Works

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Solo Instrumental Compositions

WOODWINDS:

Canticles - 2001 - solo flute - 12' Score Recording

Copla - 2001 - solo bassoon - 11' Score

Partita - 2024 - solo tenor saxophone - 10' Score

Pentes:Grammes - 2007 - solo piccolo - 8'30" Score Recording Buy a Copy of the Score

Saluda - 2016 - solo cor anglais - 7'30" Score

Synapse - 2014 - solo bassoon - 8' Score

Three Caprices - 2023 - solo bassoon - 6'30" Score


BRASS or PERCUSSION:

Beacon - 2007 - solo horn - approx. 5'  Score

Ra Descending to Earth - 2007 - solo trombone - 10'30" Score Recording

Skitter  - 2016 - solo percussionist - 1' Score Recording


STRINGS:

Bop for Henry - 2023 - solo viola - approx. 6' Score

Hungry Ghosts - 2012 - solo violin - 12' Score

Listing of the Light  - 2023 - solo viola - 8'30" Score

Red Pine - 2011 - solo harp - 1'30" Score

Tårar - 2007 - solo cello - 5'30" Score

Piano, Choral, and Vocal Works

PIANO WORKS (Solo/Duo):

Invertebrate Counterpoint - 2015 - solo piano    18' Score Recording (final movement)

Plectra - 2003 - solo harpsichord or keyboard 8'30" Score

Such Delicate Phantoms - 2013 - piano duo (four hands)   8'30" Score Recording


CHORAL AND VOCAL WORKS:

Compline - 2015 - solo voice (medium)   2'30" Score Buy a Recording

Painter on Silk, The - 2015 - mezzo-soprano and violin 7' Score Recording

Purgatory Branch (Winter) - 2015 - flute and mezzo-soprano (or tenor) or bassoon and mezzo-soprano (or tenor) 5'30" Score (fl) Score (bsn) Recording Buy a Copy of the Flute Version Score

Sendai - 2011 - Treble Choir (SSA divisi), flute, piano, chimes - approx. 8' Score Recording Buy a Copy

Instruments with Electronics

Ahalugisdi Unole (To Quiet the Wind) - 2014 - bassoon and fixed media 10'30" Score Recording Buy a Recording

The Bunyip  - 2013 - alto saxophone (or baritone) and fixed media   8'30" Score Recording 1 Recording 2 Video

Congaree Voices - 2014 - piano duo (four hands) and fixed media 14' Score Recording Video

Forest Breathing - 2017 - clarinet (Bb) and fixed media 8'15" Score Video

Glass Ghosts - 2002 - bassoon and fixed media 13' Score Recording Video

Instrumental/Mixed Chamber Music

SOLO INSTRUMENT AND PIANO:

Distant Songs - 2002 - oboe and piano - 18' Score

Seven Selected Snapshots of a Lingering Spectre - 2010 - violin and piano - 14' Score Recording

Sonata for Trumpet and Piano - 2000 - trumpet and piano - 16' Score Recordings: 1st Movement  2nd Movement 3rd Movement  Complete


TWO PERFORMERS (no keyboard):

Bee Dances - 2015 - bassoon duo - approx. 8.5' Score Recording 1 Video (Excerpts)

Metastable - 2014 - flute and vibraphone - 10'30" Score Recording

Portmanteaux - 2012 - flute and alto saxophone - 12'30" Score Recording

Tandem - 2016 - two saxophones (originally for alto + alto) - 8' Score

Three Images - 2024 - flute and soprano saxophone - 11' Score

To Correspond with Sparrows - 2013 - flute and alto saxophone; or, flute and bassoon - 8'30" Score (fl/sax) Score (fl/bsn) Recording (excerpt)

Twine - 2016 - guitar duo - 12'30" Score Recording

Two Against Three - 2004 - bassoon duo - 8'30" Score

Variables - 2001 - clarinet (Bb) and viola - 14' Score Recording

Zugzwang! - 2012 - horn and bassoon - 8' Score Recording Buy a Score/Parts


THREE PERFORMERS (includes keyboard):

Between Scylla and the Deep Blue Sea - 2016 - dulcian (bassoon), viola da gamba (viola), harpsichord (keyboard) - approx. 8.5' Score

Cascade - 2024 - flute, alto saxophone, piano - 10' Score

Inflection Points - 2009 - flute, bassoon, piano - 20' Score Recording (2nd Movement) Buy a Score/Parts

Nocturnes in Blue, Green, and Gold - 2015 - flute, oboe, clarinet (Bb) - 12' Score Recording

Spin, Sing, Leap - 2016 - violin, cello, and piano - 12'30" Score Recording (excerpt)


FOUR PERFORMERS:

Fo(ur) In:stance - 2002 - oboe, clarinet, alto saxophone, bassoon - 13' Score

Four Movements for Saxophone Quartet - 1999 - saxophone quartet (SATB) - 20' Score

Four-Part Étude - 2002 - four instruments - indeterminate length

Heavenly Creatures - 2003 - trombone quartet - 8'

L'arbe Solitaire du Ténéré - 2017 - bassoon quartet (no contra) - 8'30" Score

Perpetual Notion - 2011 - string quartet - 9' Score Recording

Ponque - 2013 - saxophone quartet (SATB) - 2'15" Score Recording

Slapback - 2018 - four instruments (indeterminate) - 10' Score


FIVE PERFORMERS OR MORE:

can(n)on fanfare  - 2012 - brass quintet - approx. 5' Score Recording (Excerpt)

Canticle of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini - 2021 - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, violin, viola, cello - approx. 12' Score Recording

Lines in the Sand - 2006 - flute, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, viola, cello - 9' Score

Waves of Tears - 2011 - saxophone sextet or saxophone choir (SAATTB) - 9' Score

Wave Mechanics - 2009 - clarinet and string quartet - 10' Score


Large Instrumental Ensembles (Wind Ensemble, Orchestra, etc)

WIND ENSEMBLE / CONCERT BAND:

Among the Woodlands - 2016 - Piano Duo (four hands) and Wind Ensemble - approx. 22'  Score Recordings

Dancing Between Smoke and Mirrors - 2004 - Wind Ensemble - approx. 10'30" Score Recording1 Recording2

Marching in Heavy Water - 2006 - Wind Ensemble - approx. 12'30" - Score Recording

Scenes from a Fragmented Ballet - 2005 - Wind Ensemble - approx. 12' - Score Recording

Visions of Sanguine Skies - 2003 - Wind Ensemble - approx. 8'30" Score Recording


ORCHESTRA / CHAMBER ORCHESTRA / WITH OR WITHOUT SOLOISTS:

Camera - 2004 - Chamber Orchestra (1111+aux, 1110, pf, perc (2), strings [single]) - approx. 17'  Score Recording

Concerto for Viola and Orchestra - 2010 - Viola and Orchestra (3333-4331-pf-harp-timp-3 perc-strings) - approx. 44' Score (There is no reduction available. I hope to have a passable version of one to share by the end of 2024.)


OTHER LARGER ENSEMBLES:

Solstice - 2005 - Large Brass Ensemble - approx. 7'

Suite for String Orchestra - 1999 - String Orchestra (equivalent to MPA/UIL 4, potentially lower) - approx. 12' Score

Symphony No. 1 - 2001 - Wind Orchestra (3232-4231) - approx. 25' Score

Electronic / Acousmatic Music (Fixed Media, Video, etc.)

ELECTRONIC / ACOUSMATIC WORKS (2-, 4-, and 8-Channel works):

Asuurinsiniset Teraeshiukkaset - 2006 - stereo fixed media - 9'15"    Recording Buy a Recording


Basking in the Copper Look - 2009 - stereo fixed media - 1' Recording


Between the Strings - 2006 - stereo fixed media (4.1 and 8.1 mixes exist somewhere out there) - 18'17" Recording 


Bystander, The - 2000 - stereo fixed media - 8'


Contact Clusters - 2007 - stereo fixed media / four-channel media / eight-channel media - 11' Recording


Critical Mass - 2005 - stereo fixed media - 45' Recordings:   1: Gates   2: Invocations   3: Sermons   4: Cathexis   5: Prisons   6: Communion   7: Critical Mass


Crossing the Threshold - 2003 - stereo fixed media - 10'


Crowdsurfing in a Bathysphere - 2013 - stereo fixed media - 3' Recording


Deep Cover - 2010 - stereo fixed media - 14' Recording


Disconnected - 2017 - stereo fixed media - 7'25" Recording


Earthenware - 2005 - stereo fixed media - 13' Recording


Low Tide - 2003 - stereo fixed media - 9' Recording


Melt - 2014 - four-channel media - 10' Recording


National Anthem - 2006 - stereo fixed media - 8'    Recording


Onethousandwords - 2009 - stereo fixed media - 6' Recording


Rainchime - 2005 - stereo fixed media - 9' Recording


Residues (Don't) - 2009 - stereo fixed media - 1'   Recording


Spectres - 2005 - stereo fixed media - 16'15" Recording


Talking in Circles before the Radio Explodes - 2009 - stereo fixed media - 1' Recording


VIDEO WORKS:


10 Roentgens - 2011 - video+stereo playback - 8'30" Recording


Red Hills of Georgia, The - 2012 - video+stereo playback - 7'30" Recording

Odds and Ends / Orphans / The Vanished

Threshold - 2003 - two dancers, MAX/MSP+VNS / video-capture and sound-triggered events with real-time video and audio processing - lost - Performed May 3 / May 4, 2003, Austin, TX*

Reflections from Beyond - 2004 - viola and MAX/MSP with realtime sound processing - lost - Premiered April 8, 2004, Austin, TX*

Na Klarino Klaridiscotheque - 2007 - Clarinet, realtime audio and video processing - lost*

Orchard - 2009-2010 - Installation Concept (unrealized) - 64 to 81 small sine-wave emitting balsa boxes arranged at various heights with amplitudes triggered by light / brightness levels; certain boxes would be triggered via feedback loops from participants carrying small wireless microphones ("fertilizers") to give to the sound-emitter posts ("trees")

Aarkaydeeya - 2009 - Sound Installation Concept - lost - changes in interior light would trigger an array of small cameras; increased luminosity and blue saturation increase randomly-generated sound-objects across a 32-channel playback array*


Mare Crisium  - 2011 - Clarinet, computer, randomly-gathered realtime input - lost*


* All of the asterisked works were 1) composed in a vastly-outdated MAX/MSP version, but also 2) were all on a laptop that was stolen from me in September, 2011. A backup hard drive including some of the source material was also stolen during the same robbery. Reconstructing these pieces sometimes enters my mind, but it would be far too much work and it wouldn't be the same anyhow.


In Linen Line Out - 2012 - Sound Installation - executed January-February 2012, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC - taut canvases are scattered throughout a space; woven into the canvases are contact microphones run through a variety of randomly-assembled pedal boards and MAX/MSP arrays. Participants' writing/drawing/etching/etc would generate sounds and different writing materials' frequency bands and amplitudes would trigger different processing queues and spatializations.


Terrae Incognitae 1 - 2018 - Graphical Score / Open Concept Score



A small handful of pieces that once saw the light of day are also now shuddered up. At least, they're not mentioned in the above sections. They can be found in the spreadsheet below, and, hell, I'll send the whole thing to you free of charge* (if I can find it and if it still actually exists) (*by email) if you really, really want it. 

Spreadsheet of All Completed Compositions

Thomas Dempster - Compositions