E Poi... (2007), for piano. Commissioned by the Network for New Music Ensemble on the occasion of Elliot Carter's 100th birthday.

Malapromptus (2007), for cello and piano. First performance Arne Deforce and Daan Vandewalle, Ghent, December 2007.

Maritime Rites Tate (2007), for Diskklavier, cello, saxophone, tuba, brass ensemble, and 150-200 volunteer musicians on, around, and over water. Duration 46:28. First performance London, September 2007.

On The Roads (2007), radio work about the ancient Roman roads. First performance Deutschlandradio Kultur October 2007. Listen to an excerpt.

Conversazioni Geologiche (2007), for small chorus, winds, percussion, and volcano. First performance eastern slope of Mt. Etna, July 2007.

Shofar 3 (2007), for shofar, brass trio, and electronics. Duration 29:09. First performance Freiburg June 2007.

Triadic Limbo (2007), for single keyboard or any three instruments. First performance Alter Ego, Rome, May 2007. Listen to an excerpt.

Beams 2 (2007), a performance for 30 or more musicians. First performance Tel Aviv, January 2007.

Ninety-Nine (2006), for violin and soprano. First performance New York Miniaturist Ensemble, New York, December 2006.

Shofar 2 (2006), for shofar and electronics. First performance Tel Aviv, January 2007. Listen to an excerpt.

Inner Cities 13 (2006), adapted and expanded from Saltando in Padella, for piano. Duration 25 min. First performance Daan Vandewalle, Rimini, July 2007.

Oh Brass On The Grass Alas (2006), for 300-500 brass band musicians. Duration 40 min.  First performance Donaueschingen festival, October 2006. Listen to excerpt 1 excerpt 2 excerpt 3 excerpt 4 excerpt 5 Watch video trailer by going to "listen" page.

TransDadaExpress 2 –- Extraordinary Renderings (2006), musique concrete.  Duration 32 min.  Produced by SWR2, Baden-Baden.

Gardening with John 1.1 (2006), sound installation for small garden shed, two iPods, flat panel loudspeakers, and dried mushrooms.  Commissioned by Zerynthia for sonambiente 2006 in Berlin. Listen to an excerpt with interview; watch video of interview on installation page.

Odes of Roba (2006), for mixed chamber chorus SATB, featuring bass, and instruments, on texts by Giacinto Scelsi and Clark Coolidge. Duration 25 min.

Gardening with John (2005), sound installation for small garden shed, walk-on switches, iPod, flat panel loudspeakers, and dried mushrooms.  Commissioned by the Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, for the show "Playing John Cage," curated by David Toop.

Passing Notes (2005), for percussion and cello.  First performance William Winant and Joan Jeanrenaud, Santa Cruz, January 20, 2007.

Saltando in Padella (2005), suite for chamber ensemble honoring the 100th birthday of Giacinto Scelsi.  First performance Alter Ego.

Vindobona Blues (2005), a sound portrait of the contemporary art/music scene in Vienna, featuring the voices of Mia Zabelka, Olga Neuwirth, Franz Hautzinger, Erdem Tunakan, Attwenger, Andrea Sodomka, Georg Nussbaumer, Bernhard Leitner, Diether de la Motte, Christian Fennesz, Uli Fussenegger, and Robert Adrian.  Musique concrete. Duration 40 min.  First performance Tonspur, MuseumsQuartier, Vienna, September 25, 2005.  Listen in full.

Nora Sonora (2005), a symphonic pageant for 100-300 musicians performing in and around a beautiful archaeological site on portable acoustic instruments and voice.  First performance Nora, Sardinia, July 30th, 2005, in collaboration with the Conservatory of Cagliari.

Acts of Providence (2005), live music to poetry by Clark Coolidge.  Duration 9'. First performance Providence, R.I., May 4, 2005.  Listen in full. 

Inner Cities 12, In Memory of Helen Carter (2005), for piano. Duration 30:00. First performance Daan Vandewalle, Flanders Festival, Brussels, September 2005. Listen to an excerpt.

Pozzulana (2005), for 10 laptop computers, 2 drumsets, electric bass, 4 voices, and 12 acoustic instruments.  First performance June 7th, 2005, directed by A.C. in celebration of 40 years of music making in Rome, for the program "Battiti," RAI Radio, produced by Pino Saulo. Listen to an excerpt.

Beams (2005), a performance for 35 mobile musicians including chamber ensemble, 2 brass ensembles, mixed chamber chorus, and optional soloist (A.C. playing shofar, chair, tin can, live electronics, and sampling keyboard).  Duration 2 hours. First performance April 30th, 2005, by Zeitkratzer Ensemble (Berlin) and others for Donaufestival, Krems, Austria.

I Dreamt John Cage Yodeling in the Zurich Hauptbahnhof (2005), musique concrete.  Duration 55:18. First performance 2005, Südwestrundfunk, Baden-Baden.  Special Prize of the Jury, Phonurgia Nova (2005). (program notes) Listen to an excerpt.

Alowys Bucher - photo Margareta Peters

Ritratto ABO (2004), musique concrete; sound portrait of Achille Bonita Oliva. CD to accompany the book, Lezione di boxe: Dieci round sull'arte contemporanea, by Achille Bonita Oliva. Luca Sossella publishers, Rome, 2004. See discography.

Ritratto ABO: l’arte della boxe (2004), permanent sound installation for CO.RE., the upcoming museum for contemporary art of the Campania region. Inauguration at the Certosa di Padula. June 18, 2004. Listen to an excerpt.

Playing House, or Six Tall Stories (2004), for voice, piano, double bass, recorders, electric guitar, trombone, clarinet, violin, percussion. Duration 34:37. First performance Maarten Altena Ensemble, Bimhuis, Amsterdam, November 18, 2004.  Listen to excerpt 1 excerpt 2 excerpt 3

Arnold Meets Steve at the Five Spot (2004), for piano. Score page 1 page 2

Someone to Watch Over What (2003), for live electronics. Duration 12:07. First performance Alvin Curran and Domenico Sciajno, 2003. See discography; Listen to an excerpt

Rue de la Gare 76 (2003), for live electronics. Duration 3:57. First performance Alvin Curran and Domenico Sciajno, 2003. See discography.

Inner Cities 11 (Aglio Olio Peperoncino Blues, For Frederic Rzewski) (2003), for piano. First performance Daan Vandewalle, April 5, 2003, Le Lieu Unique, Nantes. Duration 14:47. Score sample page. See discography; Listen to an excerpt

Inner Cities 10 (2003), for piano. First performance Daan Vandewalle, April 5, 2003, Le Lieu Unique, Nantes. Duration 51 min. See discography. Listen to an excerpt.

Wolfings (2003), sound and video installation, with artist Kristin Jones. First performance cloister of University of Rome, S. Pietro in Vincoli, June 14, 2003.

Romulus And Remus Make A Ruckus (2003), musique concrete, with recorded sampled musics (primarily wolf calls). Commissioned for Taktlos CD, November 2003. See discography; Listen to an excerpt

Sinking Piano (2003), a sound installation by Alvin Curran and Domenico Sciajno. Commissioned by the Taktlos Festival, Bern, Switzerland

Pharmacopaiea (2003), for sampling keyboard, two speaking voices, ambulance. First performance façade of the Palazzo degli Esposizioni, for Le Notti Bianche, Sept. 27, 2003, Rome.

O Carlo Quanto Gesualdo Sei (2003), for 30 instruments, chorus, brass band, electronics. First performance Teatro Carlo Gesualdo, Avellino October 19, 2003.

La Traversa (2003), for violin, trombone and accordian. Duration of concert version 24:16. First performance for Nancy Karp Dance Co., San Francisco. Listen to an excerpt.

Fried Dice (2003), musique concrete for video. First performance Galleria El ALEPH, Rome, Sept. 03.

Enigmas (2003), for improvising voices. First performance The Living Theater, Museo Castello di San Martino, Naples, Sept. 26, 2003.

Un Altro Ferragosto (2002), for tape. Duration 55 min. First performance Radio Berlin. (program notes)

Genetically Altered Radio (2002), for two interactive computers and live radio. See discography; Listen to an excerpt

The Milhaud Chair (2002), for brass, 2 harps, 2 timpani, accordian, samplers. First performance Mills College, April 2002. (program notes)

The Alvin Curran Filharmonia (2002), for voice, cello, guitar, percussion, power-book, piano and keyboards. First performance Taktlos-Bern, Sept. 2002.

Joan Jeanrenaud, AC, Shelley Hirsch, Domenico Sciajno, Fred Frith, William Winant

Brute Beat Brut Bruit (2002), for flutes, clarinets, piano, violin, cello, percussion, rapper. First performance Alter Ego and Frankie Hi NRG, Festival delle Nazioni, Citta’ di Castello, Italy. (program notes)

Toto Angelica (2001), for sampling keyboard. First performance Angelica festival Bologna May 2001.  See discography; Listen to an excerpt

The Last Dance (2001), for tape, musique concrete, snare drum, big band. First performance June Watanabe Dance Co., San Francisco, April 28, 2001.

The Last Dance

Spare Ribs And Short Circuits (2001), for live keyboard, sampler, powerbook. On "Oasis: Music from Mills" 2001. CD004. Oakland, 2001. See discography; Listen to an excerpt

May I Now (2001), cello, electric guitar, percussion: Walkin Base, Unisono Grosso, Isteria, Hoedown, Folk U, Chorale. Duration 63 min (suite version 38 min). First performance Jean Jeanrenaud, Fred Frith, William Winant for Margaret Jenkins Dance Co. SF.  "A major new score...Dvorak on ecstasy" –- Ottavio Roca (SF Chronicle) Finalist, Izzy Award 2001-2002.  See discography. Listen to excerpt 1 excerpt 2 excerpt 3

Inner Cities 9 (2001), for piano solo. First performance Reinier van Houdt, Rotterdam 11/2001. Duration 28 min. Score sample page See discography.

Four Flukes (2001), for tenor/tenor/bass/contrabass recorders, percussion. First performance Apsara recorder quartet, Louvain Music Festival.

Al Forno Al Sugo Al Pesto Al Vino (2001), for two saxophones, violin, cello, flute, live electronics. First performance Angelica Festival, Bologna May 2001.

Weft Warp And Purl (2000), for sampler. Duration 12:54. First performance Knitting Factory NYC, Jan 2000. “- "one of the festival's highlights…- a focused, powerful perspective on the Knit's history"”- Douglas Wolk (Village Voice); Listen to an excerpt

Under The Fig Tree (2000), for alto flute, bass flute, piccolo, mezzo soprano, harp, piano, sampling keyboard, electronics, percussion, whistling teakettle, Balinese whirley-gig, jump rope toy, child's drum machine. Duration 30:56. First performance Muenster, October 2000.

Balinese whirley-gig photo S. Levenstein

Rose Of Beans II (2000), for violin, cello, flute, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, piano, percussion. Written for the Barton Workshop, Amsterdam.

Ritorno Alla Città (2000), for electronics, musique concrete. First performance for multimedia installation with Umberto Bignardi, Bologna, Nov. 2000.

Inner Cities 8 (2000), for piano solo. First performance Eve Egoyan, Other Minds Festival SF, March 2001. Duration 43:13. (program notes) Score sample page See discography; Listen to an excerpt

Erat Verbum John (2000), for live keyboard electronics (a sound portrait of John Cage). First performance Yerba Buena Center, SF Sept. 2000. See discography; Listen to an excerpt

Toto Donaueschingen (1999), installation/performance for live electronics. First performance Donaueschingen festival, October 1999. (program notes) (more details, listen to an excerpt)

Three Flukes (1999), for flute trio. First performance Karen Levine Flute Trio, Musica Nova, Munich Nov. 1999.

Strum City (1999), for five electric guitars. Duration 6:21. Arranged by Dan Joseph. First performance Mills College, spring 1999.  Score sample page; listen to an excerpt

Inner Cities 7.5 (1999), for piano solo. First performance Daan Vandewalle, Le Lieu Unique, Nantes, April 2003. Duration 3:30.  See discography.

Inner Cities 6 - 7 (1999), for piano solo. First performance Jed Distler, Mills College, February 1999. Duration 36 min. (program notes) Score sample page (1) sample page (14) sample page (15) See discography.

Inner Cities 5 (1999), for piano solo. First performance Daan Vandewalle, Le Lieu Unique, Nantes, April 2003. Duration 3 min. See discography.

Inner Cities 4 (1999), for piano solo, In Memoriam Lou Harrison. First performance Daan Vandewalle, Le Lieu Unique, Nantes, April 2003. Duration 20:10. Score sample page See discography; Listen to an excerpt.

Inner Cities 3 (Light Flowers Dark Flowers II) (1999), for piano or toy piano. First performance Daan Vandewalle, Le Lieu Unique, Nantes, April 2003. Duration 7 min. Score sample page See discography.

Hear Wiesbaden Here (1999), sound portrait of the city of Wiesbaden. First performance Wiesbaden, September 1999.

Charlie's Park (1998), mix for recorded and sampled sounds. Duration 14:38. See discography.

Theme Park x 4 (1998), for percussion quartet. Duration 32:54. First performance Percussion Quartet featuring William Winant, Herbst Hall, UC Berkeley, April 1999. Score sample page; See discography; Listen to excerpt 1 excerpt 2 excerpt 3 excerpt 4

Kaboom (1998), for multiple tapes. First performance Earmarks exhibit, Mass MoCa, July 1998, with installation by artist Melissa Gould.

Erat Verbum Finale (1997), for samplers and four percussion. First performance Koeln Triennale, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) May 1997. 40 minutes

Everybody Dreams Their Own Music (1997), installation for beds and multiple sound sources with recorded loops, tape or digitally produced. First performance Opera Paese, Rome, July 1997.

Footprints Of War (1997), for tape, string quartet, bass, banjo. First performance Bang on a Can Marathon, Alice Tully Hall, NYC, May 1997.  Listen to an excerpt

Pittura Fresca (1997), for violin solo and ensemble: violin, piano, electric guitar, bassoon, two percussion. First performance David Abel with the Paul Dresher Ensemble, Theater Artaud, S.F., May 1998. (program notes) Listen to excerpt 1 excerpt 2

Rose Of Beans (1997), for accordion, tuba, violin, piano, viola and percussion. Duration 35:34. First performance The San Francisco Chamber Players; April 1999. (program notes) Score sample page - Listen to excerpt 1 excerpt 2

Endangered Species (1997), for midi grand piano, sampler, computer (max). First performance Akademie der Kunste, Berlin. (program notes) See discography; Listen to an excerpt

Fault (1996; also known as A Phault is a Fault is a Falt), for tape: musique concrete with percussion. Duration 12:25. First performance for Margaret Jenkins Dance Company, Zellerbach Playhouse, Berkeley, CA, Nov. 1996.  “"Suggestive soundscape" - Allan Ulrich (SF Examiner) See discography; Listen to an excerpt

Fault, Margaret Jenkins Dance Company

Land Im Klang (1996), for four percussion, Midi grand piano, electric violin, multiple projections. First performance Der Klangturm, St. Poelten, Austria, Nov. 1996.

Music Is Not Music (1996), for chorus SATB; optional: chimes, bowed vibraphone, bowed piano strings, trumpet, tuba. Duration (version with instruments) 31:03. First performance Mills College, Choral Academy of the Pacific, April 1997. (program notes) "like a sonic vine that grows over a listener…...powerfully new and unforgettable" - ” Mark Swed (LA Times). Listen to an excerpt. Score sample page

My Body In The Course Of A Dream (1996), for mixed chorus. Duration 17:37. First performance Mills College, Choral Academy of the Pacific, April 1997. (program notes)

In Hora Mortis (1996), for chamber orchestra, 25 instruments. First performance Schwetzingen Festival, May-June, 1996, for the Achim Freyer theater Ensemble. Listen to an excerpt

Theme Park x 1 (1996), for solo percussion. Duration 32:48. First performance Mills College 1996, William Winant soloist. (program notes) See discography.

Erat Verbum Echo (c.1995), language and live electronics. Performed Westdeutscher Rundfunk. 20 min.

Mo Era Ora (1995), for two pianos and percussion quartet. First performance Ars Ludi and Alter Ego ensembles, Ferrara, Italy.

Black Flag (1994) – Sound installation for the CAPP Street Project, "Old Glory New Story: Flagging the 21st Century," San Francisco.

Endangered Species (Ex-Inner Cities 5; 1994-96), for piano. Score sample page

A Beginner's Guide To Attracting Birds (1995), for tape. Duration 27:30. First performance New Radio and Performing Arts Inc. (program notes) Listen in full on the web.

The Twentieth Century (1994), for Diskklavier and midi grand piano. First performance Donaueschingen Festival, Nov. 1996. (program notes) ; Listen to an excerpt

Via Delle Terme Di C. (1994), for tape. First performance RAI, Rome, 1994.

VSTO long version (1994), for string quartet. First performance Soldier string quartet, City Center, NY, with Trisha Brown Dance Co. “- "the exuberance of a cat's yowl and the jumbled sound of our scrambled world”" - Anna  Kisselgoff (NY Times)

Inner Cities 2 (1994), for piano solo. First performance Alvin Curran, Hessesche Rundfunk. Duration 26 min. (program notes) Score sample page (1) sample page (9) See discography.

Electric Rags 3 (1994), for live keyboard electronics. First performance Alvin Curran. See discography and program notes

Erat Verbum Delta (1993), morphing of human speech with electronic sound (in collaboration with The Hub, Mills College). Duration 18:22. First performance Westdeutscher Rundfunk. Listen to an excerpt

When My Feet Felt The Path That My Eyes Could Not See (1993), for chorus SATB; optional: chimes, bowed vibraphone, bowed piano strings, trumpet, tuba. First performance Mills College, Choral Academy of the Pacific, April 1997. Duration (version with instruments)15:25. “- "simple but not simplistic"”- Alex Ross (NY Times) (program notes) Score sample page (1) sample page (5)

Walls of Jericho (1993), for shofar and computer. First performance Roulette, New York. “"'Walls of Jericho' did not evoke the military operation so much as the mystical world from which the shofar draws its power. Mr. Curran's blasts...grew into a torrent of chaotic, powerful timbres." - Allan Kozinn (NY Times)

Inner Cities 1 (1993), for piano solo. First performance Alvin Curran, Hessesche Rundfunk. Duration 29 min. Score sample page See discography.

For MG (1992; earlier version: One Step Too), for piano and tape. First performance Trisha Brown Dance Co. “"A beautiful rewrite of Satie overlaid with graffiti”" - Joshua Kosman (SF Chronicle)  Listen to an excerpt

For MG: The Movie - photo Neil Hanna

Erat Verbum Charlie (1992), alphabetic codes and live electronics. First performance Westdeutscher Rundfunk. Duration 20:47. Listen to an excerpt

Just This As If It Had No What (1992), for chorus SATB. Listen to an excerpt

Schtyx (1992), for piano, violin, and percussion. Duration 38:08. First performance Abel Steinberg Winant trio, Mills College, Oakland, 1993. (liner notes) Score sample page (4) sample page (17) sample page (18) sample page (20) sample page (23) See discography; listen to excerpt 1 excerpt 2 excerpt 3 Watch video trailer by going to "listen" page.

Why Is This Night Different From All Other Nights (1992), for violin, tuba accordion, tape, prepared piano, optional percussion. Duration 33 min. First performance San Francisco Contemporary Chamber Players Series. (liner notes) See discography.

Animal Behavior (1992), for keyboard/sampler and optional percussion. Duration 18 min. First performance Alvin Curran and William Winant. (liner notes) See discography; Listen to an excerpt

Notes From Underground (1991), sound installation for tape (collage of voices) in Floor Plan by artist Melissa Gould. First performance Ars Electronica Festival, Linz.  Listen to an excerpt.

Erat Verbum Bravo (c. 1991), human and animal language, live electronics. Performed Westdeutscher Rundfunk. 20 min.

First Octave (1991), for clarinet and electronics. First performance David Keberle and Alvin Curran. Duration 12:45. See discography; Listen to an excerpt

His Hymn (a chorale for Dieter Schnebel) (1990)

Beatles Arrangements (1990), for piano solo. First performance Aki Takahashi. See discography. When I'm Sixty-Four score sample page, listen to an excerpt; From Eleanor Rigby (duration 6:32): score sample page, listen to an excerpt

Call To Prayer (1990), for chorus, church bells, synthesizers, shofar. Duration 23:04. First performance Montreal, New Music America, 1990.

Shofar (1990), for rams' horns, computer live electronics, accordion, soprano clarinet. Duration 37:24. First performance Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Music of Our Time, Cologne.

Tufo Muto (1990), for tape, four percussion, rock group, two wind ensembles. First performance in the stone quarry of Matera, Italy. Listen to an excerpt

Erat Verbum Alpha (1990), human language and live electronics. 20 min. Performed Westdeutscher Rundfunk. Listen to an excerpt

Erat Verbum (1990-97), multi-part radio work for natural sounds and live electronics (see Erat Verbum Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Finale). First performance Westdeutscher Rundfunk. See discography; Listen to an excerpt

Electric Rags II (1989), for saxophone quartet and optional electronic interludes. Duration 66 min. First performance Rova Sax Quartet, Life on the Water, San Francisco. Score sample page (3) sample page (7) sample page (18) See discography Listen to excerpt 1 excerpt 2.

Seven Articles (1989), for violin, piano, percussion, cello, bassoon, saxophone, clarinet. Duration 32:13. First performance Relache Ensemble. Listen to an excerpt

Variations on a Scene (1989), for tape, flugelhorn, piano. Music for Joan Jonas, theater work. "Characteristically haunting" - John Rockwell (NY Times)

Variations on a Scene, Vassiviére-en-Limousin, 1993

VSTO (1989), for string quartet. Duration 17:52. First performance Berlin. See discography; Listen to excerpt 1 excerpt 2

Crystal Psalms (1988), radio concert for six choruses and six sextets including accordion and percussion, tape. Duration 53:20. Six European countries with coordination from RAI, Rome. Used as music for Nancy Karp's dance piece, "Kristallnacht," 1993: "Extraordinary...a great American score" – - Octavio Roca (SF Chronicle). See discography and liner notes; Listen to excerpt 1 excerpt 2

Edible Weeds (1988), for piano, violin cello, flute, clarinet, trombone, percussion. Duration 42:32. First performance Group 180, Budapest.

Eleven Schtetl Settings (1988), for piano solo. First performance Yvar Mikhashoff. Score sample page

For Julian (1988), for voices or chorus, shofar, saxophone. First performance Steve Lacy and Alvin Curran, Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Cologne. WDR Ars Acustica International Prize 1988.  31 minutes. See discography and program notes Listen to an excerpt.

Schtetl Variations I (1987), for piano solo. Duration 38:40. First performance Yvar Mikhashoff. (liner notes) See discography. Listen to excerpt 1 excerpt 2.

Schtetl Variations II (1987), for cello and piano. Duration 26:53. First performance Ursula Oppens and Frances Uitti, Amsterdam.

Little Pearls (1987), for piano solo. Duration 15:58. First performance Ivar Mikhashoff. Listen to excerpt 1 excerpt 2.

Waterworks Linz (1987), for shiphorns, brass orchestra, tape, fireworks. Ars Electronica Festival, "Sound Cloud," Linz.

Amazing Cage (1986), for piano, violin, bass drum. First performance Westdeutscher Rundfunk program Cologne: CageNachtTag. Alvin Curran, Robin Schulkowski, Jon Rose. See discography.

Cartoline Romane, also known as Metropolis Rom (1987), musique concrete. Duration 54:53. First performance Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Cologne.

Era Ora (1986), for piano duo. First performance Ursula Oppens and Anthony Davis, NYC. See discography.

For Four Or More (1986), for electrically enhanced string quartet and computer-controlled synthesizer. First performance Kronos Quartet, Darmstadt.

The Walk (1986), for tape. First performance for Willem de Ridder's Walkman tour of West Berlin.

Electric Rags I (1985), for midi grand piano. First performance Alvin Curran, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) Cologne. (program notes)

Last Acts Of Julian Beck (1985), for piano solo; Julian Steps Out for a Cappuccino, He Meets His Maker on Upper Broadway, Walks Into "Paradise Now." First performance Frederic Rzewski. Duration 21 min. Score sample page See discography; Listen to excerpt 1 excerpt 2

Lenz (1985), original music for film. First performance Centre Pompidou, Paris, for the performance, "Small Circles Great Plains," by Molly Davies/Sage Cowles. See discography.

Nineteen Eighty-Five - A Piece For Peace (1985), for speakers, 3 choruses, 3 brass bands, cello, violin and sax soloists and 3 percussion. Simultaneous 3-country radio concert, Venice, Amsterdam and Frankfurt, Jan. 1, 1985. Prix Italia 1985.  (program notes) Listen to an excerpt.

Sonic Geography (1985), for any number of instruments. First performance, Cal Arts, New Music America, Los Angeles.

Maritime Rites NPR Radio Series (1984), for sounds of the East Coast of the USA and soloists. National Public Radio. World Music (with Leo Smith) duration 10:57, Rattlesnake Mountain (with Pauline Oliveros) 10:46, Coastline (with Steve Lacy) 11:33, Mine (with Clark Coolidge) 11:09, Inprovisation (with Joe Celli) 10:54, Soft Shoulder (with Jon Gibson) 10:58, From Center of Rainbow, Sounding (with Malcolm Goldstein) 11:00, Improvisation (with George Lewis) 11:08, Ice, Dew, Food, Crew, Ape (with John Cage) 11:22, Maritime Rites (Curran solo) 23:35. See discography. Listen to excerpt 1 (Curran solo) excerpt 2 (with Steve Lacy)

Hope Street Tunnel Blues (1983), for piano solo. Duration of part III 16 minutes. First performance Yvar Mikhashoff. Score sample pages: part I part II part III See discography.

Unsafe For More Than 25 Men (1983), for instruments brought by public, playing music written on the wall. First performance, with Jacob Burkhardt, the Anchorage of the Brooklyn Bridge, New York.  “- "a gentle, Cageian sonic tapestry”" - John Rockwell (NY Times)

River Run (1983), for chorus SATB. Duration 3:30. First performance Budapest, 1984.

Away Alone (1983), for chorus SATB. Duration 3:33. First performance Budapest, 1984. Listen to an excerpt.

Tango N. 1 (1983), piano solo. Duration 3:58, for a theater piece by Meme Perlini, Berlin. See discography; Listen to an excerpt

Field It (1983), for tape. For Yoshiko Chuma Dance Company. See discography.

For Cornelius (1982; revised versions 1990 [duration 13:50] and 1999 [duration 19:59]), for piano solo. First performance Ursula Oppens, 1982.  “- "the very beautiful, song-like introduction and...a peaceful chorale...bracket a roiling maelstrom of gradually shifting harmonics" - Brian Olewnick, Allmusic.com Score sample pages: part I part II See discography and liner notes; Listen to 1990 version excerpt 1 excerpt 2 excerpt 3 and 1999 version excerpt 1 excerpt 2

Maritime Rites (1982), for singers in rowboats, shiphorns, foghorns. First performance Port of Amsterdam. Listen to excerpt at site; excerpt on web

Monumenti (1982), for chorus, bass drums, trombones, Music Elettronica Viva ensemble, tape, the Alter Oper. Frankfurter Festwochen, 1982.

Natural History (1982), musique concrete. Cassette, Editions Giannozzo, Berlin, 1982. See discography.

Bridges (1981), on themes from the Crossing, for chorus, four women soloists, piano. First performance Alvin Curran, Michiko Hirayama, Joan Logue, Maggie Nichols, Ille Strazza, students from Accademia Nazionale dell'Arte Drammatica, Rome.

"Songs on one, two, three, four or more notes" (1981), solo performance on piano, voice, and synthesizer. See discography; Listen to an excerpt

Music For Every Occasion (1979), for chamber orchestra. First performance St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Minneapolis, Denis Russel Davies, cond.

Riti Marittimi (Maritime Rites, 1979), structured improvisation for choruses in rowboats. First performance students, Accademia dell’Arte Drammatica, the "laghetto" in Villa Borghese, Rome.

The Works (1979), for big band. First performance RAI Big Band.

"Il Bestiario" (1979), songs with text by Aldo Braibanti, for Maria Monti. See discography.

Le Cinque Stagioni (1978), orchestral music for television series by Gianni Amico, RAI.

The Crossing (1978), for trombone, soprano saxophone, piano, 2 synthesizers, mixed chorus, 3 female soloists, speaker/cantor.

Prairies (1977), for voice and tape.  First performance American Academy, Rome.

Canti Illuminati (1977), for voice, synthesizer, tape, duration 26:50; for voice, choir, synthesizer, piano, and tape, duration 24:11. First performance Alvin Curran, Rome. See discography and liner notes ; Listen to an excerpt

The Works (1976), for voice, piano and tape. First performance Alvin Curran, Rome. See discography and liner notes

Canti Illuminati N. 1-4 (1975), for voice and live electronics. First performance Alvin Curran, Rome. (liner notes)

Grand Hotel Des Palmes (1974), original music for feature film by Meme Perlini.

Light Flowers Dark Flowers (1974), for toy piano, ocarina, piano, voice, and tape. First performance Alvin Curran, Rome.  "It is lovely music, and I think almost anyone could enjoy it" - Tom Johnson, Village Voice 1977. See discography.

Songs And Views From The Magnetic Garden (1973), for voice. kalimba, flugelhorn, synthesizer and taped sounds. From a Room on the Piazza duration 3:30, Crystal Aires 11:00, Walked the Way Home 10:30, Gli Scariolanti 2:05, On My Satin Harp 19:55, At Harmony Ranch 4:33. First performance Alvin Curran, Rome. "A whole wonderful 90-minute non-narrative film is all there in pure sound."- Tom Johnson, Village Voice 1975. See discography ; Listen to excerpt 1 excerpt 2 excerpt 3

Music For Every Occasion (1972), for any instruments or groups. See discography.

Pilgrimage (1972), for synthesizer, bockflutes, cello, trombone, piano; score for the film of the same name by Beni Montresor. Duration 95', Vistavision Color

Heart Of The Macaw (1970), for chamber orchestra. First performance Puppet Theater, Rome, with Ginnie Becker.

Summer (1970), original music for film by Rudy Burckhardt. Duration 15:30, 16 mm

Magic Carpet (1970), brass, aluminum, and glass chimes, steel strings. Sound installation, with Paul Klerr. First performance Galleria Mara Coccia, Rome. See discography. Listen to an excerpt.

Max Ernst (1970), musique concrete, original music for documentary film by Lorenzo Pellizzi on the De Menil Foundation's Ernst collection.

Zabriskie Point (1970), original music by Music Elettronica Viva for feature film by Michelangelo Antonioni

Quilt (1969), for double bass and tape.  First performance American Academy, Rome.

A Day in the Country (1968), for tape. Duration 37:33. First performance Palazzo Taverna, Rome. Listen to excerpt 1 excerpt 2

Madonna & Child (1968), for female voice and tape (of same singer). Duration 9:42. First performance Joan Logue, St. Paul's Within the Walls Church, Rome. Listen to an excerpt

La Lista Del Giorno (1967), for saxophone, piano, electronics, tape, speaking voice, cooking stove. Duration 17:22. First performance Music Elettronica Viva, Sala Belloch, Rome. Listen to an excerpt

First Piano Piece (1966). Duration 12:36. First performance Richard Trythall, American Academy, Rome. Listen to an excerpt

Watercolormusic (1966), sound environment for tape. First performance St. Paul's Within the Walls Church, Rome, with art exhibit by Edith Schloss.