 16, 1999

Commissioned by Malashock Dance Company.

No Meat No Belfry (guitar quartet)

Premiered by Fred Frith Guitar Quartet at Bang On A Can Festival, NYC, May 5, 1999

Orion (solo electric guitar)

Premiered at Alvin Ailey School, August 20, 1998

Commissioned by choreographer Sara Hook.

1997

Ereia (string quartet, guitar, bass, drum set, piano, sop. sax, flute, trumpet, bass clarinet)

Premiered by Doctor Nerve and Sirius String Quartet, FIMAV Festival, Victoriaville, QC, May 19, 1997

Commissioned by Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust and The Jerome Foundation with support from Harvestworks and Minnesota Composers Forum

Caught By The Sky With Wire (cello, percussion)

Premiered by Steven Schick/Maya Beiser Project at Walter Reade Theatre, Lincoln Center, NYC, on April 14, 1997

Commissioned by Steven Schick and Maya Beiser.

“Schubert’s Impromptu in Eb Maj, Opus 90 (arr Minsky Popolov)” (MIDI-controlled piano, Java)

Premiered by Nick Didkovsky at The Alternative Schubertiade, American Opera Projects / Downtown Arts Festival, September 12, 1997

Recursive Systems: Pascal’s Triangle (2 trumpet arrangement)

Premiered by Dave Douglas and Rob Henke at The Cooler, 1997

1996

Egil the Skald (guitar quartet)

Premiered by Fred Frith Guitar Quartet during European tour, 1996

We’ll Ask the Questions Around Here (parts 1 & 2) (guitar quartet)

Premiered by Fred Frith Guitar Quartet during European tour, 1996

Moab (guitar quartet)

Recorded on Binky Boy CD

Bubenwagen (guitar quartet)

Recorded on Binky Boy CD

Out To Bomb Fresh Kings (guitar quartet)

Premiered by Fred Frith Guitar Quartet during European tour, 1996

We’ll Ask The Questions Around Here (arr. guitar and two percussionists)

Premiered by Nick Didkovsky, James Pugliese, and Kevin Norton, Gowanus Arts, Oct 6, 1996

I Kick My Hand (gtr, bass, drums)

Premiered by Doctor Nerve during European Tour, 1996

I Kick My Hand (two guitar arrangement)

Premiered by Nick Didkovsky and Mark Stewart, Gowanus Arts, 1996

1995

Their Eyes Bulged With Sparkling Pockets (for chamber orchestra)

Premiered by Crosstown Ensemble at Tribeca Hall, NYC, March 25, 1995

Commissioned by Crosstown Ensemble

Our Soldiers Are Soft Pianos (piano ensemble)

For theatre piece, premiered at Nuyorikan Poets.

Commissioned by Tena Cohen

Ironwood (drum set)

Premiered by Leo Ciesa during Doctor Nerve European tour, 1995

1994

Amalia’s Secret (piano, clarinet, drum set, guitar, bass, cello), 1994

Premiered by Bang On A Can All-Stars, Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, NYC, May 8, 1994

Commissioned by Bang On A Can Festival

To Laugh Uncleanly at the Nurse (guitar quartet)

Premiered by Fred Frith Guitar Quartet during European tour, 1994

She Closes Her Sister with Heavy Bones (guitar quartet)

Premiered by Fred Frith Guitar Quartet during European tour, 1994

Just A Voice That Bothered Him (guitar quartet)

Premiered by Fred Frith Guitar Quartet during European tour, 1994

Antaeus (guitar quartet)

Premiered by Fred Frith Guitar Quartet during European tour, 1994

Did Sprinting Die? (guitar and bass)

Premiered by Nick Didkovsky and Greg Anderson, Knitting Factory, 1994

I Kick My Hand (solo guitar arrangement)

Premiered by Nick Didkovsky at Bang On A Can at The Kitchen, NYC, 1994

Plague (gtr, bass, drums, kbd, sax, trumpet, bass clar)

Performed by Doctor Nerve, premiere unidentified

Don’t Call Too Late My Husband’s A Baker (gtr, bass, drums, kbd, sax, trumpet, bass clar)

Performed by Doctor Nerve, premiere unidentified

Dead Silence (gtr, bass, drums, kbd, sax, trumpet, bass clar)

Performed by Doctor Nerve, premiere unidentified

Take Your Ears As The Bones Of Their Queen (gtr, bass, drums, kbd, sax, trumpet, bass clar)

Performed by Doctor Nerve, premiere unidentified

1993

The Ballad of Dean Mellberg (gtr, sax, drum set)

Premiered by Ankle To Nose, bOb, Feb 1993

Eyes Bigger Than Her Forehead (gtr, sax, drum set)

Premiered by Ankle To Nose, bOb, Feb 1993

Preaching to the Converted (gtr, bass, drums, kbd, sax, trumpet, bass clar)

Performed by Doctor Nerve, premiere unidentified

Little Jonny Stinkypants (gtr, bass, drums, kbd, sax, trumpet, bass clar)

Performed by Doctor Nerve, premiere unidentified

1992

Four Gestures for Ebow and Slide (guitar quartet)

Premiered by Fred Frith Guitar Quartet at Bang On A Can Festival, NYC, 1992

The Shameful Stain (gtr, bass, drums, kbd, sax, trumpet, bass clar)

Performed by Doctor Nerve, premiere unidentified

Recursive Systems, Part 1: Towers of Hanoi (drum set)

Recursive Systems, Part 2: Pascal’s Triangle (piano or marimba)

Premiered by Kevin Norton at Roulette, NYC, 1992

Commissioned by Kevin Norton

1991

Black Iris Deconstruction (guitar quartet)

Premiered by Fred Frith Guitar Quartet at Saalfelden Festival, Austria, August 1991

In His Feet Were Burned Because of Many Waters (guitar, vibraphone, bass, drum set)

Premiered by Doctor Nerve at FIMAV Festival, Victoriaville, QC, Oct 1991

They Were As If They Also Which Pierced Him (gtr, bass, drum set)

Premiered by Doctor Nerve at FIMAV Festival, Victoriaville, QC, Oct 1991

Beta 14 ok (gtr, trumpet, sax)

Premiered by Doctor Nerve during European Tour, 1991

Three Curiously Insubstantial Duets (guitar, sax)

Premiered by Nick Didkovsky and Yves Duboin, Munich, Germany, 1991

Slippers of Steel (two instrumental performers and two networked computers)

Premiered by Nick Didkovsky and Larry Polansky, Rollins Chapel, Dartmouth College, May 1991

Fast Fourier Fugue (computer solo)

Premiered by Nick Didkovsky at Experimental Intermedia Foundation, 1991

Splinter (gtr, bass, drums, kbd, sax, trumpet, bass clar)

Performed by Doctor Nerve, premiere unidentified

Armed Observation (gtr, bass, drums, kbd, sax, trumpet, bass clar)

Performed by Doctor Nerve, premiere unidentified

Trash (gtr, bass, drums, kbd, sax, trumpet, bass clar)

Performed by Doctor Nerve, premiere unidentified

Our Soldiers Are Soft As Babies, and They Squander Their Stipends A-Whoring (gtr, bass, drums, kbd, sax, trumpet, bass clar)

Performed by Doctor Nerve, premiere unidentified

1990

Pain Waits Until 5pm (gtr, bass, drums, kbd, sax, trumpet, bass clar)

Performed by Doctor Nerve, premiere unidentified

Phoneme Music (for gamelan, voices, and computer)

Premiered by Gamelan Son Of Lion, Greenwich House Music School, 1990

Commissioned by Gamelan Son of Lion and Meet The Composer

Lottery (any number of performers and computer network)

Premiered by Nick Didkovsky, Larry Polansky, Robert Marsanyi, and Phil Burk at Mills College Center for Contemporary Music, April 1, 1990

Commissioned by Mills CCM / residency

Phoneme Music (for gamelan , voices, computer voice synthesis)

Premiered by Gamelan Son Of Lion, Greenwich House Music School, 1990

Commissioned by Gamelan Son of Lion and Meet The Composer

Rainy Day Markov Chains (two performers, one with MIDI instrument)

Premiered by Anne La Berge and Nick Didkovsky, Stichting Logos, 1990

Fourier Music (solo performer with MIDI instrument and computer)

Premiered by Anne La Berge and Nick Didkovsky, Stichting Logos, 1990

1989

Black Iris (guitar quartet)

Premiered by Fred Frith Guitar Quartet at Alternative Museum , NYC, May 1989

MetaMusic/MetaText (5 instrumental performers, voice, computer voice synthesis and MIDI piano)

Premiered by Downtown Ensemble at Greenwich House Music School, 1989

Nerveware No. 1 (gtr, bass, drums, kbd, sax, trumpet, bass clar)

Performed by Doctor Nerve, premiere unidentified

Nerveware No. 2 (gtr, bass, drums, kbd, sax, trumpet, bass clar)

Performed by Doctor Nerve, premiere unidentified

Nerveware No. 3 (gtr, bass, drums, kbd, sax, trumpet, bass clar)

Performed by Doctor Nerve, premiere unidentified

Nerveware No. 8 (gtr, bass, drums, kbd, sax, trumpet, bass clar)

Performed by Doctor Nerve, premiere unidentified

1986

Don’t Be A Hog (Gamelan orchestra)

Premiered by Gamelan Son of Lion, First Indonesian Gamelan Festival, Expo 86, Vancouver, BC

Wir Sind Dickhauter (gtr, bass, drums, kbd, sax, trumpet, bass clar)

Performed by Doctor Nerve, premiere unidentified

“That is when they start to have their own way that is when they start to get out of hand”

(gtr, bass, drums, kbd, sax, trumpet, bass clar)

Performed by Doctor Nerve, premiere unidentified

Not Everyone’s As Rich As Your Parents (gtr, bass, drums, kbd, sax, trumpet, bass clar)

Performed by Doctor Nerve, premiere unidentified

1985

Phase 10 (Gamelan orchestra)

Premiered by Gamelan Son Of Lion at St Mark's Church, NYC

Sister Cancer Brother Dollar (gtr, bass, drums, kbd, sax, trumpet, bass clar)

Performed by Doctor Nerve, premiere unidentified

I Am Not Dumb Now (gtr, bass, drums, kbd, sax, trumpet, bass clar)

Performed by Doctor Nerve, premiere unidentified

1984

Unna (gtr, bass, drums, kbd, sax, trumpet, bass clar)

Performed by Doctor Nerve, premiere unidentified

Mister Stiff Fries A Dozen (gtr, bass, drums, kbd, sax, trumpet, bass clar)

Performed by Doctor Nerve, premiere unidentified

1983

Mink Shadows (gtr, bass, drums, kbd, sax, trumpet, bass clar)

Performed by Doctor Nerve, premiere unidentified

Spy Pie (gtr, bass, drums, kbd, sax, trumpet, bass clar)

Performed by Doctor Nerve, premiere unidentified

Doctor Nerve (gtr, bass, drums, kbd, sax, trumpet, bass clar)

Performed by Doctor Nerve, premiere unidentified

Out to Bomb Fresh Kings (gtr, bass, drums, kbd, sax, trumpet, bass clar)

Performed by Doctor Nerve, premiere unidentified

1981

Spy Boy (gtr, bass, drums, kbd, sax, trumpet, bass clar)

Performed by Doctor Nerve, premiere unidentified

Nothing You Can Do Hurt Me (gtr, bass, drums, kbd, sax, trumpet, bass clar)

Performed by Doctor Nerve, premiere unidentified

A Hammer In His Hand (gtr, bass, drums, kbd, sax, trumpet, bass clar)

Performed by Doctor Nerve, premiere unidentified

All works copyright Didkovsky/Punos Music (BMI)