NOISE actively commissions new works from emerging and established composers, and is constantly searching for unfamiliar works to add to its repertoire. The following list of works have been performed by NOISE in past concert seasons. The list includes those works which best represent the ensemble's aesthetic focus and is not comprehensive. In addition, each member of NOISE maintains a substantial repertoire of solo works which are frequently performed on NOISE concerts.
* commissioned and premiered by NOISE
** premiered by NOISE
*** commissioned and premiered by members of NOISE
Repertoire for core sextet and subgroups
John Luther Adams, Red Arc / Blue Veil
Christopher Adler, Ecstatic Volutions in a Neon Haze
Christopher Adler, I Want to Believe
Christopher Adler, Iris*
Christopher Adler, Petit Hommage a Jehan Alain***
Charles Amirkhanian, Church Car
Ignacio Baca-Lobera, 5 Miniaturas para Violin y Violinchelo
Sidney Marquez Boquiren, Missa cum Jubilo*
Sidney Marquez Boquiren, Paper Pieces
Christopher Burns, Misprision
Christopher Burns, Resolution*
Christopher Burns, Tangle***
Matthew Burtner, Polyrhythmicana*
Matthew Burtner, Snowprints
Moiya Callahan, Magnify
Elliott Carter, Enchanted Preludes
Elliott Carter, Duettino
Sidney Corbett, Della Pietà
George Crumb, Vox Balaenae (Voice of the Whale)
Nicholas Deyoe, fl/vln
Morton Feldman, Crippled Symmetry
Morton Feldman, Why Patterns?
Iván Ferrer-Orozco, Trace II: Vestigium
Orlando Garcia, el silencio despues de la lluvia
Ada Gentile. Flashback
Philip Glass, Music in Fifths
Jeff Herriott, Trio
Tom Johnson, 844 Chords
Rosalind Page, Macula lutea**
Bill Ryan, Blurred
Kaija Saariaho, Cendres
Kaija Saariaho, Mirrors
Stuart Saunders Smith, Asleep in Thorns*
Stuart Saunders Smith, In Common
Stuart Saunders Smith, Notebook
Harvey Sollberger, Met him pike hoses
Ingrid Stolzel, with both eyes
Peter V. Swendsen, Bright Days of Little Sunlight
Toru Takemitsu, Sacrifice
Toru Takemitsu, Toward the Sea
Erik Ulman, For John Wieners*
Anton Webern, Drei kleine Stücke, op. 11
Stefan Weisman, SuperSoft
Iannis Xenakis, Paille in the Wind
Evan Ziporyn, Speak, At-man!
Repertoire requiring guest musicians
Louis Andriessen, Hout
Pierre Boulez, Le Marteau sans Maitre
Nathan Brock, Geworfenheit*
Juan Campoverde Q., Illuminaciones
Franco Donatoni, Algo II
James Erber, Trattenimento da Camera
Brian Ferneyhough, No Time (at all)
Sungji Hong, Shades of Raindrops
Derek Keller, Fear...ever present*
Helmut Lachenmann, Salut fur Caudwell
Steve Reich, Nagoya Guitars
Frederic Rzewski, Coming Together
Frederic Rzewski, Song and Dance
Harvey Sollberger, Two Pieces for Two Flutes
Salvatore Sciarrino, Esplorazione del Bianco II
Karlheinz Stockhausen, Kreuzspiel
Karlheinz Stockhausen, Refrain
William Sydeman, Music for Flute, Viola, Guitar and Percusion
Nicolas Tzortzis, Mnésique
Anton Webern, Four Pieces, op. 7
Anton Webern, Quartet, op. 22
NOISE
c/o San Diego New Music
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9700 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-5010
musical excerpt:
Illuminaciones, by Juan Campoverde Q.
photos by Supeena Insee Adler