COMPOSITIONS OF DENMAN MARONEY

Canalisation with Ben Miller
Duo Improvisations with Frantz Loriot, Viola 4-29-2011
Solo at Domicil, Dortmund, Germany 6-30-2010
Selonica
Sombriety
Sank Sea Set
See Set Wheat
Curl
Lattice
One Off, or Two
Claudius Smith
Claudius Smith, Gamelan Version
In Eden, I (rev.)
Udentity
Gamelan Around
Jackson's Whites
Fowler's Blues
Undertones
Gaga
Frogs
Kilter
MC
Double You
In Eden, I
The Sea of Chairs (rev.)
Jug
Fluxations
Music for Words, Perhaps
Pulse Field
Flux Time
UnCaged Bacchanale
Air Condition
Off Centerpiece
Mean Times
Two Times
The Sea of Chairs
Holocaust Masque
Coming Apart
HIM
Chthonia
Pianoology
Red Sky
Clash of Times
Matter of Fact
Electra-cution, or, You're Under Orestes
Every Day
A Thought Revolved
I'm Yours
Music for Unprepared Piano
Blip
Temporal Mass
More/Less
Detach & Retain
Social Security

  

One Off, or Two ('10)

for alto sax, piano, bass and drums

 

CSClaudius Smith ('09)

for soprano, alto, tenor, piano, bass, and drums
Video by Lisa Karrer
premiered by Sheila Schonbrun (s), Lisa Karrer (a), composer (pno), David Simons (dr)
at Garnerville Dye Works Gallery, Garnerville, NY 10/24/09
Performed by Megan Schubert (s), Lisa Karrer (a), composer (pno), David Simons (dr), Ratzo B. Harris (cb)
at Dixon Place, New York NY 4 Apr. 12
 
Watch the Video of the April 4, 2012 performance at Dixon Place
 

CSClaudius Smith, Gamelan Version ('09)

For soprano, alto and gamelan
premiered by
Sheila Schonbrun (s)
Lisa Karrer (a)
Gamelan Son of Lion
at Queensboro Community College, New York NY 2/24/10

IEI

In Eden, I ('02, rev. '08)

for mezzo-soprano, alto, tenor, piano and drums
premiered by
Sheila Schonbrun (m-s)
Lisa Karrer (a)
composer (pno)
David Simons (dr)
at Pomona Cultural Center, Pomona NY 5/16/09

U

Udentity ('07)

for reeds, trumpet, piano, bass and drums
premiered by
Ned Rothenberg (reeds)
Dave Ballou (tpt)
composer (hyperpiano)
Reuben Radding (cb)
Michael Sarin (dr)
at An Die Musik Live, Baltimore MD, 11/3/07
Recorded for Clean Feed CD 137 Udentity (’09)
 
3:00 excerpt
 

GA

Gamelan Around ('07)

for Gamelan Son of Lion
premiered by Gamelan Son of Lion
at Construction Company, NYC, 5/18/07
recorded by Gamelan Son of Lion for Innova CD 718 Sonogram ('09)
 
1:00 excerpt
 

JW

Jackson's Whites ('06)

for mezzo-soprano, alto, tenor, piano and drums
premiered by
Sheila Schonbrun (m-s)
Lisa Karrer (a)
composer (pno)
David Simons (dr)
at Rockland Center for the Arts, W. Nyack NY, 11/11/06

Unreleased studio recording

FB

Fowler's Blues ('06)

for bass clarinet, drums, piano and bass
premiered by
Ned Rothenberg (reeds)
Dave Ballou (tpt)
composer (hyperpiano)
Reuben Radding (cb)
Michael Sarin (dr)
at Roulette (Location One), NYC, 4/26/06
Recorded for Nuscope Records CD 1020 Gaga (’08)
 
1:00 excerpt
 

UT

Undertones ('05)

for big band (17-piece jazz ensemble)

GAGA

Gaga ('04)

for soprano saxophone, percussion, keyboard, and bass
premiered by
Steve Silverstein (s sax)
David Simons (perc)
composer (kb)
Mark Steven Brooks (bass)
at Garnerville Art Gallery, Garnerville NY 10/24/04
recorded by
Ned Rothenberg (s sax)
composer (pno)
Reuben Radding (cb)
Michael Sarin (dr)
for Nuscope Records CD 1020 Gaga (’08)

1:00 excerpt

FROGS

Frogs ('04)

for trumpet, piano and bass
premiered by
Herb Robertson (tpt)
Mark Dresser (cb)
composer (pno)
at The Stone '04
Recorded by
Ned Rothenberg (a sax)
composer (pno)
Reuben Radding (cb)
Michael Sarin (dr)
for Nuscope Records CD 1020 Gaga (’08)
 
1:00 excerpt
 

K

Kilter (’04)

for piano, bass and drums
premiered by composer (pno)
Mark Dresser (cb)
Michael Sarin (perc)
at Tonic, NYC 1/3/04
recorded for Cryptogramophone CD CG124 Time Changes
recorded by
Ned Rothenberg (a sax)
composer (pno)
Reuben Radding (cb)
Michael Sarin (dr)
for Nuscope Records CD 1020 Gaga (’08)

1:00 excerpt

MC

MC (’02)

for piano, bass and flute
premiered by
composer (pno)
Mark Dresser (cb)
Matthias Ziegler (fl)
at The Loft, Cologne, Germany, 11/12/02
recorded by
composer (pno)
Mark Dresser (cb)
Michael Sarin (perc)
Alexandra Montano (voice)
for Cryptogramophone CD CG124 Time Changes
 
1:00 excerpt
 

DY

Double You (’02)

for piano, bass and flute
premiered by
composer (pno)
Mark Dresser (cb)
Matthias Ziegler (fl)
at The Loft, Cologne, Germany, 11/12/02
recorded by
composer (pno)
Mark Dresser (cb)
Michael Sarin (perc)
Alexandra Montano (voice)
for Cryptogramophone CD CG124 Time Changes
 
1:00 excerpt
 

IEIO

In Eden, I (’02)

for flute, horn, tuba, percussion, guitar, soprano, tenor, piano, erhu and cello
text by J.A. Lindon
premiered by
Hazel Leach (fl)
Stephen Morley (hn)
Carl Ludwig Hübsch (tba)
Heinz Geisser (perc)
Rez Abbasi (gtr)
Amy X Neuberg (s)
Composer (t)
Ursel Schlicht (pno)
Rongchun Zhao (erhu)
Raul Rothblatt (vc)
at Music Omi, Omi, NY, 8/17/02

TSOCN

The Sea of Chairs (’02)

for voice and two pianos
lyric by Jack Aguerros
premiered by
Composer and Ursel Schlicht
at Greenwich House Music School, NYC 1/24/02
Duration 9:50
 

JUG

Jug  (’01)

for alto sax,  piano, bass, and drums
recorded by
Ned Rothenberg (alto sax) and Composer (pno)
for CIMP CD 248 Tools of the Trade (’01)
recorded by
Ned Rothenberg (s sax)
composer (pno)
Reuben Radding (cb)
Michael Sarin (dr)
for Nuscope Records CD 1020 Gaga (’08)
 
1:00 excerpt
 

FLUXA

Fluxations ('00)

for bass clarinet, alto saxophone, trumpet, piano, bass, drums and vibraphone
premiered by
Ned Rothenberg (bass cl and alto sax)
Dave Ballou (tpt)
composer (pno)
Mark Dresser (cb)
Kevin Norton (perc)
at Merkin Concert Hall, NYC 1/11/01
recorded for New World CD 80607-02 Fluxations ('02)
 
1:00 excerpt
 

MFWP

Music for Words, Perhaps

Ten Songs for Voice and Piano Set to Poems by W.B. Yeats
premiered by composer and Sheila Schonbrun
at Greenwich House Music School, NYC 10/14/99
recorded by 
Theo Bleckmann
composer
for Innova CD 717 Music for Words, Perhaps ('10)

1:00 excerpt

PF

Pulse Field ('99)

originally for flute, piano and bass
recorded by
composer 
Earl Howard
for Erstwhile CD 003 Fire Song ('99)
recorded by
Matthias Ziegler (fl)
composer (hyperpiano)
Mark Dresser (cb)
for Cryptogramophone CD CG111 Aquifer ('03)
 
1:00 excerpt
 

recorded by
 composer (hyperpiano)
Mark Dresser (cb)
Michael Sarin (dr)
for Cryptogramophone CD CG124 Time Changes ('05)
FT

Flux Time (’98)
Artemisia (’98)
On the Contrary ('98)

for piano
premiered by composer at Greenwich House Music School, New York NY 10/14/99
recorded for Mon$ey Music CD Hyperpiano ('98)
 
1:00 excerpt (On the Contrary)
 

UCB

UnCaged Bacchanale ( ‘96)

for piano
premiered by composer 
at Knitting Factory What is Jazz? Festival, New York NY 6/29/96
recorded by
composer 
for Erstwhile Records CD 003 Fire Song ('99)
 
1:00 excerpt
 

AC

Air Condition (‘96)

for piano
premiered by composer 
at Knitting Factory What is Jazz? Festival, New York NY 6/29/96
recorded in concert
at Miyagi Prefectural Museum in Sendai, Japan, May 2002
Duration 8:30

OC

Off Centerpiece ('96)

ffor piano
studio recording
duration 10:26

 

MT

Mean Times (’95)

for tenor saxophone, trumpet, piano, bass, and drums
premiered by
Ellery Eskelin (tenor sax)
Herb Robertson (tpt)
composer (pno)
Mark Dresser (cb)
Phil Haynes (dr)
at Knitting Factory, New York NY 4/11/95

TT

Two Times (‘93)

for trumpet, voice, piano, bass and drums
commissioned by Roulette Intermedium
funded by New York State Council on the Arts
premiered by
Dave Douglas (tpt)
Theo Bleckmann (v)
composer (pno)
Mark Dresser (cb)
Phil Haynes (dr)
at Roulette, New York NY 3/19/93

TSOCO

The Sea of Chairs ('93)

for voices and electronics
commissioned by Medicine Show Theater
funded by National Endowment for the Arts
premiered by composer and Medicine Show Theater
at Medicine Show Theater, New York NY '93

AHM

A Holocaust Masque (’93)

for soprano, flute, violin, sampling keyboard and percussion
funded by
New York State Council on the Arts
Shapiro Family Foundation
Arts Council of Rockland
a musical score for a multimedia theater collage
by
Wally Glickman
Lenny Grob
Bill Hochhausen
Ernest Sherman
premiered by
Sheila Schonbrun (s)
Iris Brooks (fl)
Barbara Benary (vln)
composer (kb)
Darius Davenport (perc)
at Church of the Tabernacle at Intermedia Foundation, Garnerville NY
Feb. 1, 1992

CA 

Coming Apart ('92)

for gamelan
commissioned by Gamelan Son of Lion
funded by Meet the Composer
premiered by Gamelan Son of Lion
at Slow Down Café, Nyack NY 6/6/92

HIM

HIM (’91)

for voices, digital electronics & percussion
musical score for e.e. cummings' play
commissioned by Medicine Show Theater
funded by National Endowment for the Arts
premiered by
Medicine Show Theater
composer (electronics)
David Simons (percussion & electronics)
at Medicine Show Theater , New York NY '91

CHTH

Chthonia (’91)

for flutes, piano, bass and drums
funded by Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust
Premiered by
Robert Dick (flutes)
composer (piano)
Mark Dresser (bass)
Gerry Hemingway (drums)
at Alternative Museum, New York NY 3/6/91
recorded for Music & Arts CD 74 Tambastics
 
1:00 excerpt
 

P

Pianoology (’89)

for two digital sampling keyboards playing piano samples
premiered by J. Paul Taylor and composer
at Experimental Intermedia Foundation, New York NY 10/20/89

RS

Red Sky (’89)

for digital electronics
commissioned for a dance by Sin Cha Hong
premiered by composer and Sin Cha Hong Dance Co.
at 14th St. YWCA, New York NY ‘89

COT

Clash of Times (’88)

for string quartet
commissioned by Richard Greene
premiered by
Mia Wu, violin
Mary Rowell, violin
Marlow Fisher, viola
Michael Finckel, 'cello
at Greenwich House Music School, New York NY 11/16/88

MOF

Matter of Fact (’87)

for digital electronics and percussion
composed collaboratively with David Simons
commissioned for a dance by Sin Cha Hong
premiered by
composer
David Simons
at La Mama ETC, New York NY ‘87

EOYUO

Electra-cution, or, You're Under Orestes ('83)

for voices and piano
commissioned by Nimbus Dance Theater Company
funded by Jerome Robbins Foundation
premiered by composer and Nimbus Dance Theater Company
at Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh UK 8/83

ED

Every Day ('80)

for piano
music for a dance by Erin Martin
premiered by
composer
at Marymount Manhattan College '81

ATR

A Thought Revolved ('82)

for voices, brass, piano, bass and drums
poem by Wallace Stevens
premiered by
Shelley Hirsch (s)
Herb Robertson  (tpt, tb)
composer (t, pno)
Arthur Kell (cb)
David Simons (dr)
at Christ & St. Stephen's Church, New York NY '83
recorded for Innova CD 717 Music for Words, Perhaps ('10)

1:00 excerpt

IY

I’m Yours (’79)

for voice, piano, bass and drums
premiered by
Shelley Hirsch (s)
composer (pno)
Arthur Kell (cb)
David Simons (dr)
at Folk City, New York NY '81
recorded for Innova CD 717 Music for Words, Perhaps ('10)

1:00 excerpt

MFUP

Music for Unprepared Piano (’79)

for piano
funded by Creative Artists Public Service (CAPS) program of New York State Council on the Arts
premiered by composer 
at St. Peter's Lutheran Church, New York NY 9/15/80

BLIP

Blip ('75)

for saxophones, piano, bass and drums
premiered by
Roger Miller
Ben Miller
Larry Miller
composer
at Thomas Jefferson College, Grand Valley State Colleges, Allendale MI '75
recorded by
Ned Rothenberg (s sax)
composer (pno)
Reuben Radding (cb)
Michael Sarin (dr)
for Nuscope Records CD 1020 Gaga (’08)

1:00 excerpt

TM

Temporal Mass ('74)

for winds, strings, piano & percussion
Premiered at the Music Shed, Norfolk CT
by students of Yale Summer of Music & Art (YSSMA)
Duration 7:37

ML

More/Less ('73)

a realization of Plus/Minus by Karlheinz Stockhausen
for winds, strings, piano & percussion
premiered by students at Cal. Inst. of the Arts
conducted by Stephen Mosko '73

DAR

Detach & Retain ('73)

for piano, bass and drums
premiered by students at Cal. Inst. of the Arts
recorded by
Ned Rothenberg (s sax)
composer (pno)
Reuben Radding (cb)
Michael Sarin (dr)
for Nuscope Records CD 1020 Gaga (’08)
 
1:00 excerpt
 

SS

Social Security ('73)

for piano, bass and drums
premiered by students at Cal. Inst. of the Arts
recorded by
Ned Rothenberg (s sax)
composer (pno)
Reuben Radding (cb)
Michael Sarin (dr)
for Nuscope Records CD 1020 Gaga (’08)
 
1:00 excerpt