Van Stiefel
Complete Works
Four River Images (2008)
Four movements for electric guitar and percussion quartet.
Stay tuned for forthcoming recording.
The Shape of Hands (2007-08)
Four pieces for solo electric guitar.
Stay tuned for forthcoming recording.
Corps Morcele (2007)
Music for solo instrument and laptop ensemble running ChucK.
Premiered by the WCU Laptop Quartet November 2007.
Vagabond (2007)
Computer music composed using pluck string models in ChucK.
Sculpture by Caroline Lathan-Stiefel realized as a musical score.
Commissioned by L'Oreille dans l'oeil
, curated by Sebastien Cliche.
Red Glare as Prophet (2006)
Trumpet and electric guitar
Andreas Stolfus, Trumpet
Redpath Hall, McGill University
Juniper
(2005)
Classical guitar and string quartet
for Eliot Fisk and the Vega Quartet
Emory Chamber Music Society
Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival
Crosswords
(2004)
mixed voices a capella
Fixations
(2004)
solo piano
Repeat War
Interruption (2003)
Sap Dream Quartet, Norfolk Summer Music Festival.
Processional
Hymn
(2002)
Commissioned by the First Lutheran Church of the Redeemer
for its Centennial Anniversary, Atlanta.
Fortune
(2002)
electric guitar quartet
Sap Dream Quartet , New
York Guitar Festival.
Lost and Found by Steven
Mackey
arrangement for electric guitar quartet
published by Boosey
and Halkes
Octet (2001)
fl., cl., hp., pno., string quartet
Performed by the Nash Ensemble.
Suspension
(2000)
for orchestra 2.2.2.2.4.3.3.1.timp.,2 perc., hp., strings
Reading by New Jersey Symphony.
Four Guitars in
a
Thought Bubble (2000)
(four guitars of like timbre)
Performed by the Minneapolis Guitar Quartet.
Body Swimming
(2000)
(marimba and two vibraphones)
Performed by Talujon Percussion Quartet.
maison vague improvisation
trio (with Clark Stiefel)
The Spell of
Sensuality after Chernobyl (1999)
for string quartet, electric guitar, and field recordings from Chernobyl
recorded by Daniel Soder and Lauri Faggioni .
Performed by members of Serioso Quartet, Van Stiefel on guitar, Wendy Sutter on cello.
Hanna Kozlova (12 years after the accident)
The Texture of Taking Tea
Car, Geiger counter, and Abandoned Landscape
The Hidden
Noise
of Carlotta (1998)
for orchestra 3.3.3.3.4.3.3.1.timp. 3 per., pno. hp. strings
Reading by New Jersey Symphony.
Family Episode (1998)
piano quintet Ives String Quartet.
The lite
principle
(1998)
fl., e-gtr., vibes
Princeton Composers' Ensemble.
Baubles,
Carpets,
and Knives (1997)
alto flute, classical guitar, vibes.
Commissioned by Yale Guitar Extravaganza,
Manuscript acquired by the Yale University Music Library.
I Hear You
Singing
in the Wire (1996)
originally pressed disks, multiple turntables and slide guitar
Commissioned by Art in Odd Places, 1996 Atlanta Olympic Festival.
Short Stories
for tape (1995)
Commissioned by the Ostrava Ballet, Czech Republic.
Outdoor Music (1995)
for brass quintet and percussion
Commissioned by Arts Festival of Atlanta.
Tones On a Bent
Twig
(1994)
for sop., fl., cl., vc.,pno., perc.
Text by journalist Ralph McGill
Performances by Thamyris.
Penthesalia's
Raga
(1994)
for turntable, guitar, and percussion.
On Wet Roads On
Autumn Nights (1993)
solo classical guitar, recorded by Benjamin Verdery (2002).
Relentless
Pastoral
(1992)
flute and clarinet, performances by Thamyris.
Oleander and
Jasmine for string quartet (1992)
Commissioned by The Fernbank Museum of Natural History.
Mimosa
for string orchestra (1991)
Commissioned by the Westminster Schools, Atlanta, GA
Performance by the Macon Symphony (2001).