Rand Steiger
premieres conducted

composer work type venue notes
Louis Andriessen Zilver world LACMA commissioned by Ear Unit
Virko Baley Dreamtime world LACMA written for Ear Unit
Arun Bahrali Regan world UCSD
Herny Brandt Revenge Before Breakfast world CalArts commissioned by Ear Unit
Burr van Nostrand Lovesongs of the Vampires world LACMA commissioned by Ear Unit
Erki-Sven Tuur Architechtonics III world LACMA commissioned by Ear Unit
Terry Riley Four Woelfi Portraits world LACMA commissioned by Ear Unit
Anthony Brandt Period Piece world Harvard written for Ear Unit
Anthony Brandt Septet-a-tete world Harvard written for Ear Unit
Robert Clendenon Listening to Eno at 10:26 world LACMA written for Ear Unit
Mathew Easton Satie world LACMA written for Ear Unit
Greg Fish Apartment 28 world LACMA written for Ear Unit
Luis Diego Herra Trio y Percusion world Teatro Nacional de Costa Rica
David Horne Concerto for 6 Players world Harvard
Hiroko Ito Polarity world Harvard written for Ear Unit
Alexander Kalogeras Quartet world Harvard written for Ear Unit
Takashi Koto Morning Chill world Harvard written for Ear Unit
Takashi Koto Distant Stars world Harvard written for Ear Unit
Scott Lindroth Relations to Rigor world CalArts written for Ear Unit
Salvitore Martirano Thrown world 1984 Olympic Arts Festival, L.A.
Michael McCandless Against Nature world LACMA written for Ear Unit
Eric Moe Kicking and Screaming world UCSD Mark Osborn Intenegra world UCSD
Mel Powell Sextet world LACMA commissioned by Ear Unit
Roger Reynolds Personae world UCSD Terry Riley Four Woelfi Portraits world LACMA commissioned by Ear Unit
Andrew Rindfleisch Fanatical Dances world Harvard written for Ear Unit
Nicholas Slonimsky Quadraversal world LACMA written for Ear Unit
Dorrance Stalvey Pound Songs world LACMA
Morton Subotnick Key to Songs world LA - New Music America (written for Ear Unit) Johan Tallgren Quatuor a Royaumont world UCSD
Ivan Tcherepin The New Ryhtmantics world L.A.Philharmonic
Mark Waldrep Liquid Fixtures world LACMA written for Ear Unit
Julia Wolfe Sleeping Child world Bang on a Can Festival
Mary Wright He Don't Care world LACMA written for Ear Unit
Mary Wright Hebby Tenders world CalArts written for Ear Unit Many other works by student composers at UCSD and CalArts


United States Premieres

composer             work                  type           venue    
Louis Andriessen Tao US Ensemple Sospeso, Miller Theatre, New York Edison Denisov Chamber Symphony US UCSD
Brian Ferneyhough La Chute d'Icare US UCSD
Brian Ferneyhough Terain US UCSD
Hilda Paredes The Seventh Pip US UCSD
Giacinto Scelsi Pranum II US CalArts Festival
Anthony Korf Blue Rythm Quintet Cent. America Teatro Nacional de Costa Rica

European Premieres

composer             work                        type       venue    
Milton Babbitt Consortini Europe Ars Musica Festival, Belgium
Earle Brown Syntagm III Europe Ars Musica Festival, Belgium
Scott Lindroth Relations to Rigor Europe Ars Musica Festival, Belgium
Steven Mackey Indigenous Instruments Europe WDR, Cologne

West Coast Premieres

composer             work                           type            venue     



Muhal Richard Abrams Impressions I                  West Coast      UCSD
William Albright Rustles of Spring California LACMA (commissioned by Ear Unit) Milton Babbitt Consortini California LACMA
Rick Baitz River of January California LACMA
Todd Brief Idols California Cal Arts Festival
Earle Brown Centering San Diego UCSD
Elliott Carter Triple Duo California LACMA Anthony Davis Tania (Opera) West Coast UCSD
Paul Drescher Channels Passing So.California M.O.C.A. Explorations Series
George Edwards The Isle is Full of Noise West Coast LACMA Michael Gordon Though Shall,Though Shalt Not California CalArts Festival
Aaron Kernis Brautigan Songs California CalArts Festival
Oliver Lake Flirtation Blue So. California LACMA (commissioned by Ear Unit) G. Ligetti Chamber Concerto San Diego UCSD
James Newton Violet So. California LACMA (commissioned by Ear Unit) Bernard Rands Canti dell'Eclisse San Diego UCSD
Steve Reich Eight Lines San Diego La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art Poul Rudders Corpus cum Figuris Califonria L.A. Philharmonic
Kaija Saariaho Io California UCSD
Kaija Saariaho Graal Theater California UCSD Robert Saxton Sentinel of the Rainbow California CalArts
Eric Stokes Whittlings West Coast LACMA Steven Mackey Indigenous Instruments So. California
Toru Takemitsu Rain Coming California UCSD
Michael Torke The Yellow Pages California CalArts Festival
Mary Wright Sunflower California LACMA
Julia Wolfe Girlfriend West Coast LACMA Iannis Xenakis Thallein California UCSD

Southern California Premieres

composer             work                     type       venue     
Jean Barraque Sequence San Diego UCSD Pierre Boulez Le Marteau Sans Maitre San Diego Atheneum, La Jolla, CA Earle Brown Centering San Diego UCSD G. Ligetti Chamber Concerto San Diego UCSD Steven Mackey Indigenous Instruments L.A. LACMA Luigi Nono Con Luigi Dallapiccola San Diego UCSD Steve Reich Eight Lines San Diego La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art Kaija Saariaho Lichtbogen San Diego Music 3 Festival, Sushi Gallery Wadada Leo Smith Tao-Njia L.A. LACMA Wadada Leo Smith Giant Sequoia L.A. LACMA

New York Premieres

composer             work                   type            venue     
Morton Subotnick Key to Songs New York Composers Forum
Brian Ferneyhough La Chute d'Icare New York Miller Theatre
Roger Reynolds Personae New York Miller Theatre
Iannis Xenakis Thallein New York Miller Theatre