Eric Wubbels

Ernst von Siemens Composer Prize 2023

Eric Wubbels

Works

new work [2023-24]

for two pianists and two percussionists

(~40′)

commissioned by the Fromm Foundation at Harvard University and the New York State Council

for the Arts

for yarn/wire

Horn Trio [2022-23]

for violin, horn, and piano

(17′)

commissioned by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and the International Horn Society

for Kylwyria

NAVIS, EGGE/EGGEN (modules from Axamer Folio) [2022]

for saxophone and drumset

for Sascha Armbruster and João Pacheco

STAMS, STATZ, PFOSCH (modules from Axamer Folio) [2022]

for saxophone and drumset

for Ingrid Laubrock and Ian Antonio

phrēn [2022]

for string quartet

(19′)

commissioned by the Earle Brown Music Foundation and Bludenzer Tage zeitgemäßer Musik

for the JACK Quartet

8/25/22: JACK Quartet, TIME:SPANS Festival, New York, NY

Beings (I.X.) [2021-22]

for five improvising brass players and piano

(55′)

for Nate Wooley, Forbes Graham, David Byrd-Marrow, Weston Olencki, Dan Peck, and Eric

Wubbels

2/28/22: Roulette Intermedium, Brooklyn, NY

interbeing [2017-25]

for instruments (soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, percussion), objects, bodies, text, images, food

(45-120’+)

commissioned by TAK Ensemble

First Iteration, 5/21/22: TAK, DiMenna Center, New York, NY

includes the following pieces:

 

Quintets (extractable chamber works) [2021-25]

  1. BREAD [2021] (11′)
  2. INSTRUMENTS [2022] (12′)

III. OXYGEN [2023]

  1. BIRDS [2024]
  2. ARMS [2025]

Cartouches (Sculpture/Installation/Performance) [2017-22]

  1. Empathy
  2. Analogs
  3. Back to Back
  4. Pietà
  5. Ellery and Madison are Making Tea

Visual / Mobile / Social Pieces [2017-22]

  1. Entering / Exiting / Remaining
  2. Ode to Man
  3. Instantiated Relation
  4. Things in Themselves: Ellery’s G#3 Thai Gong
  5. Fireflies (Empathy II)

Altarpiece H. af K. [2021]

for three amplified bassoons

(27′)

for Dana Jessen, Katherine Young, and Ben Roidl-Ward

A Drop of Water [2019-21]

for solo prepared piano

(13′)

commissioned by the Center for Historical Keyboards at Cornell University

for Richard Valitutto

Intermezzo / Obstacle Theory [2020]

for prepared piano

(11′)

for Kris Davis

Field of Action [2019-20]

for voice/microphones and piano/synth

[Duos with Piano VII]

(20-28′)

written for and in collaboration with Charmaine Lee

2/25/22: Charmaine Lee and Eric Wubbels, Out of Your Head Records

BIRGITZ, from Axamer Folio [2019]

for saxophone and drumset

(4′)

for Jonathan Hulting-Cohen and Dennis Sullivan

modules/relationships [2019]

for flute, saxophone, voice, violin, piano, percussion, and live electronics

[modular, variable duration 7-40′]

for the Wet Ink Ensemble

11/20/19: Wet Ink Ensemble, Huddersfield Festival (hcmf//), Huddersfield, ENGLAND

if and only if [2018-19]

for violin, cello, and prepared piano

(60′)

for Josh Modney / Mariel Roberts / Eric Wubbels

9/18/19: Bowerbird Series, University Lutheran Church, Philadelphia, PA

Helix [2018]

for solo piano

(12′)

2/23/21: Julia Den Boer, Roulette Intermedium, Brooklyn, NY

Voided Cross [2017-18]

for saxophone, electric guitar, piano, and percussion

(45′)

commissioned by HYPERCUBE

3/24/19: Now Hear This Festival, Edmonton, AB, CANADA

acoustic quanta [2018]

for solo piano

(25′)

commissioned by ISSUE Project Room

2/17/18: Eric Wubbels, ISSUE Project Room, Brooklyn, NY

life–still [2017]

for chamber ensemble

commissioned by the MATA Festival and Hong Kong New Music Ensemble

(21′)

10/28/17: Hong Kong New Music Ensemble, Academy of Performing Arts, HONG KONG

gretchen am spinnrade [2016]

for cello and piano

[Duos with Piano VI]

(17′)

for Mariel Roberts

12/13/16: Mariel Roberts and Eric Wubbels, St. Peter’s Church, New York, NY

Auditory Scene Analysis II [2016]

for oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, saxophone, and bassoon

(11′)

commissioned by the Barlow Endowment for Splinter Reeds

10/16/2016: Splinter Reeds, Constellation, Chicago, IL

contraposition [2015]

for trombone and prepared piano

[Duos with Piano V]

(25′)

commissioned by Weston Olencki

6/10/2016: Weston Olencki and Eric Wubbels, St. Peter’s Church, New York, NY

Axamer Folio [2015- ]

for saxophone and drumset

(7-25’ ; modular, variable duration)

commissioned by a consortium organized by Patchwork (Noa Even and Stephen Klunk)

7/6/2016: Patchwork, Omaha Under the Radar Festival, Omaha, NE

being-time [2013-15]

for string quartet and electronic sound

(55’)

commissioned by Chamber Music America for Mivos Quartet

11/2/2015: Mivos Quartet, Roulette Intermedium, Brooklyn, NY

Points of Focus [2014]

for six percussionists

(12’)

commissioned by Arts Brookfield for Mantra Percussion

1/16/2015: Mantra Percussion, Ecstatic Music Festival, Brookfield Place, New York, NY

Auditory Scene Analysis [2014]

for 18 players, narrator, and electronic sound

(14’)

5/22/2014: Wet Ink Large Ensemble, St. Peter’s Church— Chelsea, New York, NY

doxa [2012-14]

for prepared vibraphone and prepared piano

[Duos with Piano IV]

(17’)

commissioned by Ian Antonio

12/15/2014: Ian Antonio and Eric Wubbels, St. Peter’s Church— Chelsea, New York, NY

Levitated Mass [2013]

for two electric guitars

(4′)

11/20/2016: Nadav Lev and Giacomo Baldelli, Spectrum, New York, NY

Psychomechanochronometer [2013]

for solo prepared piano

(13’)

commissioned by the Yvar Mikhashoff Trust, for Eric Huebner

5/31/2013: Eric Huebner, June in Buffalo Institute, Buffalo, NY

Tautology and Translation [2012]

clarinet, cello, piano, percussion

(17’)

commissioned by Talea Ensemble

11/5/2012: Talea Ensemble, Contempuls Festival, Prague, CZECH REPULBIC

the children of fire come looking for fire [2012]

for violin and prepared piano

[Duos with Piano III]

(25’)

4/14/2012: Josh Modney and Eric Wubbels, St. Peter’s Church—Chelsea, New York, NY

Being-Time [2011]

for string orchestra, percussionist, and sine waves

(27’)

commissioned by ISSUE Project Room for the String Orchestra of Brooklyn

3/15/2012: String Orchestra of Brooklyn, St. Ann and the Holy Trinity Church, Brooklyn, NY

katachi [2010-11, rev. 2012]

for flute, saxophone, piano, percussion, voice, violin, and live electronics

(20’)

for the Wet Ink Ensemble

1/12/2011: Wet Ink Ensemble, Conrad Prebys Music Center, UC- San Diego, La Jolla, CA

alphabeta [2010]

for piano four-hands and two percussionists

(8’)

commissioned by yarn/wire

6/5/2010: yarn/wire, Roulette Intermedium, New York, NY

This is This is This is [2009-10]

for one or two alto saxophones and prepared piano

[Duos with Piano II]

(21’)

5/1/2010: Wet Ink Ensemble, Roulette Intermedium, New York, NY

Ertrinken, versinken… [2008-9]

for string quartet and piano

(19’)

commissioned by the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble with funds from the Argosy Foundation,

American Composers Forum, and Jerome Foundation

5/11/2009: Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, SFWMPAC, San Francisco, CA

Build the reason for being born [2008]

for string orchestra

(11’)

commissioned by The Knights

12/6/2008: The Knights String Orchestra, Bargemusic, Brooklyn, NY

beata viscera (2008)

for seven instruments

(16’)

1/31/2009: Wet Ink Ensemble, Roulette Intermedium, New York, NY

Untitled (for Gerhard Richter) [2008]

for large ensemble and three voices

(3’)

2/22/2008: Orkest ‘de ereprijs’, Podium Gigant, Apeldoorn, THE NETHERLANDS

Viola Quartet (“IJVER”) [2006-7]

for four violas

(16’)

12/2/2007: members of the FLUX and Cassatt Quartets, Rose Studio at Lincoln Center,

New York, NY

Shiverer [2007]

for flute and piano

[Duos with Piano I]

(7’)

commissioned by Reiko Manabe

7/13/2007: Manabe/Moriyama Duo, MUSICASA, Tokyo, JAPAN

drastic/gnostic [2006]

for flute, oboe, clarinet, and piano

(9’)

7/26/2006: Members of New York New Music and Ensemble Sospeso, Wellesley, MA

Euphony [2005/6, rev. 2010]

for large ensemble

(15’)

7/23/2010: Wet Ink Ensemble, Miller Theater, New York, NY

Consolation [2003]

for solo piano

(20’)

7/20/2003: Eric Wubbels, Center for Culture, Szombáthély, HUNGARY

Eric Wubbels