Tiny Cheesehead Music

(2005-2006), for various ensembles and durations.

Tiny Cheesehead Music is a series of pieces written for the New York Miniaturist Ensemble, all conforming to their requirement that pieces use no more than 100 notes.

Whispers

(2005), for flute, violin and cello.

Tight dissonances, imitation, and sound clouds.

[score] PDF score (93 KB).

Tiny Cheesehead Music

(2005), for vibraphone, marimba, violin, and viola.

In three movements, a slow 12-tone canon by retrograde inversion surrounded by faster movements.

[score] PDF score (101 KB).

Tiny Cheesehead Music, Episode II

(2005), for flute, violin, and viola.

Minimalist pattern-shifting.

[score] PDF score (116 KB).

[sound] MP3 recording (339 KB).

Shadow of the Tiny Cheesehead Music

(2006), for flute, cowbell, and two violins.

Tiny Cheesehead Music, now with multiphonics, glissandi, and more cowbell!

[score] PDF score (110 KB).

Tinier Cheesehead Music

(2006), for vibraphone, violin, and cello.

Another 12-tone canon by retrograde inversion.

Curse of the Tiny Cheesehead Music

(2006), for clarinet, triangle, violin, and cello.

Soft, slow, and very dissonant.

[score] PDF score (103 KB).

Revenge of the Tiny Cheesehead Music

(2006), for solo violin.

[score] PDF score (99 KB).

Beneath the Planet of the Tiny Cheesehead Music

(2006), for violin and cello.

Another canon by retrograde inversion, this time with tempo shifts.

Tiny Cheesehead Haiku

(2006), for soprano and violin.

Tiny haiku texts by Kevin Ducey.

Return of the Son of Tiny Cheesehead Music

(2006), for string quartet.