Compositions

List of Music Compositions (with information on premieres)

displaced - for the children (2019)
Five movements, with pause between each
Collaborative composition and performance by Bernadette Speach and students
SUNY - Adirondack, December 11, 2019

Pillars (2017)
for Piano, Electric Guitar, Saxophone
April 29, 2017, Tannery Pond Center at Tannery Pond Community Center, North Creek, NY
Performed by Bernadette Speach – Piano, Jeffrey Schanzer - Electric Guitar, Oliver Lake - Saxophone

altrove/elsewhere (2012)
for Piano/Toy Piano and Violin
February 4, 2012, Music of Now Marathon, Symphony Space, NYC.
Performed by Bernadette Speach - Piano/Toy Piano and Madalyn Parnas - Violin

after sunrise (2011)
for Percussion and Clarinets
October 24, 2012, University of Arkansas, Fort Smith
Performed by Duo Avanzando – Ricardo Coelha de Souza - Percussion and David Carter - Clarinets

In and Out of Love (2010)
after "Liaisons" and "Send in the Clowns" – A Little Night Music by Stephen Sondheim.
Liaisons: Re-imagining Sondheim from the Piano. Commissioned by Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.
April 2, 2011, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center/UMD School of Music.
Performed by Anthony de Mare – Piano
Recording: ECM New Series - “Liaisons: Re-imagining Sondheim from the Piano” 3 CD Set of 36 composers contributions. Grammy Award – Judith Sherman, Classical Producer of the Year.

TreeSing (2007)
for Bass Clarinet, Marimba and Piano with video processing
May 24, 2007 Roulette, New York, NY
Performed by Margot Leverett, Bass Clarinet, Gustavo Aguilar - Marimba, Bernadette Speach - Piano, Anney Bonney - Video

My fuchsia is small, like me ... (2006)
for solo Piano
May 24, 2007, Roulette, New York, NY.
Performed by Bernadette Speach - Piano

A Set of Three (2005):
in time of daffodils; if up's the word; let it go
for Soprano and Piano
Texts by e.e. cummings
February 24, 2007, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY.
Performed by Lauralyn Kolb - Soprano, Tina Toglia - Piano

Only/Solimente (2003 - 04)
for solo Vibraphone
Commissioned by Ricardo Coelha de Souza
June 6, 2005, Festival International de Musica, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Performed by Ricardo Coelha de Souza - Vibraphone

Piano Plus (2002)
for Digital Medium
November 6, 2002, International Electro-Acoustic Music Festival, Levenson Recital Hall, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY

Embrace the Universe (2001)
for Orchestra, Chorus (SATB) and soloists: Mezzo-Soprano, Viola, Piano
Text: "Hymn to Matter" from The Divine Milieu by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
May 9, 2016, Teatro Petruzzelli, Bari, Italy
Performed by:
Orchestra Sinfonica del Conservatorio “Niccolo Piccinni” – Direttore Giovanni Pelliccia; Ensemble vocale “Forilegium Vocis” – Maestro del coro Sabino Manzo;
Mezzo-Soprano - Anastasia Abryutina, Viola - Paolo Messa, Pianoforte – Emanuele Arciuli

Your Friend, Susan (2000)
for Two Pianos and Reciter
April 29, 2000, Roulette, New York, NY.
Performed by Bernadette Speach - Piano, Kathleen Supové - Piano/Reciter, Nurit Tilles - Piano/Reciter

Viola (1999)
for Viola and Piano
April 29, 2000, Roulette, New York, NY.
Performed by Rozanna Weinberger - Viola, Anthony de Mare - Piano
Recording: Mode Records

Le Donne (1998)
for Chamber Ensemble
February 19, 1998, Merkin Hall, New York, NY.
Performed by J.D. Parran - Clarinet, Joseph Reardon - Trumpet, John Sherman - Accordion, Bernadette Speach - Piano, and the Soldier String Quartet

Anne (1998)
for Two Sopranos, Baritone, String Quartet and Clarinet
February 19, 1998, Merkin Concert Hall, New York, NY.
Performed by Joan LaBarbara - Soprano, Cheryl Marshall - Soprano, Thomas Meglioranza - Baritone, J.D. Parran – Clarinets and the Soldier String Quartet

Parallel Windows - Unframed (1996)
for Piano and Orchestra
National Endowment for the Arts Composers' Fellowship (1992)
March 20, 1997, The Kitchen, New York, NY.
Performed by Absolute Chamber Orchestra conducted by Kristjan Järvi, Anthony de Mare – Pianist

From Death Row, This Is Mumia Abu-Jamal (1996)
for Piano, 3 Percussionists and Tape
November 16 & 17, 1996, The Kitchen, New York, NY.
Performed by Essential Music

When It Rains, Llueve (1995)
for Piano
February 1, 1996, Merkin Concert Hall, New York, NY.
Written for and performed by Anthony de Mare
Recording: Mode Records

Angels in the Snow (1993)
for Piano Solo
December 9, 1993, Real Music Series, CBGB's Galleria, New York, NY.
Performed by Bernadette Speach - Piano
Recording: Mode Records

Avanzando (1993)
for Bass Clarinet, Piano, Marimba, Vibraphone and Glockenspiel.
Underwritten by the American Composers Forum with funds provided by the Jerome Foundation
November 4, 1993, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Commissioned and Performed by Zeitgeist

Complaints (1993)
for Speaker, Flute, Bass, Vibraphone & Traps
April 15, 1993, Roulette, New York, NY.
Performed by Piano Trio Plus

Walking Again (1993)
for Piano, Flute, Bass & Traps
April 15, 1993, Roulette, New York, NY.
Performed by Piano Trio Plus

Walking Again (1992)
for Piano Solo
February 2, 1992, Knitting Factory, New York, NY.
Bernadette Speach - Piano

Trio des trois III (1992)
for Piano, Viola and Cello
April 28, 1993, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT.
Written for and performed by Fidelio
Recording: Mode Records

Trio des trois II (1991)
for Flute, Harp and Viola
December 9, 1994, Composers' Forum Inc., The New School for Social Research.
Performed by Stefani Starin - Flute, Lois Martin - Viola, Elizabeth Panzer - Harp

Trio des trois I (1991)
for Violin, Piano and Percussion
February 19, 1993, Mills College Concert Hall, Oakland, CA.
Written for and performed by Abel-Steinberg-Winant Trio

Chosen Voices (1991)
for Toy Piano and Prepared Guitar
June 8, 1991, MusicVistas, Inc., The Parlour, Brooklyn, NY.
Performed by Schanzer/Speach Duo
Recording: Mode Records

Almost Tadzio/Overbite Alarm (1991)
Music with Dance
February 7 & 8, 1991, MusicVistas, Inc., Dia Center for the Arts, NYC. Collaborative improvisation by Jeffrey Schanzer - Guitar, Bernadette Speach - Piano, in collaboration with David Alan Harris - Choreographer

and so it is ... (1990)
for Piano Solo
December 13, 1990, Musicians of Brooklyn Initiative, Roulette, New York, NY.
Performed by Bernadette Speach - Piano

Resoundings (1990)
for Piano 4 Hands
December 13, 1990, Musicians of Brooklyn Initiative, Roulette, New York, NY.
Conceived and Performed by Myra Melford and Bernadette Speach

It Came to Me in a Dream (1990)
In Counterpoint with "Ash Wednesday," T.S. Eliot; for Flute, Alto Flute, Guitar, Piano and Baritone
September 15, 1990, MusicVistas, Inc., Roulette, New York, NY.
Performed by Thomas Buckner - Baritone, Barbara Held - Flutes, Stefani Starin - Flutes, Jeffrey Schanzer - Guitar, Bernadette Speach - Piano

Bone, Burned, Abandon/Creak (1990)
Music with Dance
June 1 & 2, 1990, St. Ann's Church, Brooklyn, NY. Collaborative improvisation by Jeffrey Schanzer - Guitar, Bernadette Speach - Piano, in collaboration with David Alan Harris - Choreographer

9/8/89 (1990)
for Digital Sampler and Tape
March 27, 1990, RPI - iEAR Studios, Troy Music Hall, Troy, NY.
Performed by Bernadette Speach

Within (1990)
for Piano and Orchestra
February 15, 1990, Cooper Union, New York, NY. Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra "Meet the Moderns," Lukas Foss - Conductor, Ursula Oppens - Pianist

a page upon which... (1989)
for Piano solo
September 23, 1989, Roulette, New York, NY.
Performed by Bernadette Speach
Recording: Mode/Avant

Boppin' Again (revised 1991)
for 10 Piece Ensemble
May 24, 1991, Musicians of Brooklyn Initiative, St. Ann's Church, Brooklyn, NY.
Performed by MOBI New Music Ensemble, Bernadette Speach – Conductor

Boppin' Again (1989)
for Chamber/Jazz Ensemble
February 3, 1989, St. Ann's Church, Brooklyn, NY. Written for and performed by Jeffrey Schanzer Ensemble

les ondes pour quatre (1988)
for String Quartet
August 7, 1988, Internationales Musikinstitut, Darmstadt, Germany.
Performed by Arditti String Quartet
Recording: Mode Records

Inside Out (1987)
for Piano solo
October 18, 1987, Festival of Women Improvisers, Roulette, New York, NY.
Performed by Bernadette Speech

Shattered Glass (1986)
for Percussion Solo
October 17, 1986, Experimental Intermedia Foundation, New York, NY.
Performed by Bobby Previte
Recorded By Michael Pugliese on Mode Records

Spero (1986)
for Solo Guitar
October 17, 1986, Experimental Intermedia Foundation, New York, NY.
Written for and performed by Jeffrey Schanzer

Sonata (1986)
for Piano
June 4, 1986, Ann Goodman Recital Hall, New York, NY.
Written for and performed by Anthony de Mare
Recording: Mode Records

To Tango or Not (1986)
for Piano
February 27, 1986, Dance Theater Workshop, New York, NY.
Written for and performed by Yvar Mikhashoff

Streamline (1985)
January 26, 1986, The Kitchen, New York, NY.
Written for and Performed by Leroy Jenkins' Sting

Light Rail (1985)
for Subway Track (Music/Theater)
November 15, 1985, The Open Center, New York, NY. Photography: Lori Seid, Environmental Recording: Lauren Amazeen, Pop Music Consultant: Joel Dinerstein
Performed by: Bobby Previte, Percussionist/Actor

Gertrude (1984)
Musical Theater
June 15-17, 22-24, 1984, Nichols School, Buffalo, NY. Constance Schulz - Playwright, Robin Kay Willoughby - Actress, Bernadette Speach - Pianist/Percussionist

Between the Lines (1984)
for Violin, Piano and Percussion
April 9, 1984, North American New Music Festival, Erie County Public Library, Buffalo, NY. Performed by Thomas Halpin - Violin, Yvar Mikhashoff - Piano, Jan Williams - Percussion

Pensees I, II & III (1983)
for Solo Guitar
December 4, 1983, Cabaret 650, Buffalo, NY.
Written for and performed by Jeffrey Schanzer
Recording: Mode Records

Trajet (1983)
for Trombone and Percussion
November 13, 1983, Buffalo New Music Ensemble, The Tralfamadore Cafe, Buffalo, NY. Performed by Donald Miller - Trombone, Jan Williams – Percussion
Recorded by Leonard Krech - Trombone, Jan Williams - Percussion for Mode Records

Quatri (1983)
for Percussion Quartet
April 27, 1984, Black Mountain College II, SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, NY.
Performed by The Maelstrom Percussion Quartet

Onde (1983)
For Flute and Percussion
September 20, 1984, Rye Country Day School, Rye, NY.
Performed by Mary Luehrsen - Flute, Michael Pugliese - Percussion

Echange (1982)
for Guitar, Piano & Percussionist
October 28, 1983, Black Mountain College II, SUNY - Buffalo, Buffalo, NY.
Performed by Jeffrey Schanzer - Guitar, Bernadette Speach - Piano, Marc Wooldridge - Percussionist

Pentamenta (1982)
in Five Movements, for String Quartet (Ph.D. Dissertation)
March 13, 1988, North American New Music Festival, Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY. Performed by Arditti String Quartet

Moto (1982)
for Trombone, Piano and Percussion
April 12, 1983, Cooper Union, New York, NY.
Performed by The Bowery Ensemble
Recording: Mode Records

A Set of Two (1982)
for Cello
April 11, 1984, North American New Music Festival, Cabaret 650, Buffalo, NY.
Written for and performed by Frances-Marie Uitti

Untitled (1982)
for Piano
December 5, 1982, Buffalo New Music Ensemble, Tralfamadore Cafe, Buffalo, NY.

des Sondages (1981-82)
Movements for Piano
No. IV: April 17, 1983, Buffalo New Music Ensemble, Tralfamadore Cafe, Buffalo, NY. Performed by Yvar Mikhashoff.
Published in "The Buffalo Collection" - SUNY at Buffalo
Nos. I, II, III: October 27, 1981, Composers' Forum, SUNY - Buffalo, Buffalo, NY.
Performed by Mark Vona - Piano

Sono I & II (1981-82)
on a text by Liv Ullmann, for Soprano, Flute, Clarinets, Alto Saxophone, Trombone and Percussion
April 2, 1982, Black Mountain College II, SUNY - Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

"I Think We Are Small Enough" (1979)
text from The Book of Naturalists, for Electronic Tape
May 1 & 15, 1979, Baird Recital Hall, SUNY - Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

Ode to Thelonius (1978-79)
in three movements, for Flute, Alto Flute, Oboe, English Horn, Trumpet, French Horn, Viola, Cello, Prepared Piano and Percussion (Masters Thesis)
May 1, 1979, Baird Recital Hall, SUNY - Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

Incidental Music for "A Clearing in the Woods" (1979)
(play by Arthur Laurents)
for Piano, Flute, Recorded Tape
March 23-31, 1979, North Fork Community Theater, Mattituck, L.I., New York

Wind Trio (1977)
for Flute, Clarinet and Bassoon
May 5, 1977, Columbia Composers' Forum, Columbia University, New York, NY

Lost (1976)
on the poetry of H. Hesse, for Flute, French Horn, Mezzo-Soprano, Viola and String Bass
August 20, 1976, Piccolo Teatro de Siena, Siena, Italy

Poetry/Music Collaborations with Poet Thulani Davis

Meditations: Abandon All Hope of Fruition (2004)
for Reciter and Piano
April 21, 2004, Pen and Brush, New York, NY.
Performed by Thulani Davis - Reciter, Bernadette Speach - Piano

Meditations: Kundun and The Womb of Buddha (2002)
for Reciter and Piano
May 16, 18 & 19, 2002, The Performing Garage, New York, NY
Performed by Thulani Davis - Reciter, Bernadette Speach - Piano

Meditations: Upriver Sea Islands from The Translator and Womb of Buddha (2001)
for Reciter and Ensemble
May 27, 2001, PICA (Portland Institute of Contemporary Art), Portland, Oregon
Performed by Thulani Davis - Reciter, Lyndee Mah - Voice, Bernadette Speach - Piano, Jeffrey Schanzer - Guitar, Skip Elliot Bowman - Bass

Passages and Outtakes (2000)
for Chamber Ensemble
April 29, 2000, Roulette, New York, NY.
Performed by Thulani Davis - Reciter, Alva Rogers - Voice and Percussion - Jeffrey Schanzer - Guitar, Bernadette Speach - Piano

Woman Without Adornment (1995)
for Chamber Ensemble
Settings from the Novel “1959” by Thulani Davis
March 29, 1995, The Kitchen, NYC
Performed by Alva Rogers – Mezzo Soprano, Thulani Davis – Reciter, Bernadette Speach – Piano, Jeffrey Schanzer – Guitars, Pablo Aslan – Bass
Recording: Mode Records

Woman Without Adornment (1994)
Settings from the Novel “1959” for Piano and Reciter
December 21 & 22, 1994, Clark Theatre, Lincoln Center, NYC.
Performed by Thulani Davis - Reciter, Bernadette Speach – Piano

Baobab 4 (1994)
for Flute, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Trombone, Acoustic and Electric Guitar, Bass, Two Pianos, Balafon, Reciter, Three Women's Voices and Dancer. Commissioned by MusicVistas, Inc. with funds provided by the New York State Council on the Arts
April 9, 1994, MusicVistas and P.S. 122, P.S. 122, New York, NY
Performed by Rob DeBellis - Reeds, Jeff Hoyer - Trombone, Jeffrey Schanzer - Guitars, Lindsey Horner - Bass, Myra Melford - Piano, Thulani Davis - Poet/Reciter, Michelle Kinney - Voice, Alva Rogers - Voice, Dawn Saito - Voice, Bernadette Speach - Conductor, Piano II, Balafon and Ron Brown - Dancer

Baobab 4 (1991)
for Alto Saxophone, Trombone, Acoustic and Electric Guitar, Bass, Piano and Reciter
March 3, 1991, New Prospects at Prospect Park Picnic House, Brooklyn, NY
Performed by Oliver Lake – Alto Saxophone, Jeff Hoyer – Trombone, Jeffrey Schanzer – Guitars, Lindsey Horner – Bass, Myra Melford – Piano, Thulani Davis – Poet/Reciter, Bernadette Speach, Conductor.

A Set of Five (1989)
for Chamber Ensemble
Poetry by Thulani Davis
January 11, 1989, Alternative Museum, New York, NY.
Performed by Thulani Davis – Reciter, Oliver Lake – Alto Saxophone, Jeff Hoyer – Trombone, Myra Melford – Piano, Jeffrey Schanzer – Guitars, Lindsey Horner – Bass, Bernadette Speach - Conductor

Telepathy Suite (1988)
for 20 Piece Ensemble
March 18, 1988, Prospect Park Picnic House, Brooklyn, NY, Musicians of Brooklyn Initiative (MOBI). Performed by MOBI New Music Ensemble, Bernadette Speach - Conductor

Telepathy Suite (1986-87)
for Chamber Ensemble
March 8, 1987, Celebrate Brooklyn Festival, Prospect Park Picnic House, Brooklyn, NY. Performed by Thulani Davis - Reciter, Oliver Lake - Alto Saxophone, Jeff Hoyer - Trombone, Myra Melford - Piano, Jeffrey Schanzer - Guitar, Lindsey Horner - Bass, Bernadette Speach - Piano and Conductor
Recording: Mode Records

Improvisations for Piano and Guitar Conceived and Performed by the Schanzer/Speach Duo

Debabelized Brook (2004)
April 4, 2004, Flea Theater, New York, NY, with video by Anney Bonney

Hell's Gate (2004)
April 4, 2004, Flea Theater, New York, NY, with video by Anney Bonney

Toy Rings (2002)
in collaboration with John J.A. Jannone
February 8, 2002. Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, Brooklyn, NY. John J.A. Jannone - Electronics

Glove Quartet (2002)
in collaboration with Holland Hopson and John J.A. Jannone
February 8, 2002 Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, Brooklyn, NY. Holland Hopson, Saxophone & Electronics, John J.A. Jannone, Electronics

Lago (1999)
December 9, 1999, Greenwich House Music School, New York, NY.

Outside In (1996)
June 1, 1996, Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, NY.

at the same time (1993)
February 14, 1993, Music Designs, New York, NY.

Sound Crowds (1990)
November 24, 1990, Cirque Divers, Liège, Belgium.

It's Your Turn (1990)
November 24, 1990, Cirque Divers, Liège, Belgium.
Recording: Mode/Avant

3-1/2 (1990)
September 15, 1990, MusicVistas, Inc., Roulette, New York, NY.
Recording: Mode/Avant

Blue (1989)
February 9, 1990, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT.
Recording: Mode/Avant

Phill's Phault (1988)
July 31, 1988, Logos Foundation, Ghent, Belgium.

Two in the Morning (1986)
October 17, 1986, Experimental Intermedia Foundation, New York, NY.
Recording: Mode/Avant

Improvisations for Piano, Flute and Guitar
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September 25, 2007, Freddy's Backroom, Brooklyn, NY, Performed by Bernadette Speach - Piano, Andrea LaRose - Flute, Jeffrey Schanzer – Guitar

Publications

Liaisons – Re-imagining Sondheim from the Piano
Collection of 37 pieces for piano
“In and Out of Love”– after “Liaisons” and “Send in the Clowns” from “A Little Night Music” by Stephen Sondheim
Rilting Music, Inc. - March 1, 2017

les ondes pour quatre
String Quartet
Kallisti Music Press, Philadelphia, PA - March 31, 2006

When It Rains, Llueve
Piano solo
Kallisti Music Press, Philadelphia, PA - February 18, 2002

des Sondages IV
Piano solo
"The Buffalo Collection 1982" – SUNY at Buffalo

Recordings

LIAISONS (ECM 2470-72, 2015)
RE-IMAGINING SONDHEIM FROM THE PIANO
ANTHONY DE MARE

In and Out of Love – after Liaisons and Send in the Clowns from A Little Night Music, was premiered by Anthony de Mare, pianist and Artistic Director of “Liaisons: Re-imagining Sondheim from the Piano”, at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, which commissioned the work, and received its New York City premiere on March 9, 2013 at Symphony Space. The complete 3 CD set of the “Liaisons” project was released in September, 2015 on the ECM to critical acclaim and its producer, Judith Sherman, received a Grammy Award for Classical Producer of the Year.

Reflections (Mode 105, 2002)
Bernadette Speach
Chamber Works

Dualities (Mode/Avant 02, 1992)
Schanzer/Speach Duo
Improvised Duets, Solos

Without Borders (Mode 16, 1989)
Bernadette Speach
Chamber Works