Music

Jovian Images (2008)
for soprano saxophone and electronic sound

The Music of the Primes (2006)
a live-interactive composition for MIDI hyperinstrument

"Heisenberg" from "God Does Not Play Dice!" (1994)
a live-interactive composition for MIDI hyperinstrument

Strange Attractors & Logarithmic Spirals (2001)
a computer-generated composition

Illuminations (2004)
for alto saxophone and piano

When I Consider the Heavens (2005)
for SSATTB chorus, electronic sound and projected digital images.{ mm. 5-40 }

Not Speaking (1993, rev. 2003)
for soprano saxophone, alto saxophone and vibraphone.

The Butterfly Effect (1996)
a live-interactive composition for MIDI hyperinstrument. { Play }

Degrees of Accuracy (2002)
for trombone and electronic string sounds.

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Annabel Lee (2007) for SATB chorus, a cappella, on a poem by Edgar Allan Poe.

When I Consider the Heavens (2005) for SSATTB chorus, electronic sound and projected digital images, on Psalms 8 and 19, adapted Reginald Bain.

The Bells (1999) for three baritone voices, violin, clarinet, guitar, harpsichord, and two pianos, on a poem by Edgar Allan Poe.

Two Voyagers (1998) for soprano voice, alto voice, and piano, on two poems by Emily Dickinson (Two butterflies went out at noon and The heart asks pleasure first).

Chicago Poems (1997) for soprano voice, clarinet and piano, on three poems by Carl Sandburg.

In Memory of Her (1995) for soprano, chamber orchestra and women’s chorus. On miscellaneous biblical texts adapted by Georgia Ann Weber Bain and Reginald Bain.

woma[e]n (1995) for reciter, soprano, organ, chamber orchestra and women’s chorus. On texts by Cady Stanton, Cooper, Corner, Browning, Eliot, Schussler-Fiorenza, and Walker.

Requiem for a Man on A Wooden Cross (1991) for soprano solo, orchestra and SATB chorus, Northwestern University doctoral dissertation composition.

Chamber Music

Illuminations (2005) for alto saxophone and piano. Available on the Equilibrium label (EQ 77).

Not Speaking (1993, rev. 2003) for soprano saxophone, alto saxophone and vibraphone.

The Echo of His Cry (1994) for saxophone quartet.

Piano Variations (1993) for solo piano.

Is/Ought (1992) for six C or Bb trumpets.

Ite Missa Est (1989) for two alto saxophones and organ.

Sepulchre Masque (1988) for saxophone quartet.

Deus Canticum (1989) for organ.

Four Metaphysical Marriages (1989) for string quartet.

Ornament and Crime (1988) for woodwind quintet.

Serious Actualism (1986) for brass quintet and tape.

From Ritual to Romance (1985) for solo piano.

 

Electronic Music

The Music of the Primes: Of Clocks and Clouds (2005), a live-interactive composition for digital signal processing computer.

On the Horns of Dilemma (2005), a computer-generated composition.

Degrees of Accuracy (2002) for trombone and electronic sound.

Strange Attractors and Logarithmic Spirals (2001), a computer-generated composition.

Sins of the Past (1998) for trumpet and digital signal processing computer, 8’. Reginald Bain, hypertrumpet.

The Butterfly Effect (1996), a live-interactive composition for MIDI hyperinstrument

Where the Sidewalk Ends (1995), a live-interactive composition for digital signal processing computer.

The Language of the Angels (1994), a live-interactive composition for MIDI hyperinstrument.

“God Does Not Play Dice!” (1993), a live-interactive composition for MIDI hyperinstrument.

Retreat from Quiescence (1989), a computer-generated composition and realization of Schrödinger’s wave function in the audio domain.

The Seventh Trumpet (1988) for flugelhorn and tape.

Mirrors in the Mind (1987), a computer-generated composition based on incidental music for William Shakespeare's Macbeth.

 

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Music for the Theatre

As You Like It (1998). Incidental music and original songs for the play by William Shakespeare.

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1997). Incidental music and original songs for the play by William Shakespeare.

Macbeth (1987, rev. 1997). Incidental music for the play by William Shakespeare.

Othello (1995). Incidental music and original songs for the play by William Shakespeare.

Twelfth Night (1992). Incidental music and original songs for the play by William Shakespeare.

King Lear (1992). Incidental music for the play by William Shakespeare.

The Good Woman of Setzuan (1991). Incidental music and original songs for the play by Bertolt Brecht.

The Power and the Glory (1989). Incidental music for the adaptation by Dennis Cannan and Pierre Bost of the Graham Greene novel.

Tartuffe (1989). Incidental music for the play by Molière.

Electra (1985). Incidental music and original songs for the play by Sophocles.

Original Musical Scores

The Way of the Cross (1986). A liturgical drama for soloists, chorus, chamber orchestra and tape, adaptation and lyrics by Reginald F. Bain and Georgia Ann Weber Bain.

Marathon '33 (1983). An original musical score for the play by June Havoc.

 

Liturgical Music

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Music for the Roman Catholic Liturgy - Contemporary Ensemble

May the Angels Take You Into Paradise: A Song of Farewell (2004) for assembly, solo, choir, guitar and keyboard with optional C instrument. Text: In Paradisum; Rev. 21:1-5, adapted.

Deliver Me, Oh God (2003) for assembly, choir, guitar and keyboard. Text: Psalm 40: 10-11, 13-17, adapted.

Marvelous Things (2003) for assembly, solo, choir, guitar and keyboard. Text Psalm 98: 1, 2-3, 4-6, 7-9, adapted.

Wedding Beatitudes (1993) for assembly, solo, choir, guitar and keyboard with optional C instrument and cello. Text Mark 5:3-12, adapted.

In the Presence of Angels (1989) for assembly, solo and keyboard. Text: Psalm 138: 1-2, 7-8, adapted.

Mass of the New Creation (1989) for assembly, solo, choir, guitar and keyboard.