1957
Film Music: “The Image in Time”, by George Manupelli
1959-79
Piano Sonata (Christopher Columbus Crosses to the New World in the Niña, the Pinta and the Santa Maria Using Only Dead Reckoning and a Crude Astrolabe)
Piano
1960
The Fourth of July
Magnetic tape
1960
Film Music: “The Bottleman”, by George Manupelli
1961
Film Music: “The House”, by George Manupelli
1961
Maneuvers for Small Hands
Piano
1961
Public Opinion Descends Upon the Demonstrators
Electronic music theater
1961
Something for Clarinet…
Clarinet or flute, pianos and tape
1962
Complete With Heat
Orchestra instruments and tape
1962
Details for Two Pianists, IIb
One piano, four hands
1962
Detroit Divided
Four-channel tape
1962
Fives
2 pianos, 2 percussion, string quintet
1963
Trios (White on White)
Open instrumentation
1963
in memoriam ... ESTEBAN GOMEZ (quartet)
For four players
1963
in memoriam ... JOHN SMITH (concerto)
For three players and assistants
1963
in memoriam ... CRAZY HORSE (symphony)
For twenty or more wind or string or other sustaining instruments
1963
in memoriam ... KIT CARSON (opera)
Eight-part ensemble
1963
Boxing
Sound producing dance
1964
Big Danger in Five Parts
Tape
1964
Combination Wedding and Funeral
Electronic music theater
1964
Film Music: “Jenny and the Poet”, by George Manupelli
1964
Interludes for the Space Theater
Sound producing dance
1964
Kittyhawk (An Antigravity Piece)
Electronic music theater
1964
The Lecture Series (aka “Joyroad Interchange”)
Electronic music theater
1964
The Wolfman Tape
Magnetic tape
1964
The Wolfman
Amplified voice and The Wolfman Tape
1965
The Entrance
Two keyboard electronic organ
1965
Film Music: “My May”, by George Manupelli
1965
Orange Dessert
Electronic music theater
1965
Unmarked Interchange
Electronic music theater (Co-composers: The ONCE Group)
1965
Untitled Mixes
Tape (Co-composers: The Bob James Trio)
1965-78
Waiting Room
Quartet for any number of wind or string instruments
Commissioned by Selmer Musical Instrument Company
1966
Night Train
Electronic music theater (co-composer: Mary Ashley)
1967
Frogs
from That Morning Thing (opera)
1967
She Was A Visitor
from That Morning Thing (opera)
For speaker and chorus
1967
That Morning Thing (opera)
Opera for five principal voices, eight dancers, women's chorus and tape
1969-71
Recorded Sound Tracks: “Dr. Chicago” (four film series) by George Manupelli
1968
Film Music: “Overdrive”, by George Manupelli
1968
Purposeful Lady Slow Afternoon
originally from the opera, That Morning Thing
Electronic music theater
1968
The Trial of Anne Opie Wehrer and Unknown Accomplices for Crimes Against Humanity
Electronic music theater
1968
The Wolfman Motorcity Revue
Electronic music theater
1969
Film Music: “Portraits, Self-Portraits and Still Lifes” by George Manupelli
1970
Fancy Free or It's There
For speaker and cassette machines
1970
Film Music: “Battery Davis”, by Philip Makanna
1970
Illusion Models
Hypothetical computer tasks
1970
Morton Feldman Says
Sound producing dance
1972
In Sara Mencken Christ and Beethoven There Were Men and Women
Voice and electronics
1972
String Quartet Describing the Motions of Large Real Bodies
String quartet with electronics
1973
Revised, Finally (April, 1961-April, 1973), for Gordon Mumma
For pairs of bell-like instruments
1974
How Can I Tell the Difference?
Violin or viola with electronics and tape
1975
Night Sport
For improvising voice and various distractions
1975
Over the Telephone
Remote control of a performance in another place
1976
Music with Roots in the Aether
Television opera, 14hours, color, 1-in. masters
1976
Title Withdrawn
Music theater on video tape, 48 minutes, color, 3/4-in master
1976
What She Thinks
Music theater on video tape, 58 minutes, color, 3/4-in master
1978-80
Perfect Lives
Opera in seven, 30-minute episodes for television
Commissioned by the Kitchen Center for Video, Music and Performance
1978-80
The Park
Episode I, Perfect Lives
30 minutes
1978-80
The Supermarket
Episode II, Perfect Lives
30 minutes
1978-80
The Bank
Episode III, Perfect Lives
30 minutes
1978-80
The Bar
Episode IV, Perfect Lives
30 minutes
1978-80
The Living Room
Episode V, Perfect Lives
30 minutes
1978-80
The Church
Episode VI, Perfect Lives
30 minutes
1978-80
The Backyard
Episode VII, Perfect Lives
30 minutes
1979
Automatic Writing
(in performance, called Exposed in Little Light, or Fathers and Sons Exposed in Little Light)
Voice, electronic instruments, special recording techniques
1979
Ideas from The Church
For voice and tape
Commissioned by Douglas Dunn and Dancers, for “Coquina”
1981
Music Word Fire And I Would Do It Again Coo Coo: The Lessons
Voices, electronic instruments
1981
The Lessons
Television opera, half hour, color, 1-in. master
1982-87
Atalanta (Acts of God)
Three operas composed to be intermingled
1982
Tap Dancing in the Sand
solo voice
20 minutes
1982-87
The Anecdotes: Max, Willard, Bud
from the opera Atalanta (Acts of God)
20 minutes (each)
1982-87
Au Pair
from the opera Atalanta (Acts of God); stories by Jacqueline Humbert
50 minutes
1982-87
The Character References: Max, Willard, Bud
from the opera Atalanta (Acts of God)
8 minutes (each)
1982-87
The Etchings
from the opera Atalanta (Acts of God)
30 minutes
1982-87
The Flying Saucer Dialogues: Max, Willard, Bud
from the opera Atalanta (Acts of God)
45 minutes (total)
1982-87
Mr. Harris and The Headlines
from the opera Atalanta (Acts of God)
30 minutes
1982-87
The Rotations
from the opera Atalanta (Acts of God)
20 minutes
1984
Atalanta Strategy
Television Opera, color, 1-in. master
25 minutes
1985
Improvement (Don Leaves Linda)
Opera: Solo voices, chorus, orchestra and electronics
88 minutes
1985
Odalisque
for Orchestra: 24 instruments, solo voice, chorus
20 minutes
Commissioned by the Arch Ensemble, San Francisco
1987
el/Aficionado
Opera: Solo voices, chorus, solo piano and electronics
72 minutes
Commissioned by Mutable Music for Thomas Buckner
1988
Basic 10
Snare drum or other percussion instruments
Indeterminate
Commissioned by Stuart Smith
1988
Problems in the Flying Saucer
Two solo voices
20 minutes
Commissioned by the Cunningham Dance Company
1988
Superior Seven
Flute with orchestra instruments and chorus
30 minutes
Commissioned by the Bowery Ensemble
1990
Yellow Man with Heart with Wings
Tape
53 minutes
1991
Empire (The History of Tomato Soup)
from the opera Atalanta (Acts of God)
Voice and tape or piano
45 minutes
1991
The Max Anecdote
from the opera Atalanta (Acts of God)
Voice and tape or piano
25 minutes
1991
The Offering of Images
from the opera Improvement (Don Leaves Linda)
Baritone voice and piano
10 minutes
for Adam Klein, Baritone
1991
Outcome Inevitable
Chamber orchestra of 8 or more
15 minutes
Commissioned by Relâche Ensemble, Philadelphia, PA
1991
The Producer Speaks
from the opera Atalanta (Acts of God)
Baritone voice and piano
30 minutes
Commissioned by Mutable Music for Thomas Buckner
1992
The Song
from the opera Now Eleanor's Idea (Act IV)
Solo voice, chorus voices and pre-recorded electronic orchestra
22 minutes
1992
Tract
Voice with pre-recorded orchestra and optional string trio
27 minutes
for Thomas Buckner, Baritone
1992
Van Cao's Meditation
Piano solo
Commissioned by Lois Svard
1993
Factory Preset
Tape
5 minutes
Commissioned by New Arts Program, Kutztown, PA
1993
Love Is A Good Example
Solo voice
16 minutes
1993
Now Eleanor's Idea
Opera: Solo voices and pre-recorded orchestra
90 minutes
1994
Foreign Experiences
Opera: Solo voices, chorus and pre-recorded orchestera
72 minutes
Commissioned by Performing Artservices, Inc. with Funds from the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust
1997
Balseros
Opera: Solo voices, chorus and pre-recorded orchestra
Libretto by Maria Irene Fornes
90 minutes
Commissioned by Florida Grand Opera, Miami-Dade Community College/Broward Campus, South Florida Composers Alliance
1997
Domestic Appliances
For Mieko Shiomi
Tape
?? minutes
1997
When Famous Last Words Fail You
Voice, chorus and orchestra
35 minutes
1998
Dust
Opera: Solo voices, pre-recorded orchestra
90 minutes
Commissioned by the Kanagawa Prefectural Concert Hall (Yokohama) with additional funds from Dorothea Tanning
1998
Your Money My Life Goodbye
Solo voices and pre-recorded orchestra
63 minutes
Commissioned by Bayerischer Rundfunk Munich
2003
Celestial Excursions
Opera: Solo voices and pre-recorded orchestra
90-110 minutes
Commissioned by Performing Artservices, Inc., Berliner Festspiele and the Hebbel-Theater Berlin
2004
Tap Dancing in the Sand
Speaker, alto voice and 8 instruments
25 minutes
Commissioned by Maarten Altena Ensemble
2005
Hidden Similarities
Voices and 8 instruments
15 minutes
Commissioned by Ensemble MAE
2006
Concrete
Opera: Solo voices, pre-recorded orchestra
90-110 minutes
2007
Pillars, for David Moodey
Voice on Tape
2010
for Andie Springer
Violin with Cello or Guitar
2010
World War III Just the Highlights
Solo voice and chorus
2011
Berceuse
Violin and piano
2013
Mixed Blessings, Indiana
2013-14
Crash
Opera: Six voices
90 minutes
2011-15
Quicksand
Opera-novel: Solo voice and electronic orchestra
2 hours 45 minutes
