Music Samples
Below you will find excerpts of my works, including MP3s and scores in PDF.
Please contact me if you would like to perform one of my works or have any other questions. I also compose and do Sound Design for plays. For works in progress, music, and other musings, visit my blog: gullings.blogspot.com. |
Samples: (scroll down, or click on a title)
Oblivion (one-act opera)
String Quartet No. 1: At Best It Sometimes Rhymes
Miniature Symphony No. 1a in D Major
Ending Music from the play Miranda Is Morning
Siblings for solo piano
Oblivion (one-act opera)
Scene 1b: The Plumtree (soprano solo)
04 1b-2 The Plumtree.mp3 | More info on Oblivion is here. |
Scene 4a-6: Our Grey Indifference (tenor solo)
16 4a-6 Our Grey Indifference.mp3 |
Scene 4b-2: Night in Kalapa (baritone solo)
19 4b-2 Night in Kalapa.mp3 |
Miniature Symphony No. 1a in D Major for piano, violin, viola, cello, and bass
Miniature Symphony No 1a.mp3 |
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It was also performed at Catholic University of America in 2008. It is also available in version No. 1b for piano trio.
This work compresses a full four-movement symphonic format into 90 seconds and exactly 100 notes. The movements are as follows:
I. Allegretto - full standard sonata-allegro form, including introduction and coda
II. Theme and Variations - a single chord, followed by five variations (pitch-class sets)
III. Scherzo - ABA form, klangfarbenmelodie
IV. Finale (Vivace) - quasi-tonal, with klangfarbenmelodie
and echoes of D major first movement
Ending Music from the play Miranda Is Morning
Miranda Is Morning Ending Dirge.mp3 | (no score available) |
This is the final track for Steve Spotswood's award-winning play Miranda Is Morning, which opened at Catholic University of America in the Fall of 2008.
This was produced using Cubase Studio 4, Kontakt 2 as a VST, and the VST HalionOne.
String Quartet No. 1: At Best It Sometimes Rhymes
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Siblings for solo piano
I. Mark
Mark.mp3 II. Kristine
Kristine.mp3 III. Dale
Dale.mp3 | (score available upon request) |
These three miniatures are dedicated to my siblings. Recording is from my Senior B.M. Composition Recital. (Composer performing)
electroeulogy for fixed media
electroeulogy1 electroeulogy1.mp3 electroeulogy2 electroeulogy2.mp3 |
Two recent sound design tracks featuring my own computer's start-up and shut-down sounds, along with the usual bleeps and bloops.
