Dwight Banks, Composer: Compositions
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"The more art is controlled, limited, worked over, the more it is free." - Igor Stravinsky |
-- Solo --
Piano Suite, 1998 (7 min)
-- Duo --
Composite Sketches, for Oboe and Bassoon, 1993 (10 min)
- Premiered at California State University, Northridge, 1993
Interactions for Trumpet and Vibraphone, 1993 (9 min)
- Premiered at California State University, Northridge, 1995
-- Trio --
Tre, for Flute, Cello and Piano, 1999 (9 min)
- Performed at University of California, Berkeley, 1999, 2002
- Additional performance at the Society of Composers Region VI Conference, January, 2004
- Download Adobe PDF of Movement 1
- Download Adobe PDF of Movement 2
- Download Adobe PDF of Movement 3
- Download Excerpt of Movement 1 (MP3)
- Download Excerpt of Movement 2 (MP3)
- Download Excerpt of Movement 3 (MP3)
Triplex, for Clarinet, Cello and Piano, 1994 (11 min)
- Premiered at California State University, Northridge, 1995, University of California,Berkeley, 1996
-- Quartet --
String Quartet #1, 1992 (17 min)
- Premiered at California State University, Northridge, 1993
String Quartet #2, 2005 (9 min)
-- Quintet --
ANCHORS for Flute, Bass Clarinet, Violin, Piano and Percussion, 2005 (7 min)
Composite Sketches 2 for Trumpet, Clarinet, Cello, Piano and Percussion, 2003 (7 min)
- Premiere scheduled for Winter 2006 concert at California State University, Los Angeles
Miniature Suite for Wind and String Quintet, 1997 (10 min)
- Premiered at University of California, Berkeley, 1997
-- Septet --
Music For Brass Quintet and Percussion, 1992 (10 min)
- Premiered at California State University, Northridge, 1993
-- Wind Ensemble --
Tentet for Wind and Percussion Ensemble, 1997 (8 min)
-- Vocal --
Songs for Unity for Mezzo Soprano and Piano, 2000 (6 min)
- Strengthen all Mankind
- Roots of Enmity
- Unity of the World of Man
- Premiered at NACUSA Los Angeles Chapter concert, April, 2006
Tablets for Mixed Chorus and Piano 2006 (6 min)
-- Electronic --
Leeway, for interactive electronics (2006)
- Premiered at Artists Enclave at I-Park, Oct, 2006
Light Invocation, for electronics,1992 (6 min)
- Premiered at California State University, Northridge, 1993
Blue Magic Dance, for electronics,1991 (7 min)
- Premiered at California State University, Northridge, 1993
-- Orchestra --
Scenes and Events for Orchestra, 2003 (17 min)
Pupil of the Eye, 2001 (12 min)
- Premiered by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, 2002
- Additional performance by the South Arkansas Symphony, 2003
- Download Adobe PDF Excerpt
- Download Track 1 Excerpt (MP3)
- Download Track 2 Excerpt (MP3)
Expansions for Orchestra, 1995 (17 min)
-- Incidental Music --
Incidental music for the play The Word Wizard
-- Jazz --
Of The Highest Order
Metaphoria
How Well You Think You Know
