CATALOGUE OF WORKS and selected performances 1979-2017

TREE PIECES:

ambient bird - mosswood (2023)  with sfSOUND and the bird ensemble 

         January 8, 2023   7:00pm  Mosswood Sound Series Oakland, CA   

ambient bird - live oak (2022) with sfSOUND and the bird ensemble  

         September 22, 2022  6:30-7:15pm Live Oak Park 

birds without borders 3  (2021) (international ensemble online) 

         August 14, 2021  Center For New Music  San Francisco

birds wthout borders 2   (2021) (international ensemble online)   

        HNU Alumni, Faculty and Friends Concert 2021 - February 28,2021 

ambient bird online:  Birds Without Borders (2020)  (international ensemble) 

          July 17, 2020  12pm (PDT) - Network Music Festival -UK

Tree Piece #67  'bird haiku'  (2020)

         February 8, 2020  HNU Faculty and Friends Concert - studio theatre

Tree Pieces: new and old  (2019)-with Lulu,Reid,Hutchinson, Josephson,Heglin

        June 21, 2019  5-9pm  Chapel of the Chimes  Oakland, CA   

Ambient Bird 433  (2019)  for 3 open ensembles and African Grey Parrot  

          Sunday April 14, 2019  7-8pm  Frank  the forum at Frank Ogawa Plaza  Oakland, CA

Lulu Variations 5  (2018) with the Mills Performing Group (Cowart)

         November 17, 2018, Littlefield Concert Hall, Mills College 

Ambient Bird 433 (2018)  for 3 open ensembles and African Grey Parrot   

         November 10, 2018  7-8pm   the forum at Frank Ogawa Plaza  (-rescheduled due to fire)

Tree Piece #34 "frog ostinato" / UC Davis Nov 19, 2018 performed by Kyle Bruckmann oboe, Christopher Froh percussion

Tree Piece #66 "bird 433" (2018)  5-9pm with Lulu, Reid, Hutchinson, Josephson,Heglin

         June 21, 2018  5-9pm Chapel of the Chimes   Oakland, CA

Tree Piece #65 "lulu variations 4" (2017) with Lulu, Reid, Josephson, Heglin

         November 19, 2017 7:30pm  CNMAT  Berkeley, CA

 Tree Piece #65 "lulu variations 3" (2017) with Mills Contemporary  Performance Ensemble

         November 29,2017  Littlefield Concert Hall, Mills College   

New Tree/Bird Pieces (2017) with Lulu, Reid, Hutchinson, Josephson, Heglin  

         June 21, 2017 Chapel of the Chimes Festival (Garden of Memory) Oakland, CA

Nothing Piece (2017)  (Lulu, Reid, Winant, Buchla -virtual)  with Peter Apfelbaum (live)

         April 23, 2017 4:30pm   Don Buchla Memorial Concert - Gray Area Foundation, San Francisco

Tree Piece #55 lulu Variations 2 (2016)  with Lulu, Reid, Heglin

       March 18, 2016  Turquoise Grotto, music for birdwatching (Samas), San Francisco

Tree Piece #55 "lulu variations 1 & 2"  (2016)  with bird pieces 

         April 21, 2016   5-9pm   Chapel of the Chimes Festival (Garden of Memory) Oakland, CA

Tree Piece #17 "nothing is more real than nothing"(1991) for two or more instruments

      June 21, 2016  Chapel of the Chimes Festival (Garden of Memory) Oakland, CA

FROGPOND 433/ Tree Piece #56 (2015)  for African Grey Parrot and Violin 

        May 30, 2015 - 17 sonic haiku (4'33" 0r less) by 17 composers - Berkeley Arts Festival (benefit for frogs)

Tree Piece #55 "lulu variations" (2008-2014) for African Grey Parrot, Buchla Lightning, violin, & trumpet (Lulu,Reid, Dambly)

        March 1,2014  Other Minds Festival, the Jazz Center, San Francisco / Djerassi Institute (2-24-14)

        June 3, 2013 / February 12, 2012  the Ivy Room Berkeley

        October 2, 2010   Pixilerations Festival  Brown University 

        September 25, 2010   Thingamajigs Festival, Vessel Gallery

         October 12, 2008  On The Nature Of Nature, Oakland Museum (with photographs of A.Tingley)

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

           April 10, 2011 Trinpin at Stanford-DIY Tailgate Demonstration/Performance, White Plaza, Stanford University

Tree Piece #52 "19 variations on 19 variations (2003-05) for trumpet, trombone & tuba

          Commissioned by Brassiosaurus (Djll,Heglin,Tomita)

          March 4, 2003 Trinity Chapel  Berkeley, CA

           August 10, 2005, Atelier Niente  Berkeley, CA 

Tree Piece #51 "lightning dog variation" (2004)  for violin, buchla lightning and dogs (Reid, dogs:Twinkie, Hazelle)

           January 14, 2004  Live Oak Park   Berkeley

Tree Piece #50 "19 variations" (2001)  for violin and percussion  (Reid, Winant, A.Tingley)

           March 24, 2001, ODC Theatre & Living Music Present:  Spring New Music Series, San Francisco

Tree Piece #46  "...sound of water" (1998) violin and percussion  (Reid, Winant, A.Tingley)

           July 12,1998   In Your Ear New Music Festival, Berkeley Art Center  

Tree Piece #44  "frog persona" (1944)  for 2 or more instruments  (Reid, Buchla, G.Lewis)

          November 7, 1994  American Music WeeK: New Music Worlds (New Music Works) Santa Cruz, CA

          November 11,1994  Forest, Mills College: Tree Pieces Installation/Performance - Prieto Gallery   Oakland, CA

Tree Piece #43 "studies in timbre"  (1996)   for violin, koto and percussion (Reid, Masaoka, Robair)

        April 7, 1996  Sound Culture Festival, James Moore Theatre, Oakland Museum

Tree Piece #42 "tree collage" (1992/1994)  visual and sound installation commissioned by J. Umamoto  (Reid, A.Tingley)

       November 11, 1994  Tree Pieces: visual scores  Prieto Gallery  Mills College 

       August 29, 1992 (premiere)  Noh Sculpture - Asian American Theatre Company   San Francisco

Tree Piece #41 'bird Y'  (1992) for violin, piano and percussion

      Commissioned by the Abel-Steinberg-Winant Trio

       April 11, 1992  Abel-Steinberg-Winant Trio Concert (premiere) Littlefield Concert Hall  Mills College

      November 11, 1994 , Tree Pieces installation - Prieto Gallery  Mills College

Tree Piece #37  (1993) for two instruments

     December 18, 1993  Live Oak Park   Berkeley

     November 11, 1994  Tree Pieces installation - Prieto Gallery   Mills College

     September 24, 1999  Communication and Technology Cluster - Tree Piece installation  Oakland, CA

Tree Piece #34 "frog ostinato"m(1985) for oboe and percussion written for *William Banovetz & William Winant

      May 7, 1991  (Banovetz & Winant) San Francisco Contemporary Music Players SFMOMA Green Room  San Francisco

     November 16, 1985 (premiere, Banovet & Winant) New Langton Arts  San Francisco

     April 9, 1988  New Music With Birds, Frogs and Other Creatures  Oakland Museum

     2002 - Mills College Graduate Recital 

      October 19, 2018  Kyle Bruckmann & Christopher Froh, Faculty Recital Mondavi Arts Center, UC Davis 

Tree Piece #31 "one eye sees..the other feels" (1992) for trumpet and percussion commissioned by Tom Dambly

      April 11, 1992  (premiere Tom Dambly & Joel Davel) New Works for Trumpet, Littlefield Concert Hall  Mills College

     May  11, 1992  New Sound Works - Mills College Art Gallery 

     July 12, 1998  (Wendy Reid, William Winant, A. Tingley)  In Your Ear Music Festival - Berkeley Art Center

     January 16, 2000 Dance-Naganuma, Session House, Tokyo, Japan

Tree Piece #24 "bird music 2" (1992)  for two violins and percussion (1992)  (Reid, R.Revelli, K.Bobrowski)

      September 27, 1992  Faculty Recital, Chapel - Holy Names University  Oakland

Tree Piece #21 (1985) for violin and percussion commissioned by Mary Oliver

      September 18, 1985 (premiere, Oliver,Winant) Avant-Garde Violin Recital- New Performance Gallery, San Francisco

      November 16, 1985 New Langton Arts: Wendy Reid/Jin Hi Kim (Oliver,Winant) San Francisco

      January 23, 1990  'YLEM: Artists Using Science & Technology' - Exploratorim  San Francisco

      April 16, 1990 Abel-Steinberg-Winant Trio Concert  Student Union - Mills College

      October 12, 1990  Abel-Steinberg-Winant Trio  Littlefield Concert Hall   Mills College Alumni Concert 

      Nov 1990   Abel-Steinberg-Winant   japan Tour

      December 1990  Ruth Botchen Dance Company: Dream of Wild Animals  Oakland,CA

     November 11, 1994  Tree Pieces installation Prieto Gallery  Mills College

      February 26, 2004 Contemporary Music Competition (Vancoillie Van Der Vekens)Antwerp, Belgium

      March 4, 2004  VIP Concert (Vancoillie, Van Der Vekens)  Antwerp, Belgium

Tree Piece 17 "nothing is more real than nothing" (1991) for two or more instruments

      commissioned by Don Buchla

      January 9, 1992 (premiere Don Buchla & Mark Goldstein) Interpretations Series, Merkin Recital Hall, New York City

      October 8, 1992 (Don Buchla & William Winant) Electro-Acoustic Music Concert, Mills College

Tree Piece #17 “nothing is more real than nothing” -Beckett (1991) for 2 or more instruments commissioned by Don Buchla Chapel of the Chimes Festival, Oakland, California (Lulu, B. Hutchinson, A. Josephson, R. Heglin, G. Tingley, W. Reid, 6-21-16) Merkin Recital Hall, NYC, Interpretations Series(D. Buchla, M. Goldstein, premiere 1-9-92) Electro-Acoustic Music Concert, Mills (D. Buchla, W. Winant,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 (11-7-92) 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, R. Baker, 3-24-01) Music Teachers 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 Chapel of the Chimes Festival, Oakland, California (L. Polansky, G. Tingley, W.Reid, 6-21-16) New Commissioned Works for Percussion, Mills College Concert Hall (W. Winant, W. Reid, 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) 

  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 (Reid, premiere12-28-81) 

  Tree Piece #2 (1980) for paired instruments Mills Contemporary Ensemble Concert (W. Reid, D. Rosenboom, W. Winant, premiere 12-4-80) 7th Species Series, Ensemble Room, Mills College (12-4-93) Tree Piece #1 “Gungles” (1980) for mixed ensemble with yellow bird/ birdcage 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, score for film “On The Track” by L. Yam (1980) San Francisco Film Festival shorts - film by L. Yam (1982) 

  

Game of Tree (1980 - 2004) for  one or more players  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, Mills College (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 - 1978): 

  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 (1975 - 79)  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 ensemble Composition Departmental Recital, USC (5-10-76) 

  

  Experiments (1974) for chamber orchestra New Works, B.M. Recital, USC (4-21-75) 

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

  

5 Sketches (1973) 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 Barnsdall Arts Festival, Los Angeles (10-12-74) New Works,B.M. Recital, USC (4-21-75) 

  

3 haiku (1972) for soprano, claves and piano New Works, B.M. Recital, USC (4-21-75) Starlight Bowl, Burbank (6-6-75) Students of Boulanger, Palais de Fontainbleau, France (8-75) 

  

  3 Pieces (texts: E. Dickinson, L. Cohen, W. Stevens) (1972) for tenor, flute and cello Composition Departmental Recital, USC (Donald Crockett,  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) written for Shotsi Reid