Eric Roth Music

2007

The Clark Street Bridge Projct (80+ percussionists on the Clark Street Bridge, Chicago) ca. 45'
Big Snitches (solo voice and piano) ca. 4'
Paradise is a Place (solo voice and piano) ca. 5'
Vibraphone Journal (solo 6.) (vibraphone) ca. 4'
Flax in the Fields (for the Cygnus Ensemble + voice: female voice, flute, oboe/english horn, 2 guitars, violin, violoncello) ca. 5' (premiere by Cygnus Ensemble and Elizabeth Farnum at the CUNY Graduate Center, NYC, April 2007)

Tawny Yarn, Old Fingers (8 guitars) ca. 4' (premiere by Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music Guitar Ensemble at the CUNY Graduate Center, NYC, November 2006)
Both Teams Played Hard [Abridged Version] (solo snare drum) ca. 10' (premiere by Jordan Young at Firehouse12, New Haven, Connecticut, May 2007)
Evesongs (mezzo-soprano or soprano voice and piano) ca. 6' (premiere of “Knowledge” by Megan Marino and Amanda Halstead at the Virginia Arts Festival, Norfolk, Virginia, May 2006; premiere of “What Does Love Do?” by Eric Roth and Jordan Shapiro at Firehouse12, New Haven, Connecticut, May 2007)
Near Stoughton (soprano voice, french horn, 2 percussionists, piano, banjo, violin, violoncello) ca. 4' (premiere by ensemble under the direction of Maurice Peress at the CUNY Graduate Center, NYC, May 2006)
Strawberries with a lurking adder (2 violins, bass clarinet) ca. 5' (premiere by Angela Hsu, Mary Dougherty, and Ben Goldberg at Mills College, Oakland, April 2006)
Body Death (baritone voice, violoncello) ca. 6' (solo version premiere by Karen Siegel at Firehouse12, New Haven, Connecticut, May 2007; duo version by Nicholas Isherwood and Jonathan Golove at June In Buffalo Festival, Buffalo, New York, June 2007)

Work That Body (solo performer) ca. 4' (premiere at CUNY Graduate Center, NYC, December 2005)
Together is the new forward. (for the Cygnus Ensemble: flute, oboe, 2 guitars, violin, violoncello) ca. 6' (premiere at CUNY Graduate Center, NYC, April 2006)
Useless Mosaic (CD recording) ca. 3'20 (premiere at CUNY Graduate Center, NYC, November 2005)
Vibraphone Journal (solos 1-5) (vibraphone) ca. 10' (for Chris Froh)
Original music (commissioned) for Woman's Will Theater production of William Shakespeare's Richard III (voices, percussion) (outdoor performances in San Francisco Bay Area parks, July-August 2005)
Believe in Yourself Music (tenor voice, piano) ca. 5' (premiere by Eric Roth and Jeff Kowalkowski at Depaul University, Chicago, June 2005)
Bible Thumpin V (three performers, each with bible) ca. 25' (commissioned for the Music for People and Thingamajigs Festival; premiere by Chris Froh, Eric Roth, Aharon Wheels Bolsta at the Oakland Metro, May 2005)
at the shiny altar of time and space (solo E flat clarinet with real time pitch shift) ca. 15' (premiere by Matt Ingalls at Mills College, Oakland, May 2005 in fulfillment of Mills College Graduate Research Grant)
Fountain Piece (solo performer with inflatable kiddie pool, pail, small potted plant and fountain) (for Version>05, Chicago, April 2005)
Secret Cheese (flute/electronics, bass saxophone, electronics, harp, violoncello, double bass) ca. 15' (commissioned for The Sound of Heaven and Earth at Tate Modern, London, January 2005)

Underboss (for large ensemble with conductor) for the Mills Contemporary Performance Ensemble
Take That (flute, 2 horns, trombone, piano, 2 percussionists, 2 voices, 2 violins, viola, cello, bass) ca. 22'
Trio or Ain't no Cezanne (shakuhachi, B flat clarinet, piano, voice, cello, electric guitar) (premiered at Mills College, Oakland, December 2004)
Both Teams Played Hard (solo snare drum) ca. 15'30 (premiere by Chris Froh at University of California-Davis, January 2005)
N' VOcabulary (string quartet) ca. 11' (premiere by the Ives Quartet at Mills College, Oakland, May 2004 in fulfilment of Mills College Graduate Research Grant)
The Whole Shkububl for the Mills College Vocal Improvisation Ensemble ca. 5' (premiere by Mills College Vocal Improvisation Ensemble at Mills College, Oakland, May 2004)

The Horrible Block (CD recording) ca. 10' (premiere at Mills College, Oakland, February 2004)
c1 (12 voice SSAATB a capella choir) ca. 3' (premiere by Vox Vocal Ensemble, dir. George Steel, at MATA Festival 2004, NYC, May 2004)
What's my mantra? (for at least 3 voices)
Imaginary Juice (any number of strings) ca. 7'30 (premiere at Mills College, Oakland, October 2003)
Solo Voice Etude 1
Independence for people (any number of voices) (premiere at Mills College, Oakland, October 2003)
Music for 2 Floor Toms* (2 floor toms with a brush fastened to each beater head) ca. 16' (premiere by William Winant and Seth Warren at Mills College, Oakland, April 2004)
NTMDT for Kim Burja and the Intermediate Percussion Ensemble (percussion quintet) ca. 5'30 (premiere by the Intermediate Percussion Ensemble, dir. Kim Burja, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Interlochen, Michigan, August 2003)
Concerto for Piano, Books and Tuba (piano/tuba/2 percussionists/12+ book chorus) ca. 28'
Light Step for Violin and Piano ca. 5'
4 Songs (voice/piano) ca. 10' (premiere by Eric Roth and Jeff Kowalkowski, Chicago, March 2003)