November Foxtrot
for percussion, cello, and video
In progress
November Foxtrot is a large scale multimedia collaboration between New Morse Code and me, developed at Avaloch Farm Music Institute. Its eight movements explore language, alphabet, transmission, Morse Code, and other means of communication. Cello and percussion converse with an interactive video application consisting of digital duplicates of New Morse Code and other historical and found footage.
The Four Suburban Seasons
installation for four videos
In progress
The Four Suburban Seasons are a series of four short videos filmed in front of my house on Wiggins street in Princeton, NJ. They all use big machines such as lawn mower and a snow blower and use a technique of skipping ion the video file to create rhythmic and fun musical patterns.

USA
installation for player piano and video
2018-2019
17'
USA is an installation and process-based piece for player piano (Yamaha Disklavier) and video in which each one of the stripes and stars play a different note at a different tempo.
Hello, I like cheese
for percussion quartet and optional bass
6' - for the So Percussion Summer Institute
Hello I like Cheese is a fun algorithmic piece using several complex isorhythms and written for vibraphone, marimba, glockenspiel, drumset, and an optional double bass part.
Big Dada
for percussion quartet and real-time video
2019
6' - for So Percussion
Big Dada is for percussion quartet and videos of singers, trucks, trains, tennis players, and kittens. It is based on multiple isorhythms along with 708 short videos stolen from Youtube. These videos are treated as an integral instrumental part using the timbres of different singers, trains, trucks, tennis players, and kittens as a visual klangfarbenmelodie.
Des Mots Superficiels
for piano, electric bass, percussion (drum set + glockenspiel)
2018
10' - for Bearthoven
"Des Mots Superficiels" is a double homage to the to the piece “Idle Chatter” by Paul Lansky and “Alone: Life Wastes Andy Hardy” by Martin Arnold. It uses algorithmic processes to go through each syllable of the 1964 terrible movie "Santa Claus conquers the Martians”
Il va pleuvoir en fin d'après-midi
for flute, Bb clarinet, electric guitar, electric bass, piano, glockenspiel, cello, and alto saxophone
2018
11' - for NakedEye Ensemble
"Il va pleuvoir en fin d'après-midi" is an homage to the piece "It's gonna rain" by Steve Reich which expands on the idea of phase by using 4 groups of musicians with 4 different tempi and video.
4 Bucolic Machines
for double bass, viola, Bb clarinet, flute, percussion
2018
12' - for Now Hear Ensemble
4 Bucolic Machines is a piece in 4 movements: Woods, Basse, Robots, and Cabine.
Each movement explores interactions of images and sounds and need to be synchronize with a fixed media (audio and video)

My feet to the Sun
for violin, cello, bass, clarinet, piano, percussion, and video
2016
8' - for Echo Chamber
My feet to the Sun has an inverted V shape and uses a synchronized video shot with an old Hi8 video camera.
Same Face!
for solo drum set, glockenspiel, and video
2016
25' - for Owen Weaver
Same Face! is a piece for solo percussionist (drum set and glockenspiel), live audio, and video, in 5 movements. It uses the inherent glitches of audio analysis and pitch detection to generate musical material and real-time video.
Soleil
for marimba + low tom, 2 vibraphones + 2 medium toms
2015
8' - for the So Percussion Summer Institute
Soleil is a sunny piece for percussion trio. Very simple and catchy patterns are in motion, but somehow everything is wrong.
This piece is published by Long Echo

Voyages Extraordinaires
for piano quintet
2015
5' - for Todd Reynolds
Voyages Extraordinaires was commissioned by Holland America Line in collaboration with Lincoln Center for piano quintet.
Brandi Loves Todd
for double bass, drum set, vibraphone, electric guitar, cello, tenor voice and video
2014
4' - for Princeton's BlackBox project
Brandi Loves Todd is a piece for chamber ensemble and a video from the TV show Maury Povich.
It uses the "speech-melody" technique where each instrument is assigned to a different character in the show.
An Open Cage
for clarinet, cello, piano, double bass, percussion
2012
4' - for the Bang on a Can All-Stars
An Open Cage uses excerpts from an archival lecture of Diary: How to improve the world (You will only make matters worse) by John Cage. This material was provided courtesy of Laura Kuhn and the John Cage Trust.
This piece involves a click track. Piano, cello, clarinet and electric guitar are asked to sing at the end.
Hommage à Baligh Hamdi
for fl, cl, vn, vc, pia, hp, egtr, 2 sopranos
2012
8' - for Wild Rumpus
Baligh Hamdi was an Egyptian composer who wrote many of Egypt's most fantastic songs. Hommage à Baligh Hamdi is in three parts and requires the 2 singers to remain seated for the first half while holding a white handkerchief, mimicking Oum Kalthoum's stage presence.
Pièce Montée
for string quartet
2012
7' - for Jack quartet
A ''pièce montée'' is a French decorative layered wedding cake in an architectural form made of cream puffs, nougat, marzipan and spun sugar.
Literally, it means ''assembled piece''. The adjective ''montée'' refers to an upward direction.
This piece is in two sections and contains elements of simple improvisation.
Coma Carus
for 3 pianos and delay
2010
5’
Coma Carus is the French name for the third step in a coma: it is when the person doesn't react to any external stimuli.
This piece was originally recorded with multi-track pianos on my album Baroque Tardif. This is an arrangement for three pianos and digital delay.

100
for electric guitar quartet
2009
6’ - for Dither Quartet
100 is a piece in 2 movements for electric guitar quartet. It uses a loop pedal and an octave pedal.
Rose 21
for open instrumentation: 12, 8, or 4 instruments
2008
6'
Rose21 is an experimental piece in 2 parts exploring the idea of phase invented by Steve Reich. Each of the four instruments group has its own tempo. It has to be played with four phasing click tracks sent from a Max patch.
The instrumentation of this piece is open, i.e. it can be played by any instrument as long as they can play the notes. The recorded version presented here is for 8 alto saxophones and 4 double basses.
Hommage à Jacob Ter Veldhuis
for 4 acoustic guitars, electric bass, tenor voice and video
2008
4' - for the Mikael Kurdoka's guitar class
Hommage à Jacob Ter Veldhuis was composed in 2006 with a weather forecast by the famous Evelyne Dhéliat.
This version was arranged in 2008 for 4 guitars, electric bass and voice.

Concierge 130
for solo bass clarinet and loop pedal
2008
3' - for Eileen Mack
Concierge 130 is one of the many pieces I wrote while working as a part-time super-intendant in 2008. It requires the clarinetist to play with a looping device, either hardware or software.
Crocodile
for solo double bass and tape
2007
6’ - for Eleonore Oppenheim
Crocodile uses an excerpt from the French documentary ''La fabrique de l'homme occidental'' (Idéal Audience - Arte 1996) by film maker Gérard Caillat and psychoanalyst Pierre Legendre.
> available on the album Home by Eleonore Oppenheim on Innova Recordings

Patatra
for solo soprano, tape and hair dryer
2007
7' for Abigail Fischer
Patatra uses a hair dryer, solfège, and another soprano in the electronics.
L’air du baobab
for violin, viola, cello, double bass
2004
8'
L'air du baobab is written for the perfect string quartet: bass, cello, viola, and violin. This piece has been used in the soundtrack for the movie Miss Hill.