Kari Besharse

Music

Selected Compositions

Large Ensemble:

  • Gryllidae (2010)                                                           orchestra
  • Spinning Sky(2001-03)                                             chamber orchestra
  • Emergence/Relativity (2000-01)                             large wind ensemble
  • Shadow’s Peace (1997-98)                                         orchestra

Chamber/Chamber + Electronics:

  • Black Grey Red Orange Grey Blue Grey (2012)  fl, cl, vln, vc, pno, perc
  • Rails (2011)                                                                   16-piece chamber ensemble
  • Icons I (2011)                                                                cl, tmb, vn, gtr, perc
  • Embers (2011)                                                              alto sax, pno
  • Luminous Flux (2010)                                                alto sax, bsn, vln, vla, vc

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  • Electric Monster and the Invasion of the Incredible B.S.O.s (2010) 5-12 Laptops, Max/MSP
  • Ecotope I(2007-08)                                                   12 instruments, Max/MSP

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  • Seeping Calm (2006-07)                                            string quartet
  • Rifts (2005)                                                                   vn, vc, perc.
  • Canopy (2003-04)                                                       fl, vn, vc, pno, Max/MSP
  • Two Movements for Mixed Quintet (2000)           fl, bsn, vn, vc, pno
  • Four Songs (2000)                                                      sop, pno
  • Lament (1998)                                                              2 sop, fl, vc, 2 perc
  • Konx om Pax (1997)                                                    2 trp, hn, trb, tba, 2 perc
  • sky Not ours (1997)                                                     2 gtr.
  • Two Pieces for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano (1996)

Solo/Solo + Electronics:

  • The Anemone Fragments (2012)                              vc, Max/MSP
  • Dawn and Shadow (2006-07)                                   cl.
  • Dissolution (2004-05)                                                trb., Max/MSP
  • Shadowed Hills (2004)                                               vla.
  • Phil by the Seine (2003)                                             gtr.
  • Willow (2002)                                                               vc.
  • Drifting/Dreaming (2001)                                        classical gtr, 2-channel CD
  • Night Sky (2000)                                                          elec. gtr., 2-channel CD
  • A Fairy Tale (1999)                                                       gtr.
  • Cirrus (1999)                                                                  pno.
  • Rings (1999)                                                                   fl.

Electroacoustic:

  • Seeping Peace (2010)                                                  2-channel CD


  • Omphalos (2008)                                                         2-channel CD

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  • Ear to the Ground (2005)                                           2-channel CD
  • On a Wire (2004)                                                         2-channel CD


  • Firmament (2004)                                                       8-channel tape
  • Signs (2003)                                                                  2-channel CD
  • Small Things (2001)                                                    2-channel CD
  • Something Buried (1998)                                           2-channel tape

Collaborative/Intermedia/Special Projects:

  • Microworlds (2005)
    An experiment into interactive video and sound using Max/Msp and Jitter with input from the Motion Star motion tracking system to track input from a dancer.
  • Ear to the Ground (2005)
    An electroacoustic work composed for choreographer Jessica Ray.
  • Duos ( 2004)
    Four electroacoustic miniatures for dance duo.
  • (TV) Star Spangled in Black and White (2001)
    A collaborative project between the UT EMS composers and UT dancers utilizing MAX software to generate random pockets of TV events and sounds, and using a video tracker to trigger these events.
  • MontagueMix/Clips  (2000)
    A collaborative exploration into composing chance music with pre-composed choreography in the John     Cage/Merce Cunningham tradition.  Eight channels of music were composed independently and randomly by UT EMS composers and several chance scores were generated.
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