Concert Music & Studio Works

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Collaborations

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Ensembles

• Coefficient of Friction (1996-1998)
• Free Love Ensemble (1997)
• Ground (1995-?)
• Invisible College Quartet (2007-?)
• Kallisti (2001-2003)

Film Music

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Compositions for the Concert Hall & Studio Works

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Most scores are available if you contact me at brandon |at| brandonvaccaromusic.com

Chamber Works

Solo

• Carillon
  • Blessed Dhyana for Carillon (2005) Carillon. 7 min.
  • Erisian Cycles: 47-Bell Edition (2004) Carillon. 9 min.
  • Erisian Cycles: 65-Bell Edition (2004) Carillon. 9 min. Score and audio
• Clarinet
  • Aeons (1997) Clarinet. 6 min. LOST
• Guitar
  • Blessed Dhyana (2002) Guitar. 7 min. Score and audio
• Piano
  • Fitful Slumbers (2006) piano. 8 min.  Score and audio. Composed for María Fernanda Nieto-Pulido.
  • Sonatina for Piano (2001; revised 2002) Piano. 7 min.

• Flute + Guitar
  • Drooling at Bells: Three Serial Miniatures (2004) Flute, guitar. 3 min. Score and audio
• Alto Saxophone + Piano
  • Song and Dance for Alto Saxophone and Piano (2005) Alto Saxophone, piano. 7 min. Score and audio. Composed for Arthur Bouton.
• Voice + Guitar
  • Star Ruby 2.0 (2007)  electric guitar, voice, computer. 12. min. Audio.  Composed for Tara Davison.

• Pavlov’s Dog (1996) Two electric guitars, electric bass, and telephone. 2 min.
• Trio for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano (2003) Clarinet, cello, piano. 28 min.  Score and audio

• String Quartet
  • String Quartet I (1998) string quartet (Withdrawn)
  • Turbulent Returns (2005) string quartet. 6 min. Score and audio

• Die Morgensheutegesternwelt (2004) Microtonal work for eight guitars. 8 min.
• The Passage (2009) electric guitar, string quartet, computer. Info
• ROTA: a Game for Nine Players (1997) For nine players: two Bb woodwinds, one high string and one low string instrument, four Card Holders, and a Prompter/Conductor. Ca. 10 min.
• Tensegrity Structures (2003) Clarinet, horn, percussion, accordion, violin, and cello. 12 min.

• Breaks (1996-7) Baritone voice, flute, clarinet, percussion, and strings. Text from Aleister Crowley’s Book of Lies. 15 min.
• Unprofessional Conduct (2003) Tenor/Baritone, piano. Text from Aleister Crowley’s Book of Lies. 2 min. Score and audio
• Star Ruby 2.0 (2007)  electric guitar, voice, computer. 12. min. Audio

• Distillations (2005) electric guitar, computer. 7 min. Score and audio
• Meta-Programming and the Imprint Theory (2004) Electric guitar, CD. 12 min.
• The Passage (2009) electric guitar, string quartet, computer. Info
• Star Ruby 2.0 (2007)  electric guitar, voice, computer. 12. min. Audio

• Em-Prop (1996) For five instruments with different range and timbre. 5-10 min.
• ROTA: a Game for Nine Players (1997) For nine players: two Bb woodwinds, one high string and one low string instrument, four Card Holders, and a Prompter/Conductor. Ca. 10 min.

Large Ensembles

• Local Group vs. The Virgo Supercluster (2005) 5 min. Score and audio

• Tensegrity Structures for Wind Ensemble (2006) 12 min.

• Noir: Excerpts from the film Hide & Seek (2004)
• Variations on a Theme from Angelo Badalamenti (2003) 7 min.

Studio Works

• Aluminum (2000). For MIDI-controlled samplers. 3 min.
• The Distillations Set (2008). For Guitar-computer-amplifier.  More info.   Buy It?
• Four and a Half Minutes of Chaos (1996) Midi-controlled synthesizers. 4.5 min.

• Frequency Response (2008) website installation at mysterycabal.com. Collaboration with Rob Miller of Loophole.
• Golden Apple (1997) Guitar, tenor sax, bass, drums. 20 min.
• Meditations on Entropy (2006) Organillo. Buy It?
• Meta-Programming and the Imprint Theory (2004) Guitar-computer-amplifier. 12 min.
• Octagramatic Segments (2006) Collaboration with S. Lyn Goeringer. Computer, guitar. Buy It?
• The Passage (2009) electric guitar, string quartet, computer. Info
• Remnants of the Passage (2007) sound installation. Info
• Schrödinger’s Cat (1997-8). Manipulation of voice samples. 15 min

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Collaborations

Collaborations By Partners

This is an incomplete list of collaborations. It highlights some important individuals and pieces in my past. Italics indicate the title of a work. Standard font indicates the name of a collaborative project.

• Conrad Kehn
  • Kallisti
  • MacroCephalic Cabal
• Jesse Woods
  • Ground
    • Ground – Powder (1997) Collaboration with Jesse Woods. ARP 2600, Roland JX8P, and an EMU sampler. 40 min.
    • Ground – Virtue of Subtlety (1996) Collaboration with Jesse Woods. Percussion, prepared piano, slit drum, voices. 10 min.
• Rob Miller
  • Frequency Response (2008) website installation at mysterycabal.com.
• Scott Scholz
  • Coefficient of Friction
  • Shutter Trio
  • Shutter Trio - 1001 Riddles (1998) Collaboration with Scott Schulz. Duet for guitar and voice. 8-12 min.
• S. Lyn Goeringer & Brandon Vaccaro - ongoing collaborations
  • Website
  • Octagramatic Segments (2006) Computer, guitar. Buy It?
• Tara Davison
  • Star Ruby (2.0) Audio
• Tatsuya Nakatani
  • Improvisation show Fall 2006
  • March 2008 performance on Soundscapes Presented by Mystery Cabal series
• Tosca String Quartet
  • Turbulent Returns Score and audio
  • The Passage Info
  • Remnants of the Passage  Info

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Music for Film

Music For Film by Title

• A Complex Villianelle (2010)
  • To hear examples from the score - Audio
• Hide and Seek (2004) Soundtrack for short film by Jonathan McDavitt and Peter Gordon.
  • To hear examples from the score - Audio
• Hannah House (2001) Soundtrack for independent film by Chad Smith. Collaboration with Kallisti.
  • For Monkey Angel Studios site
  • For an IMDB entry
  • The video for the Kallisti song "Hannah House"
• Juice Freak (2003) Soundtrack for independent film by Jon Nagel.
• The Skin Horse (2001) Soundtrack for independent film by Nicole Esquibel. Collaboration with Kallisti.

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