Recordings
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"A Land of Dust and Life" for Guitar Quartet
Performed by Martin Ly, Daniel Rolison, Melissa Rios and Joe Duran A work inspired by the wildlife and nature of my home state of New Mexico. |
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"Tangos Artificiales" for marimba, piano, MIDI marimba and MIDI piano
Colin Martin, piano and marimba |
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"Sonata for Trombone and Piano"
Performed by Tim Higgins, trombone and Keisuke Nakagoshi, piano Recorded at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music |
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"Six Pieces for Solo Timpani"
Written for and performed by Douglas Cardwell. Online premiere recording. |
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"Love Finds A Way" for dancers, string quartet, piano, keyboard percussion, and narration
A modern dance piece featuring clipped Zoom interviews from three different couples living and loving through the COVID-19 pandemic, in collaboration with Bay-Area based For Change Dance Collective. See video description for more details. |
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"Techno Etudes" for piano and fixed electronics
Colin Martin, piano A set of five etudes inspired by both Romantic/20th century piano music and contemporary techno/EDM ideas. |
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"Coronavirus Fantasy" for solo cello
Abigail Monroe, cello A short work depicting the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, its destructive power, and an optimistic ending depicting a hopeful return to normal life and a prayer for humanity. For more detailed program notes, please see the description on the main YouTube page. Voted runner-up in the 2020 San Francisco Classical Voice Audience Choice Awards for "Best Composition in Response to the Pandemic". |
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"Stranded: A Solo Space Opera"
Winnie Nieh, soprano, Colin Martin, piano A song cycle/chamber opera in 8 movements, narrating the harrowing journey of Dr. Caroline Newman, the sole survivor of humanity's first manned mission to Mars, as she attempts to survive alone in the depths of space. Libretto by the composer. |
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"Sonata for Violoncello and Piano"
Abigail Monroe, cello, Colin Martin, piano A sonata written for cellist Abigail Monroe that incorporates a musical cryptogram of her name, as well as influences from Romanticism, modernism and Tango. |
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"Island Vibes"
Sachelle Thomas, tenor steel pan, Malcolm Taylor, vibraphone, Eric Whitmer, marimba Written for and premiered at the So Percussion Summer Institute (SoSI) 2020 |
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"Mad Girl's Love Song"
Winnie Nieh, soprano, Matt Schwede, cello Written for the Guerrilla Composer's Guild and premiered at the Center for New Music, San Francisco, February 2017 |
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"Three New Mexican Preludes"
Yi-Hsuan Lin, six-mallet marimba, Dariusz Lampkowski, guitar Three preludes for marimba and guitar the evoke various New Mexican scenes, including a roadrunner, cottonwood trees, and the Rio Grande river. |
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"Trio for Violin, Marimba and Piano"
Clara Fuhrman, violin, Eddie Hong, marimba, Xin Zhao, piano Premiered February 2017, San Francisco Conservatory of Music |
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"Piano Sonata #1"
Colin Martin, piano Premiered at the first Southwest Piano Festival, August 2015 |
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