Wolkenwagen (Cloud Wagon) (20:00 intermission prelude + 9:00) for piano and two loudspeakers (2009)
• (May, 2009) Rei Nakamura, piano; concert, E-Werk; Freiburg, Germany.
• (May, 2009) Yejin Gil, piano; conservatory exchange concert, Hanns Eisler Akademie; Berlin, Germany.

To Stop the Theft of Your Identity, Call (10:00) for violin (2007)
• (May, 2007) Batya Macadam-Somer; Concert, UCSD Spring Festival of Contemporary Music.

Perfection Factory (9:20) for two percussionists playing a bell tree and hotel desk bells (2007)
• (January, 2008) Matt Jenkins and Jon Hepfer, percussion; UCSD composition program jury evaluation, Warren Lecture Hall Recording Studio A; La Jolla, USA.
• (May, 2008) Eardrum Percussion Duo (Johannes Fischer and Domenico Melchiorre); concert, Freiburg Hochschule für Musik; Freiburg, Germany.

Forty-Two Statcoulombs (8:30) for string quartet (2006)
• Commissioned by the Arditti String Quartet.
• (February, 2007) The Arditti String Quartet; recording session, Warren Lecture Hall Recording Studio A; La Jolla, USA.
• (August, 2007) Ensemble SurPlus; concert, Akademie Schloss Solitude International Composers Masterclass; Stuttgart, Germany.

Mexican Apple Soda Paraphrase (Consumer Affect Simulation I.1) (3:00-4:00) for contrabass and loudspeaker (2006)
• (October 25, 2006) James Ilgenfritz, III, contrabass; UCSD Graduate Performers Forum Concert; UCSD.
• (October 30, 2006) James Ilgenfritz, III, contrabass; concert, Symphony Space; New York City, New York.
• (August, 2007) James Ilgenfritz, III, contrabass; solo recital, Isabella’s; Dubuque, Iowa.
• (September 1, 2007) James Ilgenfritz, III, contrabass; solo recital, Hotcakes Gallery; Madison, Wisconsin.
• (September 4, 2007) James Ilgenfritz, III, contrabass; solo recital, The Hilton, Springfield; Springfield, Illinois.
• (September 7, 2007) James Ilgenfritz, III, contrabass; solo recital, Canterbury House; Ann Arbor, Michigan.
• (September 8, 2007) James Ilgenfritz, III, contrabass; solo recital, Bohemian National Home; Detroit, Michigan.
• (September 11, 2007) James Ilgenfritz, III contrabass; solo recital, Café Bourbon; Columbus, Ohio.
• (September 12, 2007) James Ilgenfritz, III contrabass; solo recital; Youngstown, Ohio.
• (September 13, 2007) James Ilgenfritz, III contrabass; solo recital, Towson University; Youngstown, Ohio.
• (October 7, 2007) James Ilgenfritz, III contrabass; solo recital, Roulette; New York City, New York.

Mexican Apple Soda (Consumer Affect Simulation I) (17:00) for contrabass and chamber ensemble (2006)
• (October, 2006) Ross Karre, conductor; James Ilgenfritz, III, contrabass; William Fried, B3 organ; Christopher Otto, violin; Reiko Manabe, flutes; Fiona Chatwin, voice; Emily Dufour, cello; Colin McAllister, electric guitar; Jim Pringle, bass trombone; Gregory Stuart, percussion (all doubling crackleboxes); jury evaluation, Warren Lecture Hall Recording Studio A; La Jolla, USA
• (February, 2007) Jeffrey Treviño, conductor; James Ilgenfritz, III, contrabass; Carolyn Chen, B3 organ; Kimberly Empeno, violin; Reiko Manabe, flutes; Adrian Coburn, voice; Emily Dufour, cello; Colin McAllister, electric guitar; Tucker Dulin, bass trombone; Gregory Stuart, percussion (all doubling crackleboxes); contrabass performance masters recital, Mandeville Recital Hall; La Jolla, USA.

Unit for Convenience and Better Living 003 (5:00) for Bb bass clarinet (2006)
• Commissioned by Anthony Burr (Speculum Musicae).
• (April, 2006) Anthony Burr, bass clarinet; recital, Warren Lecture Hall Recording Studio A; La Jolla, USA.

Zoetropes (11:00) for Bb bass clarinet, percussion, and cello (2005)
• (January, 2006) Steve Schick, conductor; Bob Zelickman, bass clarinet; Emily Dufour, cello; Justin Dehart, percussion; UCSD composition program jury evaluation, Warren Lecture Hall Recording Studio A; La Jolla, USA.

Part A.

Part B.

Binary Experiment for James Tenney (7:30) for four contrabasses (2005)
• (Winter, 2007) the UCSD Bass Ensemble (Mark Dresser, contrabass; Jeff Denson, contrabass; James Ilgenfritz, III, contrabass; Han Han Cho, contrabass;); Graduate Performers’ Forum Concert, Mandeville Recital Hall; La Jolla, USA.

Binary Experiment for James Tenney (7:30) for contrabass and loudspeaker (arr. 2007)
• (August, 2007) James Ilgenfritz, III, contrabass; solo recital, Isabella’s; Dubuque, Iowa.
• (September 1, 2007) James Ilgenfritz, III, contrabass; solo recital, Hotcakes Gallery; Madison, Wisconsin.
• (September 4, 2007) James Ilgenfritz, III, contrabass; solo recital, The Hilton, Springfield; Springfield, Illinois.
• (September 7, 2007) James Ilgenfritz, III, contrabass; solo recital, Canterbury House; Ann Arbor, Michigan.
• (September 8, 2007) James Ilgenfritz, III, contrabass; solo recital, Bohemian National Home; Detroit, Michigan.
• (September 11, 2007) James Ilgenfritz, III contrabass; solo recital, Café Bourbon; Columbus, Ohio.
• (September 12, 2007) James Ilgenfritz, III contrabass; solo recital; Youngstown, Ohio.
• (September 13, 2007) James Ilgenfritz, III contrabass; solo recital, Towson University; Youngstown, Ohio.
• (October 7, 2007) James Ilgenfritz, III contrabass; solo recital, Roulette; New York City, New York.

Mobile (7:00) for Bb tenor saxophone (2005)
• (April, 2008) Eliot Gattegno, tenor saxophone; recording session, Warren Lecture Hall Recording Studio A; La Jolla, USA.

UCSD Spring Festival Performance

Carlsbad Public Television Performance

SIGGRAPH 2007 Press Release

Substitute Judgment (4:30) for percussionist and optional integrated/synchronized video (Ross Karre’s Metal Catalogue) (2005)
• (January 15, 2006) Ross Karre, percussion and video; concert, University of California at Santa Barbara’s Music and the Moving Image conference; Goleta, USA.
• (February, 2006) Ross Karre, percussion and video; recital, Mandeville Recital Hall; La Jolla, USA.
• (March, 2006) Ross Karre, percussion and video; recital, the Museum of Making Music; Carlsbad, USA.
• (May 13, 2006) Ross Karre, percussion and video; concert, UCSD Spring Festival of Contemporary Music; La Jolla, USA.
• (May 26, 2006) Ross Karre, percussion and video; Reel Loud film festival; Goleta, USA.
• (May 27, 2006) Ross Karre, percussion and video; recital, University of California, Santa Cruz Department of Music; Santa Cruz, USA.
• (May 28, 2006) Ross Karre, percussion and video; recital, Stanford University’s Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics; Palo Alto, USA.
• (June 6, 2006) Tony Oliver, percussion; recital, Christ and St. Stephen’s Church (sponsored by the Society for the Chromatic Arts); New York City, New York.
• (June 11, 2006) Ross Karre, percussion and video; recital, Erickson Hall; La Jolla, USA.
• (July 5, 2006) Ross Karre, percussion and video; recital, the Issue Project Room; New York City, New York.
• (July 6, 2006) Ross Karre, percussion and video; recital, Monkeytown; New York City, New York.
• (July 7, 2006) Ross Karre, percussion and video; recital, Brooklyn Fireproof; Brooklyn, New York.
• (July 11, 2006) Ross Karre, percussion and video; recital, Oberlin Conservatory of Music’s Warner Concert Hall; Oberlin, Ohio.
• (Nov 10, 2006) Ross Karre, percussion and video; concert, the 2006 International Computer Music Conference (hosted by Tulane University); New Orleans, Louisiana.
• (August, 2007) Ross Karre, percussion and video; digital art gallery performances, International Conference of the ACM SIGGRAPH (the Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on Graphics and Interactive Techniques); San Diego, USA.
• (November 7, 2007) Ross Karre, percussion and video; concert, Seoul International Computer Music Festival; Seoul, South Korea.
• (December 15, 2007) Ross Karre, Percussion and Video; concert, Chapman Conservatory Percussion Symposium; Chapman, USA.
• (July 12, 2008) Sisco Aparici Minguez, Percussion and Video; concert, Vila Real Regional Conservatory, Portugal.
• (October 25, 2008) Sisco Aparici Minguez, Percussion and Video; concert, Cinema Goya, Valencia.
• (November 24, 2008) Sisco Aparici Minguez, Percussion and Video; concert, Center for Contemporary Art, Salamanca.

Eight Legs Each (5:44) for amplified piston-valve tuba and two loudspeakers (2004)
• (Fall, 2004) Jeffrey Treviño, amplified tuba; concert, the International Computer Music Conference; Miami, Florida.
• (Fall, 2004) Jeffrey Treviño, amplified tuba; the New Western Electro-Acoustic Music Festival; Portland, Oregon and San Diego, California, USA.

Two Silent Scenes for The Phantom of the Opera (1925) (12:00) for piano and loosely synchronized silent film (2003)
• Commissioned by the Stanford Humanities Center.
• (Spring, 2003) Jeffrey Treviño, piano, in live accompaniment to the film; recital and discussion, Stanford Humanities Center conference, Borrowed Music in Film.

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Opera and Music Theater

Orbiting (15:30) a one-act opera for soprano and electronic noise based on a short story by Anthony Ha (2011)

• Created as part of Susan Narucki's "Instant Operas" workshop.
•(November 19, 2011) Tiffany du Mouchelle, soprano, Jess Aszodi, pre-recorded soprano; concert, Conrad Prebys Music Center; La Jolla, USA.

Watch the premiere here. (special thanks to Steve Solook)

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Orchestrations

Entr’acte (E. Satie, 1924) (22:00) for two flutes, F tuba, percussion, piano, cello, and contrabass (2005)
• Commissioned by the University of California at Santa Barbara’s Music and the Moving Image conference.
• Originally a silent film score composed and orchestrated for full orchestra.
• (January 15, 2006) Tomato Alert (silent film accompaniment ensemble, assembled by Treviño for this performance): Aaron Helgeson, flute; Grace Leslie, flute; Ross Karre, percussion; William Fried, piano; Emily Dufour, cello; James Ilgenfritz, contrabass; Jeffrey Treviño, conductor; concert, University of California at Santa Barbara’s Music and the Moving Image conference; Goleta, USA.

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Electronic Works

Trailer for UBIK (Sound Collage after Philip K. Dick) (2:45) for loudspeaker and synchronized spotlight (2007)
• (April 9, 2009) Jeffrey Treviño, Calibration and Space Bar; Electronic Music Concert with Improvised Live Video by Dominik Erdmann, Gelegenheiten, Berlin.
• (November 27, 2007) Jeffrey Treviño, Calibration and Space Bar; Concert, Visiones Sonoras Festival of Electronic Music; Morelia, Mexico.
• (May 13, 2008) Jeffrey Treviño, Calibration and Space Bar ; Electronic Music Studio Presentation, Hochschule für Musik; Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.
• (June 2, 2008) Jeffrey Treviño, Calibration and Space Bar ; Concert, June in Buffalo Festival of Contemporary Music; Buffalo, New York.
• (June 13, 2008) Jeffrey Treviño, Calibration and Space Bar; Carol Gardens Bookstore; Brooklyn, New York.
• (July 5, 2008) Jeffrey Treviño, Calibration and Space Bar; Poto; Grass Valley, USA.
• (November 9, 2008) unknown, Calibration and Space Bar; Seoul International Computer Music Festival; Seoul, South Korea.

Dogfight Shuffle (cartoon score) (1:02) (2004)
• Commissioned by the U.C. Berkeley Graduate Program in Media Studies.
• U.C. Berkeley Student Film Festival, 2004; Berkeley, USA.

Nostalgia (cartoon score) (1:00) (2004)
• Commissioned by the U.C. Berkeley Graduate Program in Media Studies.
• U.C. Berkeley Student Film Festival, 2004; Berkeley, USA.

Ping (score for documentary short, Spotters, directed by Davina Pardo and Katherine Leggett) (3:00) (2004)
• Commissioned by the Stanford University Masters Program in Documentary Film.
• San Francisco's Documentary Film Festival, 2005; San Francisco, California, USA.
• Marin County Festival of Short Film and Video, 2004; San Rafael, California, USA.
• Rhode Island International Film Festival, 2004; Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
• Real to Reel Film and Video Festival, 2004; Kings Mountain, North Carolina, USA.
• Oakland International Film Festival, 2004; Oakland, California, USA.
• True/False Film Festival 2005; Columbia, Missouri, USA.
• Wisconsin Film Festival, 2005; Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
• Cantor Arts Festival, Stanford University, 2004; Palo Alto, California, USA.

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