patrick long

A composer and performer of contemporary concert music.

WORKS:

About 75 pieces are listed here in reverse chronological order.

SOME FAVORITES BY CATEGORY

PERCUSSION | VIOLIN | SAXOPHONE | ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC | PIANO | TROMBONE | CLARINET

Premiered at Carnegie Hall on March 7, 2008 by the Susquehanna University Masterworks Chorus and Orchestra, conducted by Jennifer Sacher Wiley.

Written for the Selinsgrove Area Middle School Band, Amy Kenny, Director. Performance coming up in May.

Score Recording (4MB)

My mother Nancy Long celebrated her sixtieth birthday on November 30th, and I wrote this piece as a gift. She played piano as a child, and I wrote this to be on the level of difficulty of pieces in her old books. (Maybe she will get back into piano and play it!) Her address as a child (and her lucky number ever since) was 243. So, I mapped those numbers onto a scale, made a motive, and wrote the piece. It's simpler and prettier than my other pieces, so don't start here is you're just getting to know my music. But hey, if a composer can't write a piece for his mother on her birthday, what good is he?

Score Recording (4MB)

I am once again happy to be involved in the semi-annual concert drama tour that the S.U. Orchestra and director Wiley create. This year's show is an educational concert about the elements of music. But, as always, there is also a story going on. In the story, an alien visits the earth in search of dinner. On her planet, music is consumed for nourishment. She comes to our concert looking for something to "eat", but finds our "foods" to be an acquired taste. We try to help her develop a taste for the music by breaking it down into its elements. This piece is a fun film-music imitation. While it's being played, the alien ship is taking off. If you've never heard any of my music before, don't start with this one!Score

These settings of poetry by Edna St. Vincent Millay were written for soprano Allison Hooper. She will premiere them at Ithaca college in February.

Score

This is the latest in my series of pieces that employ projected texts. In this case, it's a setting of the traditional De Profundis text that has inspired so many composers. It was commissioned by Deborah Andrus. She performed it in several venues in the fall of 2006.

Video Score

This piece was excerpted from the violin concerto for Jennifer Sacher Wiley to play on her recent tour of Iowa.

Score Recording (4MB)

This was a very understated and psychological production directer by Professor Douglas Powers. The actors wore masks throughout. The set was immense and very spooky.

This is a new version of my saxophone concerto. I reworked the piece for violinist Jennifer Sacher Wiley to play with the Penn Central Wind Band. There were many changes to the solo part from the original version, and the overal feeling-tone of the piece shifted substantially. It was premiered in July, with William Kenny conducting.

Movement 1, Movement 2, Movement 3

Written for Gail Levinsky and the Susquehanna University Wind Ensemble, Eric Hinton, conductor. It was premiered by them in May of 2006 at Susquehanna University.

Score Movement 1, Movement 2, Movement 3

Commissioned by Dickinson College for pianist Jennifer Blyth, this piece employs max/msp/jitter and the Buchla Piano Bar to "set" text without a singer. The computer follows the pianist's performance via midi data and then presents the texts (sometimes whole phrases, sometimes just letters or syllables) at precisely the right time. Where the texts come from and why I chose them is a long story, so I actually built the program notes into the piece itself. It's a story within a story. We plan many performances next season.

Score 1. Prologue 2. Little League3. Five Years Old4. Time Travel5. Toccata Man6. We Knew7. Timber8. Epilogue

Commissioned and premiered by the Ithaca Trombone Troupe. It has 8 parts which may be doubled or tripled, or . . it's hard to imagine more than that! This piece develops several themes first introduced in the "Toccata Man" movement from my "Sonata with Words". The music sounds like it belongs with a movie about a some kind of brass-playing musical superhero.

Score (300 KB) , Parts Recording

Commissioned and premiered by pianist Maria Springfield, trombonist Dave Springfield and saxophonist Cary Brague. This piece is fast, virtuiosic, and at times, knowingly pompous.

Score (300 KB) Saxophone part (100 KB) Trombone part (100 KB)

I used my scordatura electric autoharps heavily in this to create the sound of a supernatrual cimbalom. I played the strings with bows, ebows, percussion mallets, and chopsticks. In a few parts I scraped them with my fingers and dramatically amplified the very quiet sound. Email me to request a complete disc of this musical underscore (about 45 minutes of music all together)

Excerpt 1 - love themeExcerpt 2 - openingExcerpt 3 - danceExcerpt 4 - Song of Songs

Excerpt 5 - TrialExcerpt 6 - Name of GodExcerpt 7 - Soliloquy

Written for and premiered by the Susquehanna University Orchestra and Jazz Ensemble, Jennifer Sacher Wiley and Gail Levinsky, directors. First performance, November 5, 2004, Stretansky Hall, Susquehanna University. Thanks Jen!

Score (862 KB) Recording (9 MB)

Written for and premiered by the Victoria School District Percussion Ensemble, Phillip J. Mikula, director. First performance, November 21, 2004, Percussion Arts Society International Convention, Nashville, Tennessee.

Score (1253 KB)Recording (10 MB)

Many large-scale classical pieces are divided up into small movements. The problem is, it is often impossible to tell where one movement ends, and another begins. In this piece, a video screen behind the performer displays the title exactly as each movement begins. Since some movements are (extremely) short, and some titles are quite idiosyncratic, the changing titles become one of the prime dimensions of the music. This piece is very visual, and doesn't translate so well as a recording. At my next performance, I will video tape it . . .

First performance, February 4, 2004, by Patrick Long, Stretansky Hall, Susquehanna University .

Written for and premiered by the Susquehanna University Orchestra, with Jennifer Sacher Wiley, violin.  This piece was a part of the educational concert drama entitled "Outside the Music Box".  This show was created by Jennifer Sacher Wiley.  The SU orchestra performed the piece several times on a tour of the Philadelphia area.

Violin part (160 KB) Recording (6.2 MB)

This is a software program created with max/msp/jitter, for use with the Buchla Piano Bar, that displays the phrasing, harmony and form of the Bach Prelude in C major, in response to a live piano performance.

First performance, May, 2003, Fairport, New York. Video coming soon . . .

First performance, February 4, 2003, by Patrick Long, Stretansky Hall, Susquehanna University

Recording (5.5 MB) Video (3.5 MB)

First performance March 17, 2003 by Lina Bahn and Collin Oldham, at the Washington D.C. New Music Forum

Score (340 KB) Parts (273 KB) Recording (13 MB)

First performance March 11, 2003 by pianist Jennifer Blyth and the Corigliano Quartet, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. The performance was great, and it was recorded, but I don't have a copy yet.

I was very fortunate to have this piece played again! In 2006, the Ames Piano Quartet (joined by Jennifer Sacher Wiley) played the piece at S.U. They put quite a lot of work into, and really nailed it. Here's the recording.

Score (966 KB) Movement 1, Movement 2, Movement 3

Commissioned by Edward Smith and the Selinsgrove Area High School Band. Premiered on March 1, 2002.

Recording (12.8 MB)

Commissioned by Andrew Harnsberger. Premiered in 2001. This is one of my favorite pieces. I don't have a recording from Andy yet, so the recording here is of my own performance.

All 6 mvts (12.4 MB) Score (373 KB)

This piece went through many incarnations and performances, but the final version was first performed by Patrick Long on August 20, 2001 at Susquehanna University.

 Recording (7.7 MB)

A setting of text by poet James McKorkle. This piece was never "performed" in public, and few have ever heard it.Recording (10 MB)

 This piece was commissioned by Andrew Waggoner and premiered by him on November 7, 2001.

Recording (7 MB) Video (3.5 MB) Violin Score (294 KB) Cello Score (271KB)

When you take the buttons off an autoharp, you just get this set of strings. If you put a pickup in, then retune the strings in creative ways, then play it with sticks, mallets and bows, you can get some rather unusual and effective sounds.

Interlude #1 (1.2 MB) Interlude #2 (6.2 MB)Interlude #3 (1.5 MB)

Recording (10.7 MB)

Commissioned by Deborah Cunningham as a gift for Michael Bull on the occasion of their wedding. (Michael was my undergraduate percussion teacher!)

 Score and part (588 KB)

The first performance was at the Rochester "In Your Ear" new music festival, summer 1996. It was really my maiden voyage in the area of MAX-assisted performance. Check out the max patch here.

This piece evolved over 4 years, and I performed in many times along the way.

Part 1 (3 MB) Part 2 (5 MB) Part 3 (4 MB) Part 4 (6 MB) Part 5 (7 MB)

Recording (7 MB)

 First performed by Bill Frieberg, Eastman School of Music.

Tape part (12 MB) Score (112 KB)

Section 10, "The Darkness was my darkness (4.8 MB)

Recording (8 MB)

First performed by Patrick Long on the Image/Movement/Sound Festival, Rochester. N.Y.1997)

Premiere was recorded, but I must find it . . .

Commissioned by Susan and Neil Chodorrow. First performed by the Timaeus Ensemble

Recording (16 MB)

 Commissioned and first performed by Andrew Harnsberger.

Recording (11 MB) Score (317 KB)

Commissioned by the Eastman School of Music in honor of Hammamatsu, Rochester's sister city in Japan.

Score (401 KB)

First performed by the Timaeus Ensemble in Kilbourn Hall, 1996. Helen Pridmore, soprano, Jennifer Blyth, piano, David Welter, clarinet, Kurt Fowler, cello, Jenny Oh, flute, Pat Long, electronic percussion.

Recording (13.5 MB) Score (380 KB)

No recording or score remains . . .

This piece has some great parts, but it is full of significant flaws, and so I have never tried to have it performed. I think that it could be transformed into a great concerto for percussion ensemble and winds, however . . .

Score (500 KB)

Recording (4 MB) Score (159 KB)

This was never performed, but significant parts of it re-emerged in my Piano Quintet (2001)

Score (411 KB)

Recording (9 MB) Score (360 KB)

I guess this is my big "hit". It's been performed many times ( in the hundreds) all over the place. It's been recorded twice. It was commissioned by the Syracuse Symphony Percussion Ensemble, and was first performed

Recording (10 MB) Score and parts (380 KB)

Composed as a final project for Computer Music I, with Professor Allan Schindler, ESM.

Score

This has been performed, but always in a church, where is tough to record.

Psalm 1Psalm 2Psalm 3Psalm 4Psalm 5

This was my attempt to write a marimba concerto that was as huge and difficult as some of the famous piano concertos. Everyone told me that a piece this big wouldn't ever catch on-- especially if there was no piano reduction. Well, they were probably right. It was first performed (in version for marimba and tape) by me in 1992, Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music. Kristin Tait performed it the next year with an orchestra, but I don't have a tape of that performance.

Solo Part (736 KB) Movement 1 (13 MB) Movement 2 (8 MB) Movement 3 (4 MB)

Movement 4 (7 MB)

Recording (5 MB)

Movement 3, Lullaby (5 MB) Score (445 KB)

Movement 1Movement 2 - Chase DreamMovement 3 - Burlesque

 score

First performed by Erica Bunnemeyer at Syracuse University.

Movement 1 (8 MB) Movement 2 (5 MB) Movement 3 (4 MB) Movement 4 (5 MB)

Score (442 KB)

Never performed, but graciously read by the Syracuse University Orchestra in the spring of 1991.

Reading session (9 MB)

 (Score published by Per-Mus Publications)

Recording (8 MB)

Recording (8 MB) Score (380 KB)

Recording (excerpt) (5 MB) Score (120 KB)

Movement 6 (6 MB) Movement 7 (4 MB)

First performed by the Syracuse University Wind Ensemble, conducted by Robert Spradling, spring 1990. Not bad for a relative beginner. The third movement is the best.

Recording (18.6 MB)

First performed by Chris Ferrari and Deborah Cunningham, Syracuse University.

Movement 1 (7 MB) Movement 2-3 (8 MB)

 Recording (16 MB)

My first piece of "concert" music to be performed publicly.

Movement 2, (5 MB)

This piece was never performed publicly, and that was probably okay.

Piano Piece #1 - mid 80sVibraphone Pieces #1, 2 - (I had just bought my own vibraphone!) - mid 80s

The first non-pop music that I really knew about was jazz/rock fusion. At some point I bought a Fostex 4-track cassette recorder, and a Juno 6 synthesizer, and I tried my hand at recording all of the parts myself (except guitar, played by a friend who's name was, I think, Shaun) on these sophomoric imitations. I refuse to give the actual titles here, because, well, they were silly-- even for a 16 year old.

Pat Metheney Imitation Billy Cobham Imitation Cop-show Imitation

Dick Hyman Imitation Yellowjackets Imitation

These three pieces were made on my Dad's Mac Plus in the early 80s. I used the venerable "Deluxe Music Construction Set", which was one of the earliest consumer computer applications for making music.

March to the East (5 MB) March to the West (4 MB) Weird Bells (5 MB)

biography

Patrick Long (b. 1968) is a summa cum laude graduate of Syracuse University. He received both his Masters and Doctoral degrees in composition from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. An active percussionist as well as a composer, he specializes in the creation and performance of works that combine electronics processes with live performers. He has perfomed solo recitals of this music at numerous venues throughout the United States.

He has studied composition with Andrew Waggoner, Samuel Adler, Warren Benson, Christopher Rouse, Joseph Schwantner and David Liptak, percussion with Michael Bull and John Beck, and computer music with Allan Schindler. He has completed commissions for diverse artists and ensembles, including marimba soloist Andrew Harnsberger, Ned Corman of the Commission Project, the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra Percussion Ensemble, the Timaeus Chamber Ensemble, saxophonist Gail Levinsky, the Hobart and William Smith Colleges Dance Department, the Eastman School of Music, pianist Jennifer Blyth, the Corigliano String Quartet, the Lina Bahn / Collin Oldham Duo, the Susquehanna University Orchestra, and the Air de Cour Ensemble. His works have been featured at festivals and concert series around the U.S., including the Memphis State New Music Festival, the New Paltz Music in the Mountains Festival, the Ann Arbor Brave New Works Festival, the Kilbourn Concert Series, the Rochester Image, Movement, Sound Festival, the Washington D.C. Contemporary Music Forum, and the national conferences of the Society of Composers, Inc., the Society of Electro-Acoustic Musicians in the United States (SEAMUS), the Percussive Arts Society International Conventionand (PASIC), the North American Saxophone Association.

His recordings are featured on numerous CDs, as well as through the internet . Many of his scores are also available for free download via the internet. An active practioner of pop music, he performs regularly with the central-Pennsylvania based rock band - Faculty Lounge.

He is currrently an assistant professor of music composition, theory and technology at Susquehanna University. He resides in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania with his wife Julie, daughter Renee, and son Brendan.

Patrick Long, DMA Associate Professor of Composition, Theory and Music Technology Susquehanna University 514 University Avenue   Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania 17870 (570) 372-4289 longp@susqu.edu

IDEAS ABOUT THINGS

For concert music composers, traditional publishing is a bad deal . . .

There is a trememdous amount of intellectual property (scores and recordings) available here for free. Why do I give it away for free? Is it because I don't think it's very good? Is it because I can't get it published? No. It is good. I hope that it's good anyway. In my many years working as a copyist with well-known composers and publishers, I came to see that, outside of works for religous and educational venues, selling sheet music foolishly trades the substantial performance royalty income that can result from great availability of the music, for a meager number of sales, and a meager share of each sale. Publishers rely on composers to make a name, engrave the music, promote the music, etc, and then only award the composer a paltry 10 percent for each sale. Composition professors like to preach that the performers would be nowhere without the compositions, but after centuries of composition, there are mountains and mountains of good pieces that are NEVER played at all. Music doesn't wear out. I've engraved many great pieces for great and famous living composers that were performed only once or twice. Here's a sickening story-- after engraving pieces for these composers, I always send the masters to a publisher. Then, five years later someone finally wants to buy or rent the piece (always via the composer's personal influence or reputation), and the publisher has "mislaid" the masters! I can't tell you how many times I've had to resend masters to a publisher because the piece has finally received one sale. They lose the stuff. They've got millions of pieces, and they don't care about the composer-- they can't afford to care about the composer! Composers need to realize that performers bring more to the table than we do. They can choose from an unfathomable number of good pieces, many of which are in the library, or are available via photocopy. I am grateful to any performer who chooses to give some of their time and talent to my music. I just ask that they send a program!-- End of manifesto

performance calendar (reverse chronological order)

If you would like to have a performance mentioned here, please email me.)

2007-2008

April 18, 2008
Academic Overture (or Finale) for alto saxophone, trombone and piano
Performed by The Springfield-Cain-Springfield Trio
North American Saxophone Alliance

April 17, 2008
I am curating a concert of Susquehanna University composers,
with works by students and faculty.
S.U., Stretansky Hall
Selinsgrove, PA

April 12, 2008
Strange Loops for percussion quintet
Performed by the Penn State University Percussion Ensemble
Professor Dan Armstrong, director
State College, Pennsylvania

March 15, 2008
Performing with Faculty Lounge
Trax Nightclub
Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania

March 14, 2008
"Slow Sunrise" for concert band
Williamsport County Band, Kim Councill, conductor
Williamsport, Pennsylvania

March 7, 2008
"Rain, River, Sea" for soloists, chorus and orchestra
Performed by the Susquehanna University Masterworks 
Chorus and Orchestra, conducted by Jennifer Sacher Wiley
Carnegie Hall, New York City

March 3, 2008
"Barcarolle" for saxophone and computer music system
Performed by Gilberto Bernardes
Polytechnic Institute of Arts of Castelo Branco

March 1, 2008
Performaing as section percussionist 
with the Suquehanna Valley Chorale
Sunbury, PA

February 27, 2008
Horn Memorial Faculty Lecture at Susquehanna University
(Last year I was honored to received the Horn Award, 
which recognizes faculty scholarship/artistic accomplishment 
at S.U.  Typically, the honoree delivers a lecture on their 
area of scholarship, so I gave a lecture/recital that included 
performances of "Dreamscapes" for solo marimba, and an expanded 
version of "48 Movements" for snare drum and computer multi-media system.)

December 11, 2007
Performing as section percussionist 
with the Williamsport Symphony
Williamsport, Pennsylvania

December 8, 2007
Performing with Faculty Lounge
Chuck's Sportsbar
Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania

November 18, 2007
Performing as guest percussionist 
with the Bucknell University choir
Lewisburg, Pennsylvania

November 9, 2007
Performed as section percussionist with the
Bucknell University Band, Ed Smith, conductor
Lewisburg, Pennsylvania

October 2007
"Toccata Man Returns" for trombone choir 
performed by the Eastman School of Music Trombone Ensemble
Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York

November, 2007
"Barcarolle" for saxophone and interactive computer music system
Performed by Sarah Newman 
Manhattan School of Music, NYC

November 4, 2007
"Sonata with Words" for piano and interactive computer media system
Performed by Jennifer Blyth
Arkansas State University


October 29, 2007
"Nosferatu" improvisational film score
Performed by PAL with S.U. music faculty members
The Campus Theatre in Lewisburg,


October 10, 2007
"Nosferatu" improvisational film score
Performed by PAL with S.U. music faculty members
Stretansky Hall, Susquehanna University


October 7, 2007
Guest Sound Engineer/Video Support with the Timaeus Ensemble
Dickinson College, Carlisle Pennsylvania

August 4, 2007
Performing as a section percussionist with the Penn Central Wind Band
Lewisburg, Pennsylvania

July 8, 2007
Smoke of the Ghost for Solo Marimba
Performed by Tomek Arnold
International Percussion Art Festival "Crossdrumming" Warsaw (Poland)

July 4, 2007
Smoke of the Ghost for Solo Marimba
Performed by Tomek Arnold
Percussion Workschops concert in Bielsko-Biala (Poland)

July 3 and 4, 2007
Performed as Xylophone soloist (The Golden Age of Xylophone) with the Penn Central Wind Band
Mifflinburg Pennsylvania, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania

2006-2007

May 10, 2007
"Slow Sunrise" for concert band
Selinsgrove Area Middle School Band, Amy Kenny, Director
Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania

May 5,2007
Performing with Faculty Lounge
The Towne Tavern
Lewisburg, Pennsylvania

April 21 and 22, 2007
Ascension for digital music ensemble 
Cynthia Williams, Choreographer
Hobart and William Smith Dance Dept.
Geneva, New York

April 29, 2007
"An Evening of Modern Dance and Live Electronic Music"
Students of Anne Doctor and Patrick Long
Degenstein Auditorium, Susquehanna University
Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania

April 15, 2007
Strange Loops for percussion quintet
Stetson University Percussion Ensemble, directed by Kevin Garry

March 18, 2007
"Academic Overture (or Finale)" for alto saxophone, trombone and piano
Performed by The Springfield-Cain-Springfield Trio
The University of South Carolina School of Music

March 21, 2008
Curator for a concert of S.U. composers
Stretansky Hall, Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania

March 17,2007
Performing with Faculty Lounge
Trax Nightclub
Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania

March 15, 2007
Sonata with Words for piano and multi-media computer music system
Jennifer Blyth - piano
Wheaton College - Chicago, Illinois

March 8-10, 2007
Alien Invasion Finale for orchestra
The S.U. Orchestra Concert Drama Tour 2006
Various venues in New England and Pennsylvania

February 24, 2007
Alien Invasion Finale
Williamsport Symphony
Williamsport, PA

February 1, 2007
Conducting peformance of
Pierrot Lunaire by Arnold Schoenberg
Soprano Rebecca Karpoff and an ensemble of Susquehanna U. Faculty
Susquehanna University

December 8-9, 2006
Performing as percussionist with the Susquehanna Valley Chorale
in a performance of "Amahl and the Night Visitors" by Menotti

November 2006
Smoke of the Ghost for Solo Marimba
Tomek Arnold
International Music Prize for Youth, Germany

November 28, 2006
Strange Loops for percussion quintet
The George Mason University Percussion Ensemble
Harris Theatre, George Mason University

November 16, 2006
Shadow Steps for violin and multimedia, Excerpts for Sonata with Words, for piano and computer music system
Jennifer Sacher Wiley - violin,  Jennifer Blyth - piano
Eastman Computer Music Center 25th Anniversay
Kilbourn Hall, ESM, Rochester, New York

October 25, 2006
Sonata with Words for piano and multi-media computer music system
Jennifer Blyth - piano
Syracuse University

October 23, 2006
Dreamscapes for Solo Marimba
Brandon Wood, marimba
Lee University

October 5, 2006
Piano Quintet
The Ames Piano Quartet with Jennifer Sacher Wiley
Susquehanna University

September 29, 2006
Performing as a percussionist with my S.U. colleagues in
"Maria de Buenos Aires" by Astor Piazzolla

September 27, 2006
Sonata with Words for piano and multi-media computer music system
Jennifer Blyth - piano
Susquehanna University

September 21-24
Underscore for the play Dracula
The Susquehanna University Theatre Department
Degenstein Theatre, Selinsgrove PA

September 13, 2006
De Profundis for clarinet and multi-media (DVD playback)
Deborah Andrus, clarinet
Lehigh University

September 12, 2006
Theme from the film Leopold, Slow Dance for violin, piano and vibraphone, Lullaby for solo Vibraphone, and Shadow Steps for Violin and Tape
Jennifer Sacher Wiley - violin, Carol lei Breckenridge - piano, Patrick Long - Vibraphone
Central College, Pella, Iowa

September 11, 2006
Theme from the film Leopold, Slow Dance for violin, piano and vibraphone, Lullaby for solo Vibraphone, and Shadow Steps for Violin and Tape
Jennifer Sacher Wiley - violin, Carol lei Breckenridge - piano, Patrick Long - Vibraphone
Iowa State University


September 8, 2006
De Profundis for clarinet and multi-media (DVD playback)
Deborah Andrus, clarinet
Susquehanna University


August 31, 2006
Smoke of the Ghost for solo marimba
Tomek Arnold
The International Competition of Contemporary Chamber Music, Krakow, Poland


August 19, 2006
Performing with Faculty Lounge
Riverfest!
Sunbury, PA

July 21, 2006
Concerto for Violin and Wind Ensemble
The Penn Central Wind Ensemble, William Kenny - conductor, Jennifer Sacher Wiley - violin
The Weis Center for the Performing Arts, Bucknell University


2005-2006

May 10, 2006
Performing with Faculty Lounge
Chuck's Sportsbar
Selinsgrove, PA

May 6, 2006
Performing with Faculty Lounge
Towne Tavern
Lewisburg, PA

May 4, 2006
Performing with the Penn Central Wind Band
Scottish Rite Auditorium
Williamsport, PA

April 30, 2006
Concerto for Saxophone and Wind Ensemble
Gail Levinsky, saxophone, with the Susquehanna U. Wind Ensemble, Eric Hinton - conductor
Susquehanna University

April 7, 2006
Barcarolle for Alto Saxophone and interactive computer music system
Jennifer Talley
Indiana State University

April 22, 2006
Guest percussion artist with the Mount Carmel Symphonic Band
Golden Age of Xylphone; Two Mexican Dances by Gordon Stout

April, 2006
Dreamscapes for solo marimba
Performed by Andrew Harnsberger in masterclasses at Valdosta State University, 
Jersey City University, University of the Cumberlands, East Kentucky University

March 26, 2006
Performing with the Susquehanna Valley Chorale 
in Verdi's Requiem
Sunbury, PA

May 18, 2006
Performing with Faculty Lounge
Charlie's Coffeehouse
Susquehanna University

March 7, 2006
Dreamscapes for solo marimba
Gene Fambrough
University of Alabama

February 6, 2006
Shadow Steps for violin and tape
Davis Brooks, violin
Butler University

January 27, 2006
Reading Mozart's letters (dressed as Mozart no less)
Mozart's 250th Birthday Concert
Susquehanna University

January, 2006
Strange Loops for Percussion Quintet
Trinity College Percussion Ensemble
Dublin, Ireland

December 17, 2005
Performing with the Susquehanna Valley Chorale
Music of Ralph Vaughan Williams

October 8, 2005
Sonata with Words for piano and multi-media computer music system
Jennifer Blyth - piano
Dickinson College

October 2005
Toccata Man Returns for 8-part Trombone Ensemble
The Ithaca College Trombone Troupe
Ithaca, New York

September 2005
Acadmic Overture (or Finale) for saxophone, trombone and piano
The Maria Springfield Trio
Valdosta Georgia

September 2005
Strange Loops for percussion quintet
The University of Arizona Percussion Ensemble
Tucson, Arizona

September 26, 2005
Brendan Francis Long born (8:45 AM - 7 pounds, 6 ounces)


2004-2005 








 5/11/05
performing with Faculty
Lounge
Chuck's Sportsbar
Selinsgrove, PA.







 2/8/05
performing with the Williamsport Symphony
Williamsport PA







 2/05
arioso for trio with live electronics
The Timaeus Ensemble
Wheaton College, and the U. of Illinois
 







 11/21/04
underscore for the dybbuk
S.U. Theatre Dept., Degenstein Theatre
Susquehanna U.







 11/21/04
metropolis
Computer Music II class concert. A full score, played live, for the silent
film Metropolis.
S.U.







 2/25/05
performing with Faculty
Lounge - featuring special guest,
Raining Jane
Degenstein Theatre
Selinsgrove, PA.








 12/11/04
performing with Faculty
Lounge
Chuck's Sportsbar
Selinsgrove, PA.







 11/21/04
Circus of Circuits for large percussion ensemble and live
electronics
Victoria School District Percussion Ensemble, Phillip J. Mikula, director
Percussive Arts Society International Convention








 11/05/04
Rondo Beach for studio orchestra
S.U. Jazz Ensemble and Orchestra, Jennifer Sacher Wiley and Gail Levinsky,
Directors
Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA

2003-2004

5/1/04

Concerto for Electronic Percussion and Wind Ensemble

Patrick Long with the Mount Carmel HS Band

Mount Carmel, PA

4/04

Dreamscapes for solo marimba

Allison Calhoun

Central Washington University

3/05/04

from the Edge's Loom for electric violin, cello and sound processor

Lina Bahn / Collin Oldham Duo

American Vanguard Festival, Carlisle, PA

2/04/04

Full Recital: Barcarolle, Shadow Steps, Four Echoes Dance, Ascension, 48 Movements for Snare Drum and Computer Music System

Patrick Long, percussion, with Gail Levinsky, Jennifer Sacher Wiley and Ryan Hoffman

Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA

12/13/03

Performing with -

Faculty Lounge

Chuck's Sportsbar Selinsgrove, PA

11/15/03

Strange Loops for percussion quintet

California State U. Percussion Ens.

Festival of New American Music, CA Sate U.

11/1/03

Performing a quasi-improvised score for classic silent film Nosferatu

SUNME - Susquehanna University Contemporary Music Ensemble

Selinsgrove, PA

10/30/03

Strange Loops for percussion quintet

East Carolina U. Percussion Ensemble

East Carolina U.

10/06/03

Strange Loops for percussion quintet

Interlochen Academy Percussion Ensemble

Interlochen, MI

10/30/03

Shadow Steps for electric cello and tape

Kurt Fowler, Zeta Cello

Indiana State Contemporary Music Festival

8/16/03

Performing with -

Faculty Lounge

Riverfest - Sunbury, PA

2002-2003

5/22/03

Strange Loops for percussion quintet

California Youth Symphony Perc. Ens.

Palo Alto, CA

5/6/03

Performing with -

Faculty Lounge

Sunbury YMCA benefit

5/2/03

Full Recital: Ontology, Four Echoes Dance, Shadow Steps, Barcarolle, December Canticle, Bach Prelude (with Jitter graphics)

Patrick Long, percussion, with special guests Jennifer Sacher Wiley, violin, and Gail Levinsky, saxophone

Christ Church Presents Concert Series, Manlius, New York

4/12/03

Strange Loops for percussion ensemble

Ithaca College Percussion Ensemble

Ithaca, New York

4/08/03

Strange Loops for percussion ensemble

UT Austin Percussion Ensemble

Austin, Texas

4/03

Dreamscapes for solo marimba

Andrew Harnsberger

Radford University, Virginia

3/26/03

Performing with -

Faculty Lounge

Chuck's Sportsbar, Selinsgrove, Pa

3/26/03

Four Echoes Dance for malletkat and computer music system

Adam Josephson

Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, Pa

3/17/03

from the Edge's Loom for electric violin, cello and sound processor

Lina Bahn / Collin Oldham Duo

Washington D.C. Contemporary Music Forum

3/11/03

Quintet for piano, two violins, viola and cello

Jennifer Blyth and the Corigliano Quartet

Carlisle, Pennsylvania

3/03

from the Edge's Loom for electric violin, cello and sound processor

Lina Bahn / Collin Oldham Duo

Gaudeamus Competition, Amsterdam

3/5-9/03

Color Concerto for electric violin and orchestra, with live video

Jennifer Sacher Wiley, violin, with the Susquehanna University Orchestra

7 performances at various PA venues

2/8/03

Four Echoes Dance for malletkat and computer music system

Patrick Long, malletkat

Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, Pa

1/12/03

Renée Elizabeth Long Born!

(6 pounds, 6 ounces)

Danville, PA

12/5/02

Arioso for violin and piano, with computer music system

Jennifer Sacher Wiley, violin, Patrick Long, piano

Selinsgrove, PA

10/02

Barcarolle for alto saxophone and computer music system

Gail Levinsky

Two performances in England

9/19/02

Shadow Steps for electric cello and tape

Kurt Fowler, Zeta Cello

Selinsgrove, PA

2001-2002

3/18/02

Barcarolle for alto saxophone and computer music system

Gail Levinsky

Selinsgrove, PA

3/14/02

Strange Loops for percussion ensemble

State University of West Georgia Percussion Ensemble

S.U.W.G

3/9/02

Barcarolle for alto saxophone and computer music system

Gail Levinsky

North Amercian Saxophone Alliance National Conference, Denton, Texas

3/7/02

Full Recital: Ontology, Shadow Steps, December Canticle, Sinfonia Impromptu, Improvisation

Patrick Long, percussion, with special guests Andrew Waggoner, violin, and Shafer Mahoney, percussion

Hunter College, New York City

3/1/02

Concerto for electronic percussion, video, and symphonic band, by Patrick Long The Golden Age of Xylophone for solo xylophone and symphonic band, Arr. Floyd Werle

Patrick Long, percussion soloist, with the Selinsgrove HS Symphonic Band, Ed Smith, conducting

Selinsgrove, PA

11/09/01

Shadow Steps for electric viollin and tape

Andrew Waggoner, violin

Syracuse, NY

11/07/01

Shadow Steps for electric viollin and tape

Andrew Waggoner, violin

Selinsgrove, PA

10/10/01

Astronomer for voice, chamber ensemble and electronic percussion

Susquehanna University New Music Ensemble

Selinsgrove, PA

10/9/01

Full Recital: Ontology, Trope, December Canticle, Sinfonia Impromptu

Patrick Long, percussion,

State University of New York at New Paltz

10/9/01

Full Recital: Ontology, Dreamscapes, December Canticle, Sinfonia Impromptu

Patrick Long, percussion,

University of Delaware

9/29/01

Full Recital: Ontology, Dreamscapes, Trope, December Canticle, Sinfonia Impromptu

Patrick Long, percussion,

Susquehanna University

8/20/01

December Canticle for malletkat and computer music system

Patrick Long, percussion,

Susquehanna University

2000-2001

4/01

Ascension for digital music ensemble

Performed with choreography by Cynthia Williams

Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York

3/01

Sinfonia Impromptu for electronic percussion and computer music system

Patrick Long, percussion,

Society of Composers, Inc. National Conference, Syracuse, NY

2/01

Aubade for electronic percussion and computer music system

David Little, percussion,

Susquehanna University

12/00

Inside Interlude #2 for electro acoustic music

Susquehanna University New Music Ensemble

Selinsgrove, PA

11/00

Panel Presentation on teaching composition to non-majors

Andrew Waggoner, Anna Weasner, David Liptak, Patrick Long

NASM National Convention, San Diego, CA

10/00

Strange Loops for percussion ensemble

Susquehanna University New Music Ensemble

Selinsgrove, PA

1999-2000

4/00

Summer Nocturne for alto saxophone and tape

Matthew McCoy, saxophone

Syracuse, New York

3/00

Performance of various electronic improvisations for art show opening

Patrick Long, percussion,

Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY

3/00

Gymnopedie for drumset soloist and tape

Peter Defilippi, drumset

Syracuse, New York

11/99

Arioso for violin, piano and live electronics

The Air de Cour Ensemble

Rochester, NY

11/99

Full Recital: Ontology, Trope, Sophia and Pulse, by Shafer Mahoney, December Canticle, Sinfonia Impromptu

Patrick Long, percussion,

Christ Church Presents Concert Series, Manlius, New York

10/99

Performance of various electronic improvisations for art show opening

Patrick Long, percussion,

Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY

10/99

December Canticle for malletkat and computer music system

Patrick Long, percussion,

Unitarian Universalist Church, Syracuse, New York

3/99

Gymnopedie for drumset soloist and tape

Bill Frieberg, drumset

Rochester, NY

spring tour 1999

Smoke of the Ghost for solo marimba

Andrew Harnsberger, marimba

Lee University, Tennessee University of Alabama, University of Louisville, Middle Tennessee State U., SUNY Geneseo, Eastman School of Music, U. of Maryland, VA Commonwealth, U., Radford U.

3/99

Full Recital: Sinfonia Impromptu, Ontology, Lyric Suite, Aubade, December Canticle

Patrick Long, percussion

Syracuse, New York

2/99

Astronomer for voice, chamber ensemble and electronic percussion

Timaeus Chamber Ensemble

Lincoln, Nebraska

1/99

In Torn Air - an evening length chamber cantata for voice, choir, chamber ensemble and electronic percussion

Timaeus Chamber Ensemble

Lincoln, Nebraska

12/98

Arioso for violin, piano and live electronics

The Air de Cour Ensemble

Rochester, NY

PHOTOS (click on small image to see full-sized picture)

Screenshot from projected visualization of Barcarolle for saxophone and computer music/video system

Screenshot from projected visualization of "Four Echoes Dance" for electronic percussion

Lina Bahn and Collin Oldham performing "From the Edges Loom" in Washington, D.C.

Photo from performance of my score to the silent film "Nosferatu" at SU.

PAL on stage before electronic music concert. SU. 2003.

Jennifer Sacher Wiley playing "Shadow Steps" with visualizer in background

Stretansky Hall at S.U.

SELECTED FAVORITES ORGANIZED BY INSTRUMENT

PERCUSSION

Dreamscapes for solo marimba

Strange Loops for percussion quintet

Millay Songs for soprano and marimba

Circus of Circuits for large percussion ensemble and live, low-tech electronics

Divertissement for multi-percussion and pipe organ

Smoke of the Ghost for solo marimba

Meditation for timpani and drone

VIOLIN

Shadow Steps for violin and tape

Slow Dance for violin, vibraphone and piano

Concerto for electric violin and wind ensemble

From the Edges Loom for electric violin, electric cello and sound processing

Arioso for violin and piano

SAXOPHONE

Concerto for alto saxophone and wind ensemble

Barcarolle for alto saxophone and computer music system (max/msp)

Academic Fanfare (or Finale) for alto saxophone, trombone and piano

Summer Nocturne for alto saxophone and tape

PIANO

Sonata with Words for midi-capable piano (via Buchla "Piano Bar" or Yamaha Diskclavier) and interactive computer music/video system

Piano Quintet

Song on 243 for solo piano

Arioso for violin and piano

Academic Fanfare (or Finale) for alto saxophone, trombone and piano

CLARINET

De Profundis for clarinet and multi-media (DVD playback)

TROMBONE

Tocatta Man Returns for 8-part trombone ensemble

Academic Fanfare (or Finale) for alto saxophone, trombone and piano

JAZZ ENSEMBLE

Rondo Beach for jazz ensemble with strings

ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC

Ontology for electronic percussion (drumkat) and computer music system

December Canticle for electronic percussion (malletkat) and computer music system

Sinfonia Impromptu for electronic percussion (drumkat) and computer music system

Barcarolle for alto saxophone and computer music system (max/msp)

Sonata with Words for midi-capable piano (via Buchla "Piano Bar" or Yamaha Diskclavier) and interactive computer music/video system

Shadow Steps for violin and tape

De Profundis for clarinet and multi-media (DVD playback)

Concerto for electronic percussion and symphonic band