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January 24, 2023 (2023)
Lament for the Victims of the 39 Mass Shootings in the United States of America So Far This Year for Violin and Electric Guitar.
I do not know (2021)
This version for tenor voice and fixed media was completed on 24 January 2021 in Potsdam, NY.
- Words by Garth Bardsley
- Music by Gregory Wanamaker
- Sung by Donald George
- Video by Meggie George
Taking Turns (2017)
Taking Turns performed by Jacob Swanson, soprano saxophone, and Kenneth Meyer, guitar, at the Setnor School of Music, Syracuse University on Sunday, November 6, 2022.
Elegy (2002/2015)
Akropolis Reed Quintet’s beautifully moving Web Premiere of Elegy, scored for reed quintet.
of Light and Shadows: I. Luminant Shadows (2015)
of Light and Shadows is my second sonata for alto saxophone and piano. This recording of the first movement, Luminant Shadows, is from Stephen Page’s and Liz Ames’ beautiful session at Bates Recital Hall, Butler School of Music, University of Texas at Austin.
…unsettled, unphased… (2014)
Composed for saxophonist Robert Young and percussionist Tim Sullivan, this recording also features pianist M. Maxwell Howard and bassist John Geggie.
Still Life: Loïe Dances (2018)
Still Life: Loïe Dances was commissioned by Jean-Michel Goury for Jean-Michel Goury and Friends Saxophone Ensemble for the 100th anniversary of Claude Debussy’s death. It was premiered in July 2018 at the 18th World Saxophone Congress in Zagreb, Croatia.
This performance is the U.S. Premiere of Still Life: Loïe Dances by the University of Michigan Saxophone Ensemble in Stamps Auditorium on November 14, 2018 at The University of Michigan School of Music, Theater, and Dance. The University of Michigan Saxophone Ensemble is directed by Dr. Timothy McAllister.
Laude! (2016)
These three settings for soprano, choir, and orchestra for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany after selections from Laudario di Cortona from the 13th century are a collaboration with the English writer and director Garth Bardsley.
- Gloria’n cielo (0:00)
- Sovrana sì ne sembianti (9:05)
- Stella Nuova (18:00)
Laude! was premiered by The Crane Chorus and Orchestra, Jeffrey Francom, conductor and Shannon Stoddard, soprano, on December 4, 2016 at Helen M. Hosmer Hall, The Crane School of Music, SUNY Potsdam, Potsdam, NY.
speed metal organum blues (2004)
Commissioned by PRISM Quartet in 2004, this is Sinta Quartet’s performance from the Concert Artists’ Guild 2013 Winner’s Recital.
Elegy (for the Forgotten) (2022)
April 2020: Drone footage surfaced showing bodies being buried on Hart Island in a mass grave – part of a potter’s field for the poor and unclaimed to be used for victims of the Covid-19 virus. Hart Island has served New York City through several epidemics when the scale of death is unprecedented to its current generation.
We often forget about those who are alone.
"Mosh" from Delusional Dances (2019)
Mosh, the third movement of Delusional Dances. From the world premiere performance by The Crane Wind Ensemble, Brian Doyle, conductor, on 21 November, 2022.
A Village Funeral in the time of COVID-19 (2020)
A narrative monologue, this work addresses the affect of the pandemic COVID-19 upon mortality and emotional gatherings.
A Village Funeral in the time of COVID-19 was completed on 28 June 2020 in Potsdam, NY. It is approximately 12 minutes in duration.
- Words by Garth Bardsley
- Music by Gregory Wanamaker
- Sung by Donald George
- Video by Meggie George
Turning Tides (2019)
Turning Tides was commissioned by The RoseWind Duo (Clifford Leaman, saxophone, and Scott Herring, marimba). The work was completed in Potsdam, NY on September 28, 2019, and premiered at The Arizona State University on March 9, 2020. This performance took place on March 7, 2021 at The University of South Carolina.
Night Set (2017)
Matthew Younglove’s and Liz Ames’ brilliant and beautiful recording of Night Set released on AMP Recordings on November 11, 2022.
Night Set
The Madding Crowd (2013)
(from A Story Within A Story)
Video by Carrie Mae Weems
Music and Sound Design by Gregory Wanamaker
The Madding Crowd superimposes spoken quotations and dialogue about civil rights from civil rights figures from (mostly) the early to mid 1960s over Carrie’s powerful montage of video images from the Civil Rights Movement of the 60s and 70s as a gentle ostinato and slowly developing contrapuntal lines gradually crescendo. Voices include James Baldwin, Malcolm X, Dorothy Height, Shirley Chisolm, William F. Buckley, Sidney Poitier, Charlton Heston, Fannie Lou Hamer, Marlon Brando, Harry Belefonte, and many others.
Dreamscape (2010)
Dreamscape reflects the illogical sequence of dreams – at least as we may remember them – after a sleep rich with a variety of imagery and emotion. This recording is of the premiere performance on February 23, 2011 in Helen Hosmer Hall, The Crane School of Music, Potsdam, NY by The Crane Wind Ensemble, Brian Doyle, conductor.
Three Episodes (2008)
Three Episodes was commissioned by the Creviston-Fader Duo. It was premiered on March 31, 2008 in the Renee Weiler Recital Hall, New York City.
