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Year composed: 2008 Instrumentation: (1) piano, fixed media Duration (approx.): 6′ NOTES: First premiered by the composer during his junior recital, 2008. Tape part available upon request. Copyright © Jay Derderian (ASCAP), 2016. All Rights Reserved.

Year composed: 2013 Instrumentation: amplified solo viola, fixed media Duration (approx.): 7′ NOTES: Commissioned and premiered by Andrew Stiefel of the Eugene Contemporary Chamber Ensemble. Premiered during March Music Moderne IV on March 8th, 2014 at Audio Cinema in Portland, Oregon. Fixed media part (CD) is available from the composer upon request. AUDIO: PROGRAM NOTES: As I was […]

Year composed: 2011 Instrumentation: cello solo Duration (approx.):  7′ NOTES: Premiered by Julian Kasonovic during Cascadia Composer’s fall concert on September 12, 2012. Portland, Oregon. An arrangement for viola is also available. AUDIO: PROGRAM NOTES: Violet Fantasy is essentially about change. The piece is a series of ever evolving variations of a single theme. As the piece […]

Year composed: 2009 Instrumentation: violin solo Duration (approx.): 8’* NOTES: Graphic/open score – *duration is variable; dependent on the performer’s interpretation. First performed by Stella Roshi-Moles on her junior recital at Portland State University, 2009. Copyright © Jay Derderian (ASCAP), 2016. All Rights Reserved.

Year composed: 2008 Instrumentation: Prepared solo guitar Duration (approx.): 5‘ NOTES: First performed by Ian Luxton on the Think Lincoln Concert Series in 2008 at Portland State University. Written while pursuing my undergraduate composition studies. This piece also includes quotations from Variations on a Finnish Folk Song by Bryan Johanson. AUDIO: Copyright © Jay Derderian Music Publishing (ASCAP), 2018. All […]