Wendy Reid CV (pdf format)

                                                                           WENDY REID 
                                                                             Composer  

                                                                  treepieces@gmail.com  

                                                                             treepieces.net

EDUCATION

EMPLOYMENT

AWARDS, GRANTS, and COMMISSIONS

DISCOGRAPHY/ YOUTUBE/VIMEO

LP/Cassette:      TREE PIECES (FROG RECORDS,1988/ FROG PEAK)

CD                       TREE PIECES (FROG RECORDS, 2002 / FROGPEAK)

                             TREE PIECES volume 2 (NIENTE, 2004 / FROGPEAK)

                              TREE PIECE SINGLE #1: LULU VARIATIONS (NIENTE, 2009)

                              TREE PIECE SINGLE #2: LU-SHOO FRAGMENTS (NIENTE, 2010)

                              TREE PIECE SINGLE #3: LULU VARIATIONS 2 (NIENTE, 2014)

YOUUTUBE        TREE PIECE SINGLE #4  AMBIENT BIRD 433  (WENDY REID 2019)

                              TREEPIECE SINGLE #5  BIRDS WITHOUT BORDERS (WENDY REID 2020) 

                               TREE PIECE SINGLE #6  BIRD HAIKU (WENDY REID 2020)

                               TREE PIECE SINGLE #7  BIRDS WITHOUT BORDERS#2 (WENDY REID 2021)  

                                TREE PIECE SINGLE #8  BIRDS WITHOUT BORDERS #3 (WENDY REID 2021) 

                                TREE PIECE SINGLE #9  AMBIENT BIRD-LIVE OAK  (WENDY REID 2022)

                                TREE PIECE SINGLE #10 AMBIENT BIRD-MOSSWOOD (WENDY REID 2023)

VIMEO                     BIRD COLLECTION  (WENDY REID 2022): 

                                Twittering Machine  /  Gungles / Tree Piece #21 /lulu variations/ambient bird                 

PUBLICATIONS/SCORES

 Scores

  ONES, (2022) an anthology of solo compositions by Frog Peak Composers edited by Jody Diamomd and Wendy Reid, published by Frog Peak Music:

Ambient Bird for solo violin, Tree Piece #8 for solo percussion -Wendy Reid

Ambient  Bird Collection 2019-2013

Tree Pieces Collection 1980-2023

Frog On Rock/Game of Tree/Klee Pieces/Glass Walls/Early Works

 Frogpeak Music/Sound-Image/W. Reid

 Wendy Reid, Tree Piece #8 (visual score):

  in Notations #21, by T. Sauer, published by M. Batty

Bird Etudes (WIP, W. Reid)

 Studies in Timbre, Bird Diary, Frog On Rock and other works (WIP, W. Reid)

 INTERVIEWS

https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/oakland-composer-birds-make-beautiful-music-together

"Noisy People Podcast #8: Wendy Reid", interview by Tim Perkis, June 23, 2015, 
             noisypeople.net
             audio mp3:08_wendy_reid.mp3

Center for New Music :  Mills Grist -composers from Mills College talk about their music

Teacher Feature: Wendy Reid  -director Katherine Baird interviews violin instructor and composer Wendy Reid at Holy Names University PMD
 

        SFChronicle Interview -2-18-2014

        "Meet Lulu: Parrot Musician and Muse" interview  by Jesse Hamlin, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 February 2014       
              https://www.sfcv.org/article/meet-lulu-parrot-musician-and-muse

       East Bay Express article

       "Minding the Frontier of New Music",  by Whitney Phaneuf, East Bay Express, 26 February 2014

     San Francisco Bay Guardian article  

        "Synthesizers, saxophones, and one African grey parrot: The Other Minds music festival is a magnet           
               for the avant-garde", Interview by Micah Dubreuil, San Francisco Bay Guardian, 26 February 2014]
     http://www.sfbg.com/noise/2014/02/26/synthesizers-saxophones-and-one-african-grey-parrot-other-minds-music-festival-magn

        "Lounging with Lulu" (Voodoo Riffs), Interview with Micah Dubreil, 9 June 2014      
              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hK6yL0OTZWU

     Other Minds 19 festival pre-concert talk with Charles Amirkhanian and composers, San Francisco Jazz Center, 3-1-2014                                                          
 https://archive.org/details/OMF_2014_03_01_C2
link to page

 Djerassi Institute with Other Minds 19 Festival, interview/talk with Wendy Reid,      
                 Charles  Amirkhanian, moderator, 2-24-2014

  San Francisco Bay Guardian podcast, Micah Dubreil, 27 May 2014      
              https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcasts/running-the-voodoo-down/id8546077970

  Women in Creative Music: Wendy Reid Interview by R. Unterseher, Fall 1997, 
              oliverosinterview.pdf

   La Communauté   électroacoustique canadienne e-Contact! 12.2-interviews: "25 Years of Crack-O'Dawn",
              http://cec.sonus.ca/econtact/12_2/interviews_go KPFA: Crack O'Dawn interview, Wendy Reid, June 5, 2015   Hosted by Barbara Golden
               https://kpfa.org/episode/crack-o-dawn-june-5-2015/           
               audio MP3 file: cracko-wendy-150605.mp3

KPFA-Airplay/Interviews (1978→2010):  Hosted by Marina LaPalma, Charles Amirkhanian, Jane Heaven,                                                                                   
Sara Cahill, Barbara Golden,KALX-Airplay/Interview (1991)             
               Hosted by Fred  Lomberg-Holm

KALW Airplay (2014)               
        Music of Other Minds, produced by Richard Friedman

ARTICLES/REVIEWS

 "Follow Your Beak: Bird, Bird, and More This Weekend", (Other Minds, 2-26-14).
             https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#search/other+minds+19/144711213d13c881, http://www.treepieces.net/files/followyourbeak.pdf,  http://www.otherminds.org/shtml/om19-info.shtml

 "The outre music festival called Other Minds", by Andrea Abney,
                 SFGate, 26 February 2014,
                 http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/The-outre-music-festival-called-Other-Minds-5270684.php
             
   "Other Minds 19 Embraces Improvisers, Nor Cal Composers",
                 SFGate, 26 February 2014, 
                 www.sfgate.com/music/article/Other-Minds-19-embraces-improvisers-NorCal-5270683.php

   "Minding the Frontier of New Music", by Whitney Phaneuf, 
                 East Bay Express, 26 February 2014 
                 http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/minding-the-frontier-of-new-music/Content?oid=3848945

         "Composers of Northern California, Other Minds 19", by perkustooth, New Music Buff, (4- 3-14),         http://newmusicbuff.wordpress.com/tag/otherminds/

          "Coming Up, Other Minds 19 at the SF Jazz Center", (2-16-14) http://newmusicbuff.wordpress.com/2014/02/16/coming-up-other-minds-19-at-the-sf-jazz-center/

         "Players End Series on High Note", San Francisco Chronicle (5-9-91}  http://www.treepieces.net/files/sfreview9101.jpg,

   "Music Goes Round but Comes out Obscure", San Francisco Chronicle (5-30-84)   http://www.treepieces.net/files/sfchroniclereview84bw.jpg

     San Francisco Examiner (5-9-91 / 5-30-84 "Unusual Music", Oakland Tribune, Charles Shere,  (12-4-82),                http://www.treepieces.net/files/oaklandtribunereview82bw.jpg

    "To Soothe the Savage Beast", East Bay Express (10-26-90), http://www.treepieces.net/files/eastbayexpress1990.jpg

     Sound Choice (Winter, 1990), http://www.treepieces.net/files/treepiecereview-1.jpg, (Winter, 1991),http://www.treepieces.net/files/treepiecereview-2.jpg

CATALOGUE OF WORKS* and selected performances* 1968-2023

*ambient bird - mosswood (2023)  with sfSOUND and the bird ensemble:   Lulu, african grey parrot, Wendy Reid, Krys Bobrowski, Brenda Hutchinson, Aurora Joshepson, Ron Heglin, David Samas, Kanoko Nishi-Smith, Diane Grubbe, Brendan Lai-Tong, Matt Ingalls Mosswood Sound Series: Wendy Reid & Toshi Ichiyanagi, Mosswood Chapel, Oakland (1-8-23)

*ambient bird - live oak (2022)  with sfSOUND and the bird ensemble:  Lulu (African grey parrot), Wendy Reid, Krys Bobrowski, Brenda Hutchinson, Aurora Josephson, Ron Heglin, David Samas, Kanoko Nishi-Smith, Diane Grubbe, Brendan Lai-Tong, Matt ingalls, Kyle Bruckmann   Live Oak Park, Berkeley (9-22-22) 

*birds without borders 3  (2021))  international ensemble online: Biggi Vinkeloe (Sweden), Barbara Held (Barcelona), Thea Farhadian Berlin), Barbara Golden (Nova Scotia), and USA ensemble: lulu, Wendy Reid (Berkeley), Brenda Hutchinson (San Fransisco), Aurora Josephson (Portland), Krys Bobrowsi, Ron Heglin (Oakland) *Center For New Music: Beyond Borders: birds-improvisations-environments  (8-14-21) 

*birds wthout borders 2   (2021) international ensemble online: Biggi Vinkeloe (Sweden), Barbara Held (Barcelona), Thea Farhadian Berlin), Barbara Golden (Nova Scotia), and USA: lulu, Wendy Reid (Berkeley), Brenda Hutchinson (San Fransisco), Aurora Josephson (Portland), Krys Bobrowsi, Ron Heglin (Oakland) HNU Alumni, Faculty and Friends Concert, Holy Names University (2-28-21)

*ambient bird online:  birds without borders (2020)   international ensemble online: Biggi Vinkeloe (Sweden), Barbara Held (Barcelona), Thea Farhadian Berlin), Barbara Golden (Nova Scotia), and USA: lulu, Wendy Reid (Berkeley), Brenda Hutchinson (San Fransisco), Aurora Josephson (Portland), Krys Bobrowsi, Ron Heglin (Oakland) Network Music Festival -UK: Sound Without Borders (7-17-2020)

*Tree Piece #67  'bird haiku' for bird and open ensemble  (2020)  the bird ensemble: Lullu (african grey parrot), Wendy Reid, Krys Bobrowski, Brenda Hutchinson, Aurora Joshepson, Ron Heglin,   (last live concert before covid)    Holy Names University - Studio Theatre: Faculty and Friends Concert  (2-8-2020) 

*Ambient Bird 433  (2019)  for 3 open ensembles and African Grey Parrot  (performers list: website-home page)  Frank Ogawa Plaza, the forum: Wendy Reid, Lulu, and Friends   -ProArts Sunday April 14, 2019   

*Tree Piece Collection (2019) with Lulu (parrot), Wendy Reid, Brenda Hutchinson, Aurora Josephson, Ron Heglin Garden of Memory, walk through event (S. Cahill): Bird Works  (6-21-2019) Chapel of the Chimes, Oakland

*Lulu Variations 5  (2018) for open ensemble and African Grey Parrot with the Mills Performing Group (website:  performers list-Steed Cowart)   Mills Performing Group Concert Littlefield Concert Hall,  Mills College  (11-17-18)

*Ambient Bird 433 (2018) for 3 open ensembles and African Grey Parrot (performers list:website-home page)  Frank Ogawa Plaza, the forum 11-10-2018  (-rescheduled to 4-14-19)

*Tree Piece #34 “frog ostinato” for oboe and percussion Kyle Bruckmann, oboe and Christopher Froh perc.,         Pitzer Center Recital Hall:  Faculty Recital  UC Davis (11-19-2018)

*Tree Piece #66 (2018) for open ensembe  with Lulu (Afican grey parrot), WendyReid, Brenda Hutchinson, Aurora Josephson, Ron Heglin Garden of Memory, walk through event (S. Cahill): Bird Works  (6-21-2018) Chapel of the Chimes, Oakland

*Tree Piece #65 "lulu variations 4" (2017)  with Lulu, African grey parrot), Wendy Reid,  Aurora Josephson, Ron Heglin  CNMAT:    Silvia Matheus-Tim Perkis-Wendy Reid    1750 Arch St  UC Berkeley    (11-19-2017)

*Tree Piece #65 "lulu variations 3" (2017) with Mills Contemporary  Performance Ensemble (Steed Cowart) Littlefield Concert Hall, Mills College  (11-29-2017) 

*Nothing Piece (2017)  for Don Buchla     Peter Apfelbaum (virtual: lulu, Wendy Reid, Don Buchla William Winant)     Don Buchla Memorial Concert, Gray Area Foundation, San Francisco

*New Bird-Tree Pieces (2017) with Lulu (African greyparrot), Wendy Reid, Brenda Hutchinson, Aurora Josephson, Ron Heglin    Garden of Memory, walk through event (S. Cahill): New Bird Works  (6-21-2017) Chapel of the Chimes, Oakland 

lulu variations 2 (2010) for bird, violin, buchla lightning, and trumpet   lulu (bird), Wendy Reid, Tom Dambly  Trinpin at Stanford-DIY Tailgate-Demostration,  White Plaza, Stanford Universiy   (4-10-2011)

*Tree Piece #55 lulu Variations 2 (2016)  with Lulu (African grey parrot), Wendy Reid  and Ron Heglin     Turquoise Grotto: music for birdwatching ( David Samas), San Francisco  (3-18-16)

*Tree Piece #17  ‘nothing is more real than nothing’ (1991) for two or more instruments  Lulu (African greyparrot), Wendy Reid, Brenda Hutchinson, Aurora Josephson    Garden of Memory, walk through eve  (6-21-2016) Chapel of the Chimes, Oakland     

* Tree Piece #56:  FROGPOND 433, 17 sonic haiku (see website: 17 composer-performers    Berkley Arts Festival:   frogpond haiku for african grey parrot & volin  (5-30-2015) 

*Tree Piece #55 "lulu variations 3" (2014) f or african grey parrot, buchla lightning, violin, & trumpet with Lulu (parrot), Wendy Reid and Tom Dambly     Other Minds Festival, the Jazz Center, San Francisco  Djerassi Institute talk 2-24-14 / Concert  3-1-2014

*lulu variations 2 (2010) for bird, violin and trumpet   lulu (bird), Wendy Reid, Tom Dambly the ivy room   Berkeley,CA  (6-3-2013) 

*lulu variations (2008)   for african grey parrot, violin,  buchla lightning   virtual: lulu and Wendy Reid    Pixilerations Festival,  Brown University  (10-2-2010) 

*lulu variations (2008) for African grey parrot, violin, buchla lightning & trumpet   lulu (African grey parrot), Wendy Reid, Tom Dambly    Thingamajigs Festival:   Vessel Gallery, San Francisco (2010) 

*lulu variation  (2008) for African grey parrot, violin, buchla lightning & trumpet   lulu (African grey parrot), Wendy Reid, Tom Dambly   On The Nature Of Nature, Oakland Museum with photographs of A.Tingley  (10-12-2008)

*Tree Piece #58 "lu-shoo fragments" (2010-12)  with African Grey Parrot, Buchla Lightning, violin 

*Tree Piece #52 "19 variations on 19 variations (2003-05) for trumpet, trombone & tuba   Tom Djll, Toyoji Tomita, and Ron Heglin   Trinity Chapel, Berkeley  (3-4-2003) 

*Tree Piece #52 "19 variations on 19 variations (2003-05) for trumpet, trombone & tuba   Tom Djll, Toyoji Tomita, and Ron Heglin   Atelier Niente   Berkeley, CA (8-10-2005)

*Tree Piece #51 "lightning dog variation" (2004)  for violin, buchla lightning and dogs  Wendy Reid, dogs:Twinkie, Hazelle  Live Oak Park (1-14-2004) 

*Tree Piece #50 "19 variations" (2001)  for violin and percussion  Wendy Reid and William Winant, with Ronnie Baker, butoh dancer    Spring New Music Series: Small Ensembles, Big Ensembles ODC Theatre San Francisco (3-24-2001)

*Tree Piece #17 “nothing is more real than nothing” for two or more instruments   Wendy Reid, Ariel Tingley, DanJoseph, Phillip Gelb, with Ronnie Baker, butoh dancer   ODC Theatre & Living Music Present:    Spring New Music Series; Small Ensembles, Big Ensembles   San Francisco (3-24-2001)

Tree Piece #8 for solo percussion  score with recording of percussionist William Winant    Communication and Technology Cluster - Tree Piece installation  Oakland, CA  (9-24-1999)

*Tree Piece #46   "...sound of water" (1998) violin and percussion   Wendy Reid, William Winant, Ariel Tingley        In Your Ear New Music Festival, Berkeley Art Center  (7-12-1998)

*Tree Piece #44  ‘frog persona’  (1994)  for two or more instruments  Wendy Reid, Don Buchla, George Lewis     American Music Week: New Music Worlds (New Music Works, Phil Collins), Santa Cruz (11-7-1994)

*Tree Piece #44  ‘frog persona’  (1994)  for two or more instruments  Wendy Reid, Don Buchla, George Lewis        Prieto Gallery, Tree Piece Scores installation: visual scores / musical collage with a performance in the forest  Mills College   (11-11-1994)

*Tree Piece #43 ‘studies in timbre’ (1996)  for violin, koto and percussion  Wendy Reid, Miya Masaoka, Gino Robair     Sound Culture Festival, James Moore Theatre, Oakland Museum  (4-7-1996)

*Tree Piece #42  (1992/94) ‘tree collage’  for two sound collage sculptors  Ariel Tingley and Wendy Reid   sound and visual collage construction/installation commissiond by Joyce Umamoto  Noh Sculpture - Asian American Theatre Company  San Francisco (8-29-1992)

*Tree Piece #41 (1992) ‘bird Y’ for violin, piano and percussion (with recorded bird)  David Abel, Julie Steinberg, and William Winant (premiere), commissioned by the Abel-Steinberg-Winant Trio Littlefield Concert Hall  Mills College (4-11-1992)

*Tree Piece #37 (1992)  canon for two instruments  Wendy Reid and Don Buchla   Live Oak Park (12-18-1993)

*Tree Piece #34 “frog ostinato”(1985) for oboe and percussion written for William Banovetz and William Winant    San Francisco Contemporary Music Players   Green Room, SFMOMA   (5-7-1991)

*Tree Piece #34 “frog ostinato”(1985) for oboe and percussion written for William Banovetz and William Winant   premiere, New Langton Arts:  Wendy Reid and Jin Hi  Kim      San Francisco  (11-16-85) 

*Tree Piece #55 “lulu variations” (2008 - 2014)
African Gray Parrot, Buchla Lightning, violin and muted trumpet with real time/ digital mix:

Other Minds Festival lulu, Reid, Dambly (3-1-2014) San Francisco 
Djerassi Institute (W.Reid, 2-24-14)
On The Nature of Nature, Oakland Museum Garden,with photographs by Ariel Tingley
(Lulu, Shoo-Shoo, W. Reid, T. Dambly, premiere 10-12-08) Thingamajigs Festival,
Vessel Gallery, Oakland(Lulu, Shoo-Shoo, W. Reid, T. Dambly, 9-25-10) Pixilerations Festival
Brown University (10-2-10)
The Ivy Room, Berkeley (Lulu, W. Reid, R. Heglin, 2-12-12)
The Ivy Room, Berkeley (Lulu, W. Reid, T.Dambly, 6-3-13) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oObhwOMUk5k

*Tree Piece #58 “lu-shoo fragments” (2010-11) African Grey Parrot, Pacific Parrotlet, Buchla Lightning,violin, muted trumpet, and bird whistles,
real time/digital surround miix : Trimpin at Stanford: DIY Tailgate Musical Instruments Demonstration/Performance White Plaza, Stanford University
(Lulu, W. Reid, T. Dambly, R. Heglin,4-10-11
The Ivy Room, Berkeley (Lulu, W.Reid, R. Heglin, 2-12-12)
The Ivy Room Berkeley (Lulu, W. Reid, T. Dambly, 6-3-13)

*Tree Piece #52 “19 variations on 19 variations” (2005) for trumpet, trombone and tuba

commissioned by Brassiosaurus (Tomita-Djil-Heglin)

New Works for Brassiosaurus,
Trinity Chapel, Berkeley
(T. Tomita, R. Heglin, T. Djil, premiere, 3-4-03 ) Atelier Niente, Berkeley ( Brassiosaurus, 8-10-05)

*Tree Piece #51 “lightningdog variations” (2004) for violin, Buchla lightning and dogs

Live Oak Park, Berkeley, 12-18-04
Atelier Niente, Berkeley (W. Reid, Twinkie, Hazelle, 1-14-04)

*Tree Piece #50 “19 variations” (2001) for violin and percussion

ODC Theatre and Living Music Inc. Present: Spring New Music Series, Small Ensembles / Large Ensembles San Francisco (W. Reid, W. Winant, premiere 3-24-01)

*Tree Piece #46 “old pond frog leaps in sound of water” -Basho (1998) for violin and percussion

In Your Ear New Music Festival, Berkeley Art Center (A. Tingley, W. Reid, W. Winant, premiere 7-12-98)

*Tree Piece #44 “frog persona” (1994) for 2 or more instuments

American Music Week, “New Music Worlds”, New Music Works, Santa Cruz ( D.Buchla, G. Lewis, W. Reid, premiere 11-7-94) Forest, Mills (Tree Pieces installation, performance Prieto Gallery) (D. Buchla, E. Buchla, G. Lewis, W. Reid 11-11-94)

*Tree Piece #43 “studies in timbre” (1996)
for violin, koto and percussion (1996)

Sound Culture ’96, James Moore Theatre, Oakland Museum (M. Masaoka, G. Robair, W. Reid, premiere 4-7-96

*Tree Piece #42 “happy birthday joyce” (1992) visual and sound installation

commissioned by Joyce Umamoto

Noh Sculpture, Asian American Theatre Company, San Francisco,
(A. Tingley / W. Reid, premiere 8-29-92)
Prieto Gallery “Tree Pieces: Visual Scores”, Mills (11-11-94)
Trimpin at Stanford: DIY Tailgate Musical Instruments Demonstration/Performance (Lulu, W. Reid, T. Dambly)White Plaza, Stanford University (4-10-11)

*Tree Piece #41 “bird Y” (1992) for violin, piano and percussion   -commissioned by the Abel-Steinberg-Winant TrioAbel-Steinberg-Winant Trio Concert
Concert Hall, Mills College (premiere 4-11-92)
Prieto Gallery “Tree Pieces: Visual Scores”, Mills (11-11-94)

*Tree Piece #37 (1993)
for 2 instruments

Live Oak Park (12-18-93)
Prieto Gallery, Mills College,
Tree Pieces installation (reception) (11-11-94) Communication Technology Cluster, Oakland, CA, Tree Pieces installation (reception) (9-24-99)

Tree Piece #34 “frog ostinato” (1985) for oboe and percussion

written for William Banovetz and William Winant

New Langton Arts (premiere,Banovetz, Winant, (11-16-85)
New Music with Birds, Frogs & Other Creatures, Oakland Museum (W. Banovetz, W. Winant, 4-9-88)
San Francisco Contemporary Players, Museum of Modern Art, Green Room, (W. Banovetz, W. Winant, 5-7-91)
Mills College, Graduate Recital (student)
Ivy Room, Berkeley (DJ performance, 6-3-12)

Tree Piece #31 “one eye sees, the other feels” -Klee (1992) for trumpet and percussion

commissioned by Tom Dambly

A Concert of New Works for Trumpet, Mills College
( T. Dambly, J. Davel, premiere 4-11-92)
New Sound Works, Art Gallery Mills College (5-11-92)
In Your Ear, New Music Festival, Berkeley Art Center Dance Naganuma, Session House, Tokyo, Japan (1-16-2000)

Tree Piece #24 “bird music 2" (1992) for violin and percussion

PMD-HNU Faculty Recital, Chapel, Holy Names University (Reid, Bobrowski, premiere 9-27-92)

Tree Piece #21 “bird music” (1985)
for violin and percussion

commissioned by Mary Oliver

Avant-Garde Violin Concert, New Performance Gallery
(Mary Oliver, premiere 9-18-85)
Langton Arts: Wendy Reid/Jin-hi Kim, San Francisco (11-16-85) Exploratorium: YLEM -Artists Using Science & Technology (1-23-90) Japan Tour (Abel-Steinberg-Winant Trio) (11-90)
Mills College Alumni Concert, (Abel-Winant) (10-12-90)
Dream of Wild Animals, Ruth Botchen Dance Co., Oakland (12-90) Contemporary Music Competition, (Vancoillie Van Der Vekens (V!P), Antwerp, Belgium (2-26-04)
V!P Concert (Vancoillie/ Van Der Vekens), Antwerp Belgium (3-04)

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Tree Piece #17 “nothing is more real than nothing” -Beckett (1990) for 2 or more instruments    -commissioned by Don Buchla

Merkin Recital Hall, NYC ( Interpretations Series) (D. Buchla, M. Goldstein, premiere 1-9-92) Electro-Acoustic Music Concert, Mills (10-8-92) Bird-Frog Concert, Oakland Museum (4-5-92) International Computer Music Conference, San Jose (D. Buchla, M. Goldstein, 10-15-92)

Cornell University Music Department ( 11-2-92)
Drew University Music Department, (11-3-92)
Center for Music Technology, Rudford University (11-4-92)
Mills Contemporary Ensemble Concert (4-11-93)
Prieto Gallery, Mills College, Tree Pieces installation (reception,11-11-94) Communications Technology Cluster, Oakland, CA, Tree Pieces installation (reception, 9-24-99)
15th Annual Avant-Garden Music Festival, Santa Cruz (6-11-95)
ODC Theatre and Living Music Inc. Present: Spring New
Music Series: Small Ensembles / Large Ensembles
(P. Gelb, D. Joseph, W. Reid, A. Tingley, 3-24-01)
Music Teacher’s Convention of California, San Francisco
(G. Tingley, W. Reid, R. Baker, 7-3-01)
Vimeo: Downbeat Means Attack (10-26-10)
The Ivy Room, Berkeley (DJ Performance, 6-3-12)

Tree Piece #14 (1982)
for mixed ensemble

M.U.S.I.C. Festival, On Broadway, San Francisco (W. Reid, W. Winant, premiere 12-4-82)

Tree Piece #10 (1982)  for 2 or more instruments -commissioned by William Winant

New Commissioned Works for Percussion, Concert Hall (W. Winant, premiere 3-31-82)
New Performance Gallery, SF (5-29-84)
Mills Contemporary Ensemble, Concert Hall (12-4-90) Night of the Living Composers: New Music Works Concert, Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium, Santa Cruz (12-8-01)

The Ivy Room, Berkeley (DJ Performance, 6-3-12

Tree Piece #8 (1984) for solo percussion   -written for William Winant

New Performance Gallery, SF (W. Winant, premiere 5-29-84)
New Langton Arts, SF (11-16-85)
San Francisco Art Institute, Bird-Frog Concert (3-12-89)
Ton Art ’89, Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland (11-25-89)
Dream of Wild Animals, Ruth Botchen Dance Co., Oakland (12-90) The Frog Peak, Roulette, NYC (Essential Music 5-7-95)

Frog Peak Concert, Town Hall, NYC (1995)
SoundCulture Festival, Oakland Museum,(G. Robair) (4-7-96)
In Your Ear Festival of New Music, Berkeley Art Center (7-12-98) The Ivy Room, Berkeley (DJ Performance, 6-3-12)

Tree Piece #4 “two poems by Shotsi Reid” (1981) for voice, violin and musicbox

Recorded at the Center for Contemporary Music, Mills (1881) P.A.S.S., New York City (W. Reid, premiere 12-28-81)

Tree Piece #2 (1980) for paired instruments Mills Contemporary Ensemble Concert
Wendy Reid, David Rosenboom, William Winant, premiere 12-4-80)

7th Species Series, Ensemble Room, Mills College (12-4-93)

Tree Piece #1 “Gungles” (1980)
for mixed ensemble with small yellow bird in a cage musicbox

Recording, Mills (W. Winant, S. Ashley, B. Golden, W.Reid, 4-80)
New Performance Works, Mills Student Union,
as a live composition with musicbox (4-25-80)
San Francisco Art Institute as score for film “On The Track” by L. Yam (1980) San Francisco Film Festival short) - film by L. Yam (1982)

The Ivy Room, Berkeley (DJ Performance, 6-3-12)

Game of Tree (1980)
for one or more players of the game

New Performance Gallery, San Francisco
(T. Tomita, B. Golden, W. Winant, C. Maher, W. Reid, 5-29-84) Graduate Composition Seminar / Mills Contemporary Ensemble, Concert Hall (C. Asplund, E. Osborn, G. Galindo, W. Reid, 12-4-90) Niente Gallery, Berkeley (A. Tingley, W. Reid, 1-1-2004)

Early Works and selected performances 1968 - 1979

*Glass Walls (1979)
for String Quartet and Tape

Kronos Quartet (premiere), Mills Concert Hall (2-13-80)
San Francisco String Quartet, New Performance Gallery, SF(5-29-84) San Francisco String Quartet Readings, S.F. Conservatory (10-8-81) Mills Quartet (1st movement), New Works, Chapel (12-11-78)

*Klee Pieces (1979)for 
mixed ensembles

ASMC Special Event, Mills Concert Hall
Ensemble Klee, premiere 2-13-80)
PMD Faculty Recital, Studio Theatre, Holy Names University (Faculty Ensemble for “Twittering Machine”, 6-4-97)
USC Contemporary Ensemble (Klee 3), Hancock Auditorium (1975)

*“Tapping on Miracles”, Musical Score for a Film by L. Rindner (1978) for mixed ensembles

UCLA, Los Angeles (10-79) Mills Concert Hall (2-13-80)

*Reflections on Klee (1976)
for mixed ensembles

Composition Departmental Recital, USC (5-10-76)

*Experiments (1974) for chamber orchestra

*Sonata (1974)  for alto flute and piano
New Works (B.M. Recital), USC (4-21-75)

*Five Sketches (1974) for mixed ensemble
New Works (B.M. Recital), USC (4-21-75)

*Elegy (poem by Anne Lindbergh) (1973) for soprano and piano 

Barnsdall Arts Festival, Los Angeles (10-12-74) New Works (B.M. Recital), USC (4-21-75)

*Variations on a Poem by Shotsi Reid (1973) for soprano and piano (1973)

*3 haiku (1972) for soprano, claves and piano

Barnsdall Arts Festival, Los Angeles (10-12-74) New Works (B.M. Recital), USC (4-21-75)

New Works, USC (4-21-75)
Starlight Bowl, Burbank (6-6-75)
Students of Boulanger, Palais de Fontainbleau (8-75)

*3 Pieces (1972) for tenor, cello and piano (texts: E. Dickinson, L. Cohen, W. Stevens) (1972) f cello

Composition Departmental Recital, USC ( premiere10-23-73) New Works (B.M. Recital), USC (4-21-75)

*“when god...”(-e.e. cummings) (1972) for voice and flute

Barnsdall Arts Festival, Los Angeles (C.Fiasca, premiere 10-12-74)

*Variations for Violin and Piano (1971)
New Works (B.M. Recital), USC (4-21-75)

*Pirandello’s Henry IV (1970) for violin and piano

Advanced Theory Class Concert, USC (premiere 4-71)

*Piece for Violin (1968), for Shotsi Reid