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JAMES HARLEY

BIOGRAPHY
LIST OF PIECES
AUDIO
VIDEO

Website
Xenakis: His Life in...
Daring...
Crossroads 
Ariel Fragments
Cuimhneachan Urramach  
Epanoui
CMC

Interview:
iTunes | web 

ORCHESTRA
Caged  (2012) 10.5 min. chamber orchestra + interactive electronics

Old Rock  (1996) 10 min.    2222/4221/timp/strings
N(ouvelle)aissance  (1994) 16 min.    1202/2000/1 perc/44321
Kekula (Memories of a Landscape - III)  (1992) 15 min.    2222/4221/strings
Windprints  (1989) 15 min.    2222/4221/3 perc/pf/strings
Overture Divertimento  (1984) 8 min.    2222/2220/timp/strings
Along the Riverrun  (1983) 10 min.  Version I: 1111/1100/timp/66643  Version II: strings (20220 concertante/66644 orchestra)


ENSEMBLE 
aXis  (2006) 12 min.    13 players (1111/1111/11111)
KappaMusik  (2002) 13 min.  jazz ensemble (4 saxophones, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, 2 electric guitars, drums)
bien serré  (1999) 20 min.  jazz ensemble (4 saxophones, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, el guitar, electric bass, keyboard, drums)
Can(y)on ( 1997) 3 min.  clarinet, trumpet, vibraphone, marimba, piano, violin, double bass
Octane-VX  (1996) 8 mi  flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, double bass
Cuimhneachan Urramach  (1995) 15 min.  solo cello and 14 players (1111/1110/1 perc/pf/11111)
Kaleidarray (Jazz III)  (1994) 15 min.  violin/bass violin, clarinet/bass clarinet, trumpet, thai gongs, vibraphone, marimba, piano
Wine of Dragons  (1993) 7 min.  Version I: Taiko ensemble - 9 performers  Version II (1997): percussion ensemble (9 players)
Neue Bilder (Der Holle Rache)  (1991) 10 min.  piccolo, oboe, Eb clarinet, trumpet, percussion, viola, cello, double bass
Etude pour une Fete (Jazz II)  (1991) 6 min.  alto saxophone (or clarinet), trumpet, trombone, cello, double bass, piano 
Daring the Wilderness  (1991) 12 min.    percussion ensemble (5 players)
Memories of a Landscape - II  (1988) 15 min.    13 strings (44221)
Tapisse(reve)rie  (1986) 13 min.    11 players (1111/1110/10111)
Prelude (Under the Thin Rainfall)  (1985) 7 min.    flute, clarinet, horn, harp, violin, cello
Mobile  (1984) 18 min.    10 trombones (8 tenors, 2 bass), 2 percussion
Stillness Dancing  (1983, revised 1984) 10 min.    11 players (1111/1000/1 perc/pf/10111)
The Tail of Pinky Oozgreen and the Mossbrains  (1983) 20 min.  jazz ensemble (5 saxophones, 5 trumpets, 4 trombones, el guitar, electric bass, piano, drums)
Sabbath  (1981) 20 min jazz ensemble (5 saxophones, 5 trumpets, 4 trombones, el guitar, electric bass, piano, drums)

CHAMBER
Sonnet Quartet (2016) 12 min.  Oboe, vln, vla, vlc.  
Trio Arachne (2014) 3 min string trio
Blue  (2014)  erhu + piano
Blue  (2014)  violin + piano
Northern Mosaic: String Quartet No. 2.  (2013) 15 min.
Breathwood  (2011) 17 min.  for solo
bass clarinet, ensemble (8), 4-channel electronics
Breathwood  (2011) 17 min.  for solo bass clarinet, string quartet, 4-channel electronics
TreDue Sextet  (2010) 9‘   fl, clar, marimba/vib, pno, vln, vlc
soundskein  (2006) 15 min.    two string quartets
nmaya (Kokopeli II)  (2002) 12 min.    percussion + piano
Cachées  (2000) 11 min.    guitar + cello
Consort: Dances of the Borealis  (1998) 15 min.    two pianos, two percussion
Tyee  (1995) 13 min.    bass flute + percussion
Épanoui  (1995) 12 min.    flute, cello, piano
Here the Bird  (1993) 13 min.    viola, piano
Jazz  (1985) 7 min.    saxophone quartet (soprano, alto, tenor, baritone)
Encounters - II  (1984) 10 min.    percussion duo
String Quartet  (1984) 10 min.    2 violins, viola, cello
Images  (1983) 17 min.    flute, vibraphone, violin, viola, cello

SOLO 
pLayer8a  (2007) 5 min.    player piano
Édifices (naturels)  (2001) 10 min.    piano
Exh...  (1999) 5 min.    piccolo
flung loose into the stars  (1995) 10 min.    piano
Ma'dhanah  (1990) 12 min.    Accordion
Song for Nobody  (1990) 8 min.  Bb clarinet (alternative version for Bb bass clarinet with extended low register)
Piano  (1989) 14 min.    piano
Variations  (1989) 21 min.    piano
Exposures  (1984) 7 min.    horn
Portrait  (1984) 8 min.    flute

VOCAL/CHORAL
Ariel Fragments  (2007) 17 min.    SSSAAA choir, 8-channel electroacoustic
re: Hallelujah  (2005) 5.5 min. (text by Leonard Cohen  soprano and chamber orchestra (1111/1111/perc/piano/11111)
Cantico delle Creature  (1993) 23 min. mezzo-sop, choir (SSAATTBB), chamber orchestra (2222/2220/3 perc/piano, celeste/22222), soundfiles
Reflections on a Prayer of Saint Augustine  (1987) 13 min.   SATB chorus (36 parts, 9 groups)
one winter after(a flower)noon  (1987) 8 min. (text by e.e. cummings).  soprano, bass clarinet, cello, piano
Two Psalms  (1986) 14 min.    Lullaby (Psalm 23), Jubilate Domino (Psalm 100)  SATB chorus, harp
Jubilate Domino (Psalm 100)    SATB chorus, harp
Soft Morning  (1983) 7 min. (text by James Joyce)   soprano solo (alternative version for mezzo-soprano)
Singing a silence of stone  (1983) 6 min. (text by e.e. cummings)    soprano, harp, 2 percussion
Five Poems by Richard Brautigan  (1981) 8 min.    mezzo-soprano, flute, cello, percussion, piano

ELECTROACOUSTIC (WITH AND WITHOUT PERFORMERS)
TRex Remix:  Le Rossignal (2016) 5 min. 
Caged  (2012) 10.5 min.  chamber orchestra and interactive electronics
Northern India Soundscapes  (2012) 9 min.   8-channel electroacoustic
ReCage  (2012) 20 min.    live electronics
Breathwood  (2011) 17 min.  for solo bass clarinet, ensemble (8), 4-channel electronics
re:Reckoner  (2009) 4.5 min.    stereo electroacoustic
Duol  (2009) 7 min.    violin, guitar, soundfiles
Raindown (MegMix)  (2009) 4.5 min.    stereo electroacoustic
pLayer8b  (2008) 5 min.    8-channel electroacoustic
re:Nude  (2008) 4.5 min.    stereo electroacoustic
re:Nude:ty  (2008) 1 min.    stereo electroacoustic
Wild Fruits 3: Chestnuts  (2008) 13 min.    8-channel electracoustic
Ariel Fragments  (2007) 17 min.    SSSAAA choir, 8-channel electroacoustic
Wild Fruits 2: like a ragged flock, like pulverized jade  (2006) 11 min.  amplified alto flute, live electronics, 8-channel electracoustic
blueBob (Dylan Remix)  (2006) 5 min.    stereo electroacoustic
Mashup: Derome vs Oliveros  (2005) 7 min.    stereo electroacoustic
Wild Fruits: Prologue  (2004) 16 min.    8-channel electracoustic (alternate version with slides)
Wild Fruits: Installation  (2004) open duration    keyboard controller, sampler, stereo elecroacoustic
jem  (2003) 3 min.    4-channel electroacoustic
Anasazi: Kokopeli I  (2001) 11 min.    amplified piccolo + electronics
Xmix  (2001) 12 min.    stereo electroacoustic
Chaotika  (2001) 12 min.    percussion + interactive electronics
Jardinages - I  (2000) 6 min.    electric guitar + tape
Jardinages - II  (2000) 6 min.    stereo electroacoustic
On Frogs  (2000) 13 min.    reciter, interactive electronics (3 players)
Spangled  (1996) 5 min.    stereo electroacoustic
Cantico delle Creature (1993) 23 min.   mezzo-sop, choir (SSAATTBB), chamber orchestra (2222/2220/3 perc/piano, celeste/22222), soundfiles
Night-flowering ... not even sand - II  (1990) 9 min.    stereo electroacoustic 
Night-flowering ... not even sand - I  (1989) 12 min.    bassoon and electroacoustic
Per Foramen Acus Transire  (1987) 15 min.    flute/bass flute and stereo electroacoustic
Voyage  (1986) 15 min.    4-channel electroacoustic
Sonnet Sonore  (1985) 14 min.    oboe and stereo electroacoustic

EDUCATIONAL MUSIC
Dance Set  (2009) 8 min.    two cellos, Grade 4 level
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