Aaron CASSIDY

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from The Misprision of Transparency (2001)

 

chronological listing  2010.09   2008.7    2006.04   2003   2002   2001.00   1999.97

listing by instrumental forces  solo   chamber   ensemble

MP3 excerpts are provided only as samples.  Full-length recordings and scores of all works are available by contacting mail [at] aaroncassidy.com.

   
 

strings

The Pleats of Matter (2007)

[ solo electric guitar with three outputs (electromagnetic pick-up/piezo pick-up/condenser microphone) and digital/analog processing ] 

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The Crutch of Memory (2004)

[ indeterminate solo string instrument ]

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"the green is where" alternative version (2004)

[ solo violin ] 

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“the green is where” (2002)

[ solo violin ]

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The Misprision of Transparency (2001)

[ 26 fascicles for solo viola d'amore with optional amplification ]

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winds

memento / memorial (2010)

[ solo oboe ] 

For Peter Veale & Ensemble SurPlus, in memory of James Avery. 

“the green is or” (2002-3)

[ solo oboe ] 

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asphyxia (2000)

[ solo soprano saxophone ]

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Metallic Dust (1999)

[ solo amplified bass clarinet ]

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brass

Because they mark the zone where the force is in the process of striking (or, Second Study for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion)  (2008)

[ solo trombone ] 

For Ben Marks. 

World premiere:  Ben Marks (ELISION), Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Huddersfield, UK, November 2009.

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What then renders these forces visible is a strange smile (or, First Study for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion) (2008)

[ solo trumpet ] 

For Tristram Williams. 

World premiere:  Tristram Williams (ELISION), Cassidy Portrait Concert & Broadcast, ABC Ferry Road Studios, Brisbane, Australia, July 2008.

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songs only as sad as their listener (2006)

[ solo trombone with wispa mute ] 

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keyboard

l.d._ p.c. (t.c.h.) (2010)

[ solo piano ]  On Schumann's A.S.C.H. - S.C.H.A.

Commissioned by Benjamin Binder for his Schumann Nouveau Carnaval project.  To be recorded, 2010-11.

ten monophonic miniatures for solo pianist (2002-3)

[ solo piano with extensive amplification of keys and fingers ]

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voice

I, purples, spat blood, laugh of beautiful lips (2004-06)

[ solo voice (with live, computer-generated pitch material) ] 

On texts by Christian Bök (“Voile,” from Eunoia), Arthur Rimbaud (“Voyelles”), and an anonymous Rimbaud translation (“Vowels”).

Technical assistant: Brett Masteller.

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site  updated:  30 January 2010