a still from a score for S.L.A.T.U.R. at the Nordic Music Days in Oslo later this fall.	a rendering of a single page from a new one minute piece for two times four saxophones.

C u r r e n t

this is not music, an exploratory website dealing with reductionism as a compositional tool. Created for the raflost festival in Reykjavik, Iceland, May 5 - 9.

il Dolce Fare Niente just received first price in the Music 09 composition competition. It will be performed by Eight Blackbird in Blonay, Switzerland on July 3rd.

a new recording of the Failure of Surface for piccolo and bass flutes.

u p c o m i n g

April 3rd 2009: S-Be2, a live electronic installation, NYCEMF festival, New York City
April 18th 2009: Sick Puppy, Sad Puppy, (Bad Puppy, Dead Puppy), for alto saxophone, Michael Straus, Gaudeamus Interpreters Competition, Amsterdam, Netherlands
May 5th 2009: Lecture and performance of this is not music, for live electronics, Raflost festival, Reykjavik, Iceland
May 18th 2009: the Failure of Surface, for piccolo and bass flute, Berglind Maria Tomasdottir, UCSD spring festival, San Diego
May 23rd 2009: the Negotiation of Context, for piano and pedal-organ, either or, Tenri Cultural Institute, New York
July 3rd, 2009: il Dolce Fare Niente, for clarinet, violin and cello, eight blackbird, Music 09 Festival, Blonay, Switzerland.
August 24th 2009: a guide for the dead through the underworld, for bass clarinet, guitar and percussion, Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany
fall 2009: a guide for the dead through the underworld, for bass clarinet, guitar and percussion, asamisimasa, oslo
fall 2009: Untitled, for children, Akureyri, Iceland
fall 2009: Untitled, for open instrumentation, S.L.A.T.U.R., Nordic Music Days, Oslo, Norway
spring 2010: Untitled, for two pianos and two percussion, Yarn / Wire, New York

2 0 0 8 P e r f o r m a n c e s

February 2008: the Rules of Irrelevance, for Bass Flute, Bass Clarinet, Harp, Piano and Percussion, ensemble adapter, Dark Days of Music, Reykjavik, Iceland
May 1, 2008: the Rules of Irrelevance, for bass flute, bass clarinet, harp, piano and percussion, ensemble adapter, Festival Nordischer Klang, Greifswald, Germany
June 2008: the Elimination of Metaphysics, for double bass, Ensemble Surplus, June in Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
June 2008: Failure II from the Failure of Surface, for bass flute, , Berglind Maria Tomasdottir, Vid Djupid Festival, Isafjordur, Iceland
July 14, 2008: a Spiral as Seen from the View of a Drum, for percussion sextet, Main pogram of the IMD, Darmstadt, Germany
July 18 or 19, 2008: the Closeness of Materials, for alto saxophone and accordion, studio concerts of the IMD, Darmstadt, Germany
August 25, 2008: Monday Morning Wedding Music, a live electronic installation, ICMC International Computer Music Conference, Belfast
September 5, 2008: the Failure of Surface, two solos and a duo for piccolo and bass flutes, Richard Craig, UNM Festival, Oslo
October 4 & 5, 2008: Hvein + S-Be1, for string trio and live electronics, Circo Aero, Nordic Music Days, Helsinki
October 25 - 26, 2008: S-Be2, a live electronic installation, ISCM World Music Days, Vilnius
December 16, 2008: Sick Puppy, Sad Puppy, (Bad Puppy, Dead Puppy), for alto saxophone, Michael Straus, Fontys Conservatory of Music,Tilburg, Netherlands