Selected Compositions by Joseph Dorsch Chairdance
(2008)
Mix for Piano and Manipulated International Morse
Code-recorded code provided by Daniel
Kiser
Searching
for Eden (2008)
Incidental for the Playmakers production of
"Searching for Eden"
Overture
Cellphone Mayhem
Raincheck
The After (2006)
01 The Flood of Light
02 The Sediment Settles
03 It Surrounds
04 Sonic Solstice
05 What Remains After the Storm
Total improvisational music for three baritone
saxophones and Folk Flute from India (Bashi) Recorded and performed by Joseph Dorsch
Bipolar
(2006) for Bb Subcontrabass Saxophone (Tubax) and tape
Jay
Easton, Tubax
Give
Us Light (2005) for Eb Contra-alto Clarinet and Tape
This piece is a setting of an Indian Hymn by Charles
Vas. The soprano is Lenoir-Rhyne graduate Laura Voelkert Weant. She was
recorded singing the hymn, and then it was mixed and manipulated to
create the tape accompaniment. Written shortly after the Tsunami,
it is dedicated to those who survived, passed away, and suffered loss.
Jay Easton,
Contra-alto Clarinet
Psalm 130
(2004) for Saxophone Quartet and Narrator
Lenoir
Saxophone Ensemble and Adrian
Rice, narrator
Muse 412
(2004) -An electronic mix composed using the sounds created from a trombone playing directly into the
soundboard of a piano. Dr.Christopher Nigrelli, trombonist
The Evolution of
the Baritone Saxophone (2004)
An electronic mix of baritone saxophone sounds
River
Force (2005)
A duel improvisation in which L-R graduate Robbin
Isenhour drew the artwork on the right while Joseph Dorsch improvised on
the baritone saxophone. The end result is a piece of artwork as
well as a piece of music-each inspired by the other. This was
performed live in November, 2005. |