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E Z R A S I M S

MICROTONAL COMPOSITIONS

(first performances, only, listed)

ORCHESTRAL MUSIC

(72-note music)

Concert Piece II (2006) 12’ Frogpeak

2 clarinets soli,

small orchestra

Concert Piece (1990) 15’ CRI 643 Frogpeak

Anne Black, vla; Suellen Hershman, flt; viola solo, with flute,

Ian Greitzer, clt; Beth Pearson, vlnc; clarinet, cello, and small

Pro Arte Chamber Orch. of Boston; orchestra

Gisele Ben-Dor, cond.

Sanders Theatre, Cambridge, 1 March 1992

Night Unto Night (1984) 20’ ca.

3 flutes, 2 oboes,

2 clarinets, 2 bassoons,

3 horns, 2 trombones

Pictures for an Institution (1983) 5’ ca.

NEC JYCO; James Bergin, cond. chamber orchestra

Brown Hall, NEC, June 1983 (2222/2200/tymp, strings)

5 Short Pieces for the Junior Youth

Chamber Orchestra of the New England

Conservatory Extension Division

y^r obed^t serv^t II (1981) 11’30” ca. Frogpeak

(enlarged version of Y^r Obed^t Serv^t) 2 clts, vln., vlnc, with

2 bssns, 2 hrns, 2 trbns,

2 marimbas, 4 or 5 vlns,

2 vlas, vlnc., db.

Y^r Obed^t Serv^t (1977) 10’ Frogpeak

Dinosaur Annex; Scott Wheeler, cond 2clt, vln, vlnc; with flt, alto flt,

I^st & II^nd Church, Boston, Jan, 1978 hrn, trbn, vlln, vla, db, quitar,

2 marimbas

Longfellow Sparrow (1976) 30’

5 flts, 5 clts., 3 trpts, 5trbns.

CHAMBER MUSIC

a. 72-note music

-- furthermore …(2005) 5’ ca. Frogpeak

Dinosaur Annex, (Anne Black, vla; clt, vla.

Ian Greitzer, clt)

I^st & II^nd Church, Boston, 10 April 2005

Musing and Reminiscence (2003) 13’ ca. Frogpeak

Boston Musica Viva flt, clt, vln, vla, vlnc

Boston Mass, 21 Nov. 2003

String quartet #5 (2000) ca 12’ Frogpeak

The Pacifica Quartet str. 4tet.

Tucson Ariz, 19 Nov. 2003

Party of Five (1988) 5’ flt, clt, ob., bssn, hrn

Duo ’97 (1997) 11’

Dinosaur Annex, (Anne Black, vla; clt, vla.

Ian Greitzer, clt)

I^st & II^nd Church, Boston, 28 April 2002

Duo (1996) 11’

vla, vlnc

Stanzas (1995) 10’ Frogpeak

Dinosaur Annex, Ezra Sims, cond flt, 3 clts, cla, vlnc

I^st & II^nd Church, Boston, 7 May 1995

Invocation (1992) 6’

IMS, Bernhard Grossenbacher, cond. 3 flts, voice, vla, double bass,

Franzözische Kirche, Bern, 12 Feb 1993 quarter-tone guitar

Duo (1992) 12’ Frogpeak

Suellen Hershman, flt; Michael Curry, vlnc flt., vlnc.

Teyler Stichting, Haarlem, 2 Oct 1994

Rohan Gregory, vln; Dan Levin, vlnc. vln, vlnc

Killian Hall, MIT, 16 Jan 2000

Night Piece: CRI 643 Frogpeak

In Girum Imus Nocte et Consumimur Igni (1987) 17’

Dinosaur Annex (Suellen Hershman, flt; flt, clt, vla, vlnc,

Ian Greitzer, clt; Anne Black, vla; electronic sound

Michael Curry, vlnc; Don Berman, cond)

I^st & II^nd Church, Boston, Oct. 1989

Flight (1989) 6’35” CRI 643 Frogpeak

Hanneke Provily, flt flt, electronic sound

Teyler Stichting, Haarlem, May 1989

AEDM in memoriam (1988) 5’ Frogpeak

Ted Mook, vlnc vlnc solo

Fine Arts Center, Univ of R.I., August, 1989

Solo in four movements (1987) 14’ CRI 643 Frogpeak

Ted Mook, vlnc vlnc solo

CAMI Hall, NYC, May 1988

Chase (1987) 8’ Frogpeak

clt solo

Quintet (1987) 16’ CRI 643 Frogpeak

Dinosaur Annex (Ian Greitzer, clt; clt, 2 vlns, vla, vlnc.

Cynthia Stutt, Julie Leven, vlns;

Anne Black, vla; Arnold Friedman, vlnc

I^st & II^nd Church, Boston, March 1988

Wedding Winds (1986) 3’

Ian Greitzer, Dianne Heffner, Kathy Matasy, clts 3 clts

Decordova Museum, August, 1986

(The wedding of Anne Black and Frank Cunningham)

String Quartet #4 (1984) 15’ Frogpeak

Huyghens Quartet 2 vlns, vla, vlnc

de Ysbrekker, Amsterdam, 3 Nov. 1994

This Way to the Egress Frogpeak

or Manners Makyth Man (1983) 21’ vln, vla, vlnc

Dinosaur Annex (Janet Packer, vln;

Anne Black, vla; Michael Curry, vlnc)

I^st & II^nd Church, Boston, Feb. 1984

Brief Elegies (1983) 6’

Newband; Dean Drummond, cond. flt & zoomoozophone,

Theater of the Open Eye, NYC, April, 1985 w/ clt, bsn, trbn, db

Sextet^a (1983) 24’ Frogpeak

Dinosaur Annex (Ian Greitzer, Diane Heffner, [version of Sextet (1981) for:]

Kathy Matasy, clts; Janet Packer, vln; Anne 3 clts., vln, vla, vlnc

Black, vla; Michael Curry, vlnc

I^st & II^nd Church, Boston, 14 Oct, 1984

Tune & Variations (1983) 4’30” Frogpeak

1 or 2 french horns

Quartet (1982) 13’ Frogpeak

Dinosaur Annex (David Whiteside, flt; flt, vln, vla, vlnc

Janet Packer, vln; Anne Black, vla;

Mark Simcox, vlnc)

I^st & II^nd Church, Boston, Jan 1983

Solo After Sextet (1981) 15’ saxophone solo

Phenomena (1981) 18’ Frogpeak

Boston Musica Viva; Richard Pittman, cond. flt, clt, vln, vla, vlnc

Sanders Theatre, Cambridge, March 1982

Sextet (1981) 24’ Northeastern NR 224 Frogpeak

Dinosaur Annex (Ian Greitzer, clt; Kenneth clt, alto sax, horn,

Radnofsky, sax; Tomas Haunton, horn; Janet vln, vla, vlnc

Packer, vln; Anne Black, vla; Ted Mook, vlnc;

Ezra Sims, cond)

I^st & II^nd Church, Boston, March 1982

Two for One (1980) 10’ Northeastern NR 224 Frogpeak

Dinosaur Annex (Janet Packer, vln; vln & vla

Anne Black, vla)

Somerville Public Library, March 1981

Ruminations (1980) 10” Frogpeak

Tim Smith, clt solo clt

Bowdoin College, Feb 1988

All Done From Memory (1980) 11’ Northeastern NR 224 Frogpeak

Janet Packer, vln vln solo

Haus Paula Schmidt, Ernen, July 1980

— and, as I was saying …. (1979) 5’ Northeastern NR 224 Frogpeak/

Aaron Picht, vla Corpus Microtonale

Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, June 1979 vla solo

Midorigaoka (1978) 15’ Frogpeak

Noda Teruyuki, cond. 2 vlns, 2 vlas, vlnc

Japan Composers Assoc., Tokyo, Feb 1979

Twenty Years After (1978) 10’ Frogpeak

Dinosaur Annex (Kathy Matasy, clt; clt, & vln

Janet Packer, vln)

Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Oct 1978

Celebration of Dead Ladies (1976) 12’ Frogpeak

text: F. R. Higgins voice, alto flt, basset clt

Boston Music Viva; Gloria Raymond, mezzo; (or clt in A), vla, vlnc,

Richard Pittman, cond)

Longy School of Music, November 1989

Oboe Quartet (1971-75) 13’ 30”

SEE: Flourish (1975), II Variations (1973) oboe, vln. vla, vlnc

and From an Oboe Quartet (1973)

Flourish (1975) 1’ 30” Frogpeak

Dinosaur Annex (Peggy Pearson, ob; oboe, vln, vla, vlnc

Janet Packer, vln; Linda Kirkwood, vla;

Deborah thompson, vlnc)

Old South Meeting House, Boston, March, 1976

String Quartet #2 (1962) (1974) 30’ CRI 784 Frogpeak

Boston Musica Viva; Richard Pittman, cond; flt, clt, vln, vla, vlnc.

Longy School, April, 1975 (1^st mvt.)

Longy School, Feb. 1976 (whole work)

NB: FOR MY ACTUAL SECOND STRING QUARTET, SEE 5 Sonate, UNDER Sonate Concertante

Second Thoughts (1974) 5’ min

Alan Nagel, Barbara Schultz, dbs; 1, 2, or many double basses,

with db trio and magnetic tape

Brown Hall, NE Conservatory, Feb, 1974

II variations (1973) 5’ Frogpeak

Ken Roth, ob; Janet Packer, vln; ob, vln, vla, vlnc

David Schreiber, vla; Deborah Thompson, vlnc

MUSIC HERE AND NOW, MFA, BOSTON, May 1974

From an Oboe Quartet (1971) 7’

Computer realisation: AI Lab, MIT, 1971

Octet for Strings (1964) 17’ Frogpeak

b. quarter-tone music

Third Quartet (1962) 25’ CRI 784 Frogpeak

Lenox Quartet string quartet

Carnegie Recital Hall, 1965

Sonate concertante (1961) 11’ Frogpeak

octet version: string quartet, oboe, vla, vlnc, db.

5 Sonate: Joseph Schor, Alan Ohms, vlns; (each quartet may be

Jack Glick, vla; Joseph Tekula, vlnc; performed separately)

5 Sonatine: Judith Martin, ob; Lamarre Alsop, vla;

Evalyn Steinbock, db

Ralph Shapey, cond.

Music In Our Time 1900-1961, April 1961

VOCAL/CHORAL MUSIC

a. 72-note music

Im Mirabell (2006) 3’ Frogpeak

texts: Georg Trakl baritone, flt, clt, vln, vla, vlnc

NotaRiotous; Boston Microtonal Society

Avery Griffin, bar; James Bergin, cond.

Killian Hall, MIT, 12 Nov 2006

Encores: Three Parlor Songs (2000) 6’

texts: Firbank, Lear, Chivers alto, vlnc