Mason Bates / Masonic

THE B-SIDES orchestra & electronica (2008; 19'00")

commissioned by The San Francisco Symphony under Michael Tilson Thomas; previewed at Carnegie Hall April 2009, premiered at Davies Symphony Hall May 2009

WHITE LIES FOR LOMAX orchestra (2008; 7'00")

commissioned by The California Symphony under Barry Jekowsky; premiered May 2009

MUSIC FROM UNDERGROUND SPACES orchestra & electronica (2007; 14'00")

commissioned by The California Symphony under Barry Jekowsky; premiered May 2008

LIQUID INTERFACE orchestra & electronica (2006; 25'00")

commissioned by The National Symphony under Leonard Slatkin; premiered at the Kennedy Center in 2007; subsequent performances by the National Symphony at Carnegie Hall; by the Cabrillo Festival Orchestra under Marin Alsop; and by the Portland Symphony under Robert Moody

RUSTY AIR IN CAROLINA orchestra & electronica (2006; 12'00")

commissioned by The Winston-Salem Symphony under Robert Moody; subsequent performances by the Virginia Symphony, the Charleston Symphony, the Richmond Symphony, Eastern Music Festival Orchestra, Cabrillo Music Festival Orchestral, and the University Orchestra at UC Berkeley

OVERTURE TO CALIFORNIA FICTIONS orchestra (2006; 6'00")

commissioned by The Mobile Symphony under Scott Speck

OMNIVOROUS FURNITURE sinfonietta & electronica (2004; 17'00")

commissioned by The Los Angeles Philharmonic; subsequent performances scheduled by The American Composers Orchestra, The Oakland Symphony, the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, and the Modesto Electroacoustic Ensemble

ODE orchestra (2001; 10'00")

commissioned by The Phoenix Symphony; subsequent performances by The Spoleto USA Festival, the Portland Symphony, & members of The Los Angeles Philharmonic

ICARIAN RHAPSODY string orchestra (1999-2001;12'00")

premiered by The Oakland Symphony

SOUNDS FOR HIS ANIMATION synthesizer & chamber orchestra (1998;15'00")

commissioned by The New Juilliard Ensemble; subsequent performances by The Atlanta Symphony and The Phoenix Symphony

EVERYWHERE WEST fanfare orchestra (1994; 7'00")

premiered by The Evansville Youth Orchestra under Robert Moody; subsequent performances by The Annapolis Symphony, The Oklahoma City Philharmonic, The Louisville Symphony, The Mobile Philharmonic, The Greenville Symphony, The Phoenix Symphony

WHITE LIES FORLOMAX piano solo (2007; 6'00")

commissioned by Tanglewood Music Center

RED RIVER violin, clarinet, cello, piano, electronics (2007; 17'00")

commissioned by Greenwich Music Festival

DIGITAL LOOM organ & electronica (2005; 17'00")

commissioned by The Juilliard School for its 100th Anniversary

FROM AMBER FROZEN string quartet (2004; 15'00")

commissioned by The Naumburg Foundation for The Biava Quartet

STRING BAND prepared piano trio (2002; 11'00")

commissioned by Young Concert Artists for The Claremont Trio

MERCURY SOUL clarinet & piano (2002; 15'00")

commissioned by The Koussevitsky Foundation for Alexander Fitterstein

ELEMENTS flute & piano (2000; 15'00")

commissiond by Young Concert Artists, Inc.

SONATA NO. 2 FOR PIANO (1995-1996; 30'00")

SIRENS a cappella choral cycle in six excerptable movements

commissioned & premiered by Chanticleer, March 2009

CALIFORNIA FICTIONS opera with electronica in one act (2008; 30'00")

featured on the 2006 New York City Opera VOX Showcase, workshopped by Aspen Opera Theater July 2008

SONGS FROM THE PLAYS high voice & piano (1999-2001; 30'00")

song cycle for high voice & piano on poems of Kenneth Koch

TROUT FISHING IN AMERICA music drama for one actor & five musicians, adapted from the book by Richard Brautigan (1997; 1 hr 20 min)

produced at The Clark Studio Theater, Lincoln Center, by Juilliard Interarts; directed by Bradon MacDonald

IN BED for tenor/speaker & mixed ensemble, adapted from the poem by Kenneth Koch (1996; 15'00")

premiered by The Aspen Contempoary Ensemble (Randy Lacy, tenor; George Tsontakis, cond.); subsequent performances at Tanglewood Music Center, Aspen Music Festival, and Lincoln Center

THREE AMERICAN POEMS song cycle for tenor, flute, oboe, & piano (1995; 20'00")

OMNIVOROUS FURNITURE sinfonietta & electronica (2004; 17'00")

commissioned by The Los Angeles Philharmonic; subsequent performances by The American Composers Orchestra & The Oakland Symphony

RODEOPTERYX accordion & electronics (2000; 4'20")

produced at The Clark Studio Theater, Lincoln Center, by Juilliard Interarts; directed by Jeffery Fleischhacker

SOUNDS FOR HIS ANIMATION synthesizer & chamber orchestra (1998;15'00")

commissioned by The New Juilliard Ensemble; subsequent performances by The Atlanta Symphony and The Phoenix Symphony

 

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