List of Works
Expected: [New Work for Orchestra] (2012)
For symphony orchestra, ~5'.
Commissioned by the NYU Symphony Orchestra, led by Joe Bongiorno. To be premiered on around April, 2012, in New York, USA.
Expected: [New Work for Octet] (2011)
For flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, viola, cello, and double bass, ~7'.
Commissioned by NYU Contemporary Ensemble led by Jonathan Haas. To be premiered on Monday, March 19th 2012 in New York, USA.
Expected: [New Work for Quartet] (2011)
For flute, percussion, violin, and cello, 8'.
Commissioned by the Cadillac Moon Ensemble. To be premiered on March 2, 2012, in New York City.
Expected: [New Work for Flute & Percussion] (2011)
For flute and vibraphone, and additional percussion, 8-12'.
Commissioned by Vigil Ensemble. To be premiered around Mar-May 2012 in Connecticut and New York, USA.
Various Film Scores for Short Movies (2011)
For various instrumentation, 2-4' per movie.
End of Summer Overture (2011)
For string trio, 3'.
Written for West 4th's End of Summer Concert. To be premiered on Sunday September 25th, 2011, at Exapno New Music Community in Brooklyn, NY, USA.
Compost Remixed (2011)
For brass quintet (2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba), 6'.
Written for the UNL Chamber Music Institute, featuring the Chiara String Quartet. Remix of the very first piece Compost (1998) in a contemporary idiom. Premiered on June 10th, 2011, at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA.
Fill the Present Day with Joy (2011)
For soprano, viola and piano four hands, 9'.
Written for the Music11 Festival, featuring eight blackbird. Premiered on June 30th, 2011, at the Hindemith Music Center, Blonay, Switzerland.
JACKASS (2011)
For string quartet, 8'.
Written for the JACK Quartet, commissioned by the NYU Steinhardt School. Premiered on Sunday May 1st, 2011, at 11.30am at the Frederick Loewe Theatre, 25 W 4St, New York, USA.
For the Deviants (2011)
For L'Histoire du Soldat ensemble: clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, percussion, violin and bass, 10'.
Commissioned by the Deviant Septet. Premiered on May 26th in Greenwich House Music School, New York, USA.
Credo (2010)
For choir (SATB, ≥6+6+3+3), accompanying themselves on small percussion, and double bass, 11'.
Commissioned by the Erasmus Kamerkoor with support by the Van Bijleveltstichting and Stichting Fonds voor de Geld- en Effectenhandel, for its series Carte Blanche by featuring Ivo Opstelten,
the right-wing former mayor of Rotterdam. Rap and vocal counterpoint with texts from Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations.
Premiered on January 29th and 30th in The Hague and Rotterdam, NL.
Dialogue (2010)
For piano, percussion and pre-recorded samples, 8'.
Commissioned by duo Andy Meyerson and Richard Valitutto.
Premiered on February 18th in Los Angeles, USA.
Elevator Pitch (2009)
For flute solo, ½'.
Commissioned by flutist Kelli Kathman and the New York Miniaturist Ensemble.
Premiered on January 31, 2010, in the Composers Voice Series, Jan Hus Church, New York City, USA.
The Dancing Dollar. As long as the music is playing, you've got to get up and dance (2009)
For two sopranos, string quartet and double bass, two marimbas, oil drum and other percussion, 9'.
Premiered on the Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival at Mass MoCA, North Adams, MA, USA.
Piece inspired by the financial crisis featuring Citigroup's 95% fall in share price, its former chairman's famous quote, Financial Times headlines and a concise history of the American currency.
Crisis Song (2009)
For singer accompanied by accordion or guitar, 3½'.
Commissioned by the Great Recession Party in Amsterdam. Lyrics by Maarten Schinkel, economy editor of the national Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad.
Nul plaattektoniek WC. De bètacanon (2008)
Zero, Plate tectonics, Toilet. The Scientific Canon
For vocal quartet (SATB), two PhD students (tenor) and piano four-hands, 10'.
Commissioned by the Dutch national newspaper de Volkskrant, which published De bètacanon, a list of scientific topics that everyone should know. Since a 'canon' has to be sung, the fifty topics are sung in a musical canon in four voices.
Volkslied voor de Happy Nation of Chaos (2007)
National Anthem for the Happy Nation of Chaos
For the People (sung), saxophone quartet (AABarBar) and piano, 5'.
Commissioned by happyChaos for the opening ceremony of its debate and art festival on vanishing borders.
The Aftermath. Wat te doen na mijn afstuderen? (2005)
The Aftermath. What to do after graduation?
For piano four-hands, 4'.
Premiered on the Cultural Festival of the University of Amsterdam. Won Jury's and Public's Prize in the music category.
What should I do after my graduation: become a strategy consultant or a composer? (I eventually became both)
Lethargie o lethargie, waarom componeer ik nie? Ode aan mijn muze (2004)
Lethargy oh Lethargy, Why Don't I Compose? Ode to my Muse
Vocal quartet (SSAA) and piano, 5'.
Why did I watch TV all the time, while I was supposed to write a new vocal piece? Then I realized that the cheap shows on television were a source of inspiration.
Dancin' Judy (2004)
Piano four-hands, clarinet and alto saxophone, 3½'.
Written in collaboration with a choreographer and dancers of the Amsterdam Theater School.
Van Hogendorpkwartet. Strijken in de Staatsliedenbuurt (2003)
Van Hogendorp Quartet. Playing the Strings in the Staatslieden neighborhood
String quartet, 10'.
Als Spelende Kinderen (2002)
Like Playing Children
String trio, 2½'.
Commissioned by the Goeyvaert Strijktrio from Sint Niklaas, Belgium. Melodic material based on the set of pitches Bach-Cage.
Muziek voor Piano en Strijkkwartet (2002)
Music for Piano and String Quartet
Piano quintet, 9'.
Treurtango Roxane en DeGuiche (2001)
Sad tango for Roxane and DeGuiche
Duet accompanied by piano and trumpet, 4'.
Commissioned by student association SSRA for its musical Cyrano.
The Happy Medium (2000)
Piano four-hands, 3½'.
Melodic material based on the diminished fifth, the happy medium of the octave.
Diabolus in Musica (1999)
Two clarinets, trumpet, four violins, three cellos, 6½'.
Compost (1998)
Soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, trombone, trumpet, violin, cello, piano and percussion, 3½'.
