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WORKS: BY CATEGORY AND DATE OF COMPOSITION


SOLO INSTRUMENTAL WORKS
Chaconne by Attrition for solo violin (2006) (ACA) 10:00
WHAT WE OWE THE INVERTEBRATES: Music, Video and Text Pieces by Matthew Greenbaum Chelsea Art Museum. April 30 2008 Miranda Cuckson, violin
iTunes: Miranda Cuckson/Furious Artisans

Per Viola Sola (2001) (ACA) 5:00
Stephanie Griffin, JakArt 2001 Festival: Jakarta, Indonesia

The War Between the Mice and Frogs, for solo cello (2000) (ACA) 8:00
Da Capo Chamber Players/André Emilianov
January 28, 2003: Kaufman Concert Hall NYC
Sonic Boom/Christopher Finckel
October 20, 2000 Cooper Union NYC

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Mute Dance, for solo guitar (2000) (Cygnus Editions) 7:00
Oren Fader/The Cygnus Ensemble
December 11, 2002: New York Society for Ethical Culture
December 4, 2002: Sarah Lawrence College
iTunes: William Anderson/Furious Artisans

Balletti, for solo percussion (1998) (ACA) 5:00
James Preiss, Manhattan School of Music, November 8, 1998


MUSIC FOR PIANO
How the Axe Escaped the Woodsman (1999-2008) (ACA) 5:00

Ballate for piano (2005) (ACA) 7:00
Blair McMillen, piano
24 April 2005 Bloomingdale House of Music NYC
4 May 2005 The Italian Academy at Columbia University
iTunes: Blair McMillen/Furious Artisans

Amphibian for Two Pianos (2003) 7:00
for the Bugallo-Williams Duo

Elegy for piano (1998) 5:00 (ACA)
David Holzman
November 8, 2002: C. W. Post College NY
February 8, 1999: William Paterson University NJ
May 7, 1998: Tel Aviv University
March 16, 1998: Christ & St. Stephen’s Church NYC
David Holzman/Centaur Records 2789

Amulet, for piano solo (1990) (Tunbridge Music) 14:00
Anthony DeMare: December 9, 1992: WNYC-Radio, Around New York
Randall Hodgkinson: February 3, 1992: Lehman Hall, Harvard University
David Holzman: Darmstadt Summer Festival 1994, Leningrad Spring Festival 1991,Oct. 9 1990:
Merkin Concert Hall, NYC, Nov. 13, 1990 Southwest Texas Contemporary Music Festival
Kathleen Supové: April 1, 1992: Extension Works, Boston
David Holzman/Centaur Records 2291


CHAMBER MUSIC
Venerable Canons, for flute and violin (2007) (ACA) 8:00
Miranda Cuckson in recital. North River Music Feb. 7 2008

Bau, for English horn, violin, cello, banjo and guitar (2006) 12:00
(Cygnus Editions)
The Cygnus Ensemble: Modfest 2007:4 Vassar College
iTunes: Cygnus Ensemble/Furious Artisans


Squire Allworthy’s Menuetto, for cello and guitar (2005) (ACA) 6:00
The Claremont Duo:
Schloss Horst, Germany 18 March 2005 (world premiere)
Bargemusic NYC 31 March 2005
Bargemusic NYC 1 April 2005

Castelnau, for string quartet (2002) (Tunbridge Music) 14:00
The Momenta Quartet
December 16, 2005: Symphony Space (NYC)
March 4, 2002: Galapagos Brooklyn NY
Momenta Quartet/Centaur Records 2789


Untimely Obervations, for viola and piano (2002) (Tunbridge Music) 14:00
Stephanie Griffin and Blair McMillen
April 10, 2003: League of Composers/ISCM, Americas Society NYC
May 22, 2002: Paul Hall, Juilliard School of Music
Stephanie Griffin/Centaur Records 2789


Prospect Retrospect, for cello and piano (2002) (ACA) 7:00
October 13, 2002: Fred Sherry and Stephen Gosling, Kaufman Hall NYC
Fred Sherry, Blair McMillen/Centaur Records 2789


Dance Moments, for flute and piano (2000) (Tunbridge Music) 6:00
Ensemble Surplus
June 28, 2004 E:Werk, Freiburg
July 3, 2004 MDR Festival Leipzig
New York New Music Ensemble
December 8, 2002 Fullerton Friends of Music, Fullerton Callifornia
Sepetember 11, 2002 Biblioteca Angel Arango, Bogota Colombia
April 23, 2002 Symphony Space, NYC
New York Flute Club: December 15 2002, CAMI Hall NYC

East River, for violin and piano (1996) (ACA) 10:00
Curt Macomber, James Winn March 22, 1999 Washington Square Chamber Music Society

Nod Quiet Ox, for oboe and piano (1994) (Tunbridge Music) 9:00
June 4, 2003: Fabian Menzel and Bernhard Endres, Musikhochschule Nürenberg
March 23 2000: The Fromm Players at Harvard
The Parnassus Ensemble
October 30, 1999: U. Pittsburgh
October 26, 1999: Rock Hall, Temple U. Philadelphia
The League/ISCM/Marcia Butler: Weill Recital Hall NYC, February 21, 1995
Fabian Menzel and Bernhard Endres. Antes/Bella Musica Records


Enharmonicon, for clarinet trumpet and violin (1994) (ACA) 15:00
The Parnassus Ensemble
NYC October 6, 1994: Merkin Concert Hall
October 8, 1994: Rock Hall, Temple U. Philadelphia

on the river the shadowy group
for baritone sax and piano (1993) (Tunbridge Music) 7:00

Marshall Taylor and Charles Abramovic
January 22 2001: “Genealogies,“ Manhattan School of Music
Network for New Music “Music of Matthew Greenbaum” May 3 2000: Christ & St. Stephen’s Church NYC
Marshall Taylor, Charles Abramovic/Centaur Records 2789




CHAMBER MUSIC WITH VOICE
Wild Rose, Lily, Dry Vanilla, for soprano, flute, oboe, violin, cello 7:00
guitar and banjo (2004) (Cygnus Editions)
The Cygnus Ensemble/Haleh Abgheri
May 13, 2004: NY Society for Ethical Culture
May 12, 2004: Sarah Lawrence College
iTunes: Re’ut Ben Ze’ev with the Cygnus Ensemble/Furious Artisans


Psalter, for mezzo, alto flute, English horn, string trio 14:00
harp and piano (1992) (ACA)

The Parnassus Ensemble /Joyce Castle
New York Society for Ethical Culture: September 3, 1992
Network for New Music/Christine Schadeberg
Settlement School, Philadelphia April 24 1992
Joyce Castle, with Parnassus/Centaur Records 2789


The Tale of Murasaki for soprano and piano (1994) (ACA) 10:00


ORCHESTRAL MUSIC

The Boatman Sings What Belongs to Him:
Symphony in Three Movements (2006-8) (ACA) 20:00


Spherical Music for piano and chamber orchestra (1995-2002) (ACA) 16:00
Riverside Symphony/Christopher Taylor, February 8, 2002: Alice Tully Hall, NYC
Orchestra 2001/Charles Abramovic: March 29, 1996 Swarthmore College
March 31, 1996 Philadelphia Museum of Art



CHAMBER OPERA AND THEATER WORKS

What We Owe the Invertebrates, for narrator and slides (2008) 10:00
Cindy Bellen-Berthéezène Chelsea Art Museum. April 30 2008


A Floating Island (2000): chamber opera (ACA) 25:00
May 1, 2006: PPMP/Atelier Series. Ethical Society, Phila.
April 1, 2001: Masahito Sugihara and others, Northwestern U.
Network for New Music “The Music of Matthew Greenbaum”
May 3, 2000: Christ & St. Stephen’s Church NYC
April 16, 2000: Rock Hall, Temple U. Philadelphia
Cyndie Bellen-Bethézene, Network for New Music (excerpts)
Centaur Records 2789


Monologues for narrator and piano (1999) (ACA) 18:00
Network for New Music “The Music of Matthew Greenbaum”
May 3, 2000: Christ & St. Stephen’s Church NY

Crossing Brooklyn Ferry, for baritone and bass clarinet, horn, vibraphone, horn, and string trio (1996): Monodrama (ACA) 20:00
The Parnassus Ensemble/Victor Ledbetter, Merkin Concert Hall, February 26, 1998

Various Incidental Music: Alabama Shakespeare Festival (1985-87)


OTHER RECORDINGS

Amulet, for piano solo. David Holzman, Centaur CRC 2291
Mischsprache, for piano and electronic sounds: David Holzman, CRI SD 538
Chamber Music, for flute, cello and piano: The Contemporary Trio CRI SD 513




VIDEO ART
ON BROADWAY 2008 (7:00)

ONTOGENY 2008 (6:00)

APPROXIMATE MAN 2007 (19:00)
WHAT WE OWE THE INVERTEBRATES: Music, Video and Text Pieces by Matthew Greenbaum. Chelsea Art Museum. April 30 2008
'Petri Dishes', THE ANNEX /HiArt Gallery Feb. 1-4 2008

PAPER DISSOLVE for computer-generated sound (2004). Video: Andrea Ackernan
SEAMUS 20
th Anniversary, Temple U



REVIEWS
Mark Greenfest, New Music Connoisseur (2008)
Interview,
Leipziger Volkszeitung July 15, 2004: “Intellectueller Neutöner”
Badische Zeitung 6/30/04: “Mit Paukenschlag: Yun, Czernowin und andere:
Das Ensemble Surplus in Freiburg
Seen and Heard International Concert Review: R.W, Emerson Festival, hosted by
John Hollander, New York Society for Ethical Culture, May 13
th 2004
Leslie Kandell, American Record Guide Jan-Feb 2003: “Wolpe gets his due”
Paul Griffiths, NY Times: Wolpe at 100, Still Full of Anger”
Paul Griffiths, NY Times: “Two Restless Piano Works Come Home” March 3,1998
Alex Ross, NY Times: “Parnassus Plays Wolpe” September 5, 1992
James R. Oestreich, NY Times: “When Old is New and Modern is History” October 30, 1996
Bernard Holland, NY Times: “Silence and Salesmanship in a Program of New Music,” October 8, 1994

Bernard Holland, NY Times: “Words Celebrate Composer” May 6, 1993
Anthony Tommassini, The Boston Globe: “The ever-changing sounds of Randall Hodgkinson,” Feb. 4 1992
Daniel Webster, Philadelphia Inquirer: “James Freeman with Orchestra 2001” June 1, 1996
Daniel Webster, Philadelphia Inquirer: “Oboist as muse and interpreter” October 28, 1999
Lesley Valdes, Philadelphia Inquirer: “Berio Work at Settlement School” April 25, 1992

American Record Guide March/April 1998: Explorations:
New American Piano Music—Pleskow, Cornicello, Greenbaum, Boros, Ytrehus”

Daniel Webster, Philadelphia Inquirer: “Gearing up for his opera’s premiere at Temple”
May 2, 1997
Daniel Webster, Philadelphia Inquirer: “An operatic retelling of 3 Ovid tales” May 7, 1997
Jennifer Dunning, NY Times: “Trying to Get the Most from Going the Wrong Way” November 10, 1994

Andrew Porter, The New Yorker, “Parnassus” March 15, 1987
Leighton Kerner, The Village Voice: “Riding the Twain” October 8, 1994
Neue Westfalische: Maxine Neuman und Paul Posnak begeisterten mit ihrem Vortrag
March 19, 1981
Westfalen-Blatt #60: “Europäische Erstaufführungen amerikanischer Komponisten”
Westfalen-Blatt Nr. 66: :Zuhörer verspürten echte musikalische Leidenschaft”
Musikalnaie Kadri [Leningrad] #11
Richard Buell, The Boston Globe: “Fromm Players introduce compelling, creative pieces” March 29, 2000