Compositions. Dan Lis, Composer [Address] [Phone number]

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1 Dan Lis, Composer [Address] [Phone number] Compositions Solo/Chamber: Guitar Concerto (2009): 11:23 Classical Guitar Soloist, String Quintet (Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello, Double Bass) Premiere in April 2009 A Change in Weather (2009): 6:10 The Namaste Ensemble (Flute, Soprano Saxophone, Bass Clarinet, Piano) Premiere in November 2009 (in Italy) Hesitant Again (2011): 10:10 The Alturas Duo (Viola and Classical Guitar) Disciplined Lyricism (2011): 24:00 String Quartet All but one movement performed NRG (2012): 11: New Music Ensemble (Alto Sax, Trombone, Percussion, Piano, String quartet) Premiere in November 2012 Second performance in December 2015 Impossible (for Vera Kushner) (2012): 7:30 Solo piano In Love and War (commissioned by the 016 New Music Ensemble) (2014): 12:30 Alto Saxophone, Trombone, Violin, and Cello Premiered in May 2016 Native Immigrants (Native American text, public domain) (2016): 13:15 Pierrot Ensemble A Lyrical Discipline (2016): 20:30 Saxophone Quartet The Response of Ktulu (Improvisational Structure No. 8) (2017): between 9:00-12:00 Electric Guitar and Max/MSP Patch Variations on Hartford (3 Preludes for Piano) (2017): 7:00 Piano Solo

2 Large Ensemble: Shards (2010): 13:00 Read in November 2010 Greed (2011): 10:15 Symphony (2012): 30:00 Pursued by the Nazgûl (commissioned by The Music School at Sound Crossing) (2012): 4:45 Chamber string orchestra Premiered in May 2013 Slumber (commissioned by The Music School at Sound Crossing) (2013): 6:00 Chamber string orchestra Premiered in March 2014 Of One, Strength (2014): 8:45 Read in November 2014 The Places of the Past (commissioned by The Music School at Sound Crossing) (2015): 4:48 and Premiered in June 2015 rain, in two dimensions, bent on itself, and reconnected (2016): 10:30 Wind Ensemble Beyond This Time We Share (commissioned by the Greater Hartford Youth Wind Ensemble) (2017): 12:00-15:00 Wind Ensemble Premiered in May 2017 a cold sorrow, a warm sorrow (2018): 3:00 ; high-quality electronic realization created

3 Chorus: A Winter s Tale (Text by D. H. Lawrence, Public Domain) (2011): 4:20 SATB Three Settings (Text by Emily Dickinson, Public Domain) (2012): 5:00 SATB Hate Song: A political farce that isn t funny anymore (Text by composer) (2016): 9:00 SATB and Banjoist/Guitarist, with theatrical elements Nous (2016): 5:00 SATB Choir, a cappella Performed at the 2016 Lehigh University Summer Choral Composers Forum There is a realm (2017): 6:15 SATB Choir, a cappella Healing for a divided nation (Kyrie Eleison) (2017): 1:45 SATB Choir, a cappella Songs: of nights in April (Text by Willa Cather, Public Domain) (2015): 3 songs, totaling 15:00 Soprano and Piano Silent and melancholy (Text by various authors, Public Domain) (2015): 4 songs, totaling 11:15 Soprano and Piano Renunciation (Sacred Text, Public Domain) (2016): 4 songs, totaling 20:14 Tenor and

4 Electroacoustic: Abandoning Lucidity (for Erin Camp) (2012): 4:10 1 Flutist (Alto Flute, Piccolo, and Kick Drum) and Soul Refuge (2013): 6 tracks, ca. 29:00 total CD (Self-released) and featured in 2014 Hartford New Music Festival Exercise Music (2014): 6 tracks, ca. 65:00 total CD (Self-released) Bloomfield Yard in the Dark (2014): 10:18 The Places I Dream of Before I Visit (2015): 7:00 Premiere in March 2015 Improvisational Structure No. 7: obstinacy (2015): 5:13 Amplified Viola and Premiered in March 2016 fraternity with all those good and beautiful things: a requiem (2015): 50:00 SATB Soloists, Saxophone Quartet, Rock Band, Interactive Audiovisual Media, Fixed Audio Media Premiered in March 2016 Bleak Friday (2015): 6:30 Marimba and Premiered in May 2016 Featured in University of Nebraska at Kearney New Music Festival XVI (2017) variations on a city (2016): 27:30 Featured in SEAMUS National Conference (2017) pixelated obsidian (2016): 5:00 Premiered in November 2016

5 Incidental: Henry V (Theatre Incidental Music) (2011): Various cues and short pieces of various lengths Trumpet, Percussion, Viola, Classical Guitars Premiered in spring 2011 Billy s Cap (Documentary Film Incidental Music) (2012): Various cues and pieces of various lengths Documentary (DVD released March 2014) Pedagogical: Sight Reading Exercises for Guitarists (2015) Guitar instructor and student (method book) Open Form: Improvisational Structure No. 1: A Trip Through Interdimensional Normalcy (2015): indeterminate duration or ca. 10:00 Jazz ensemble, fixed media, open instrumentation Premiered in November 2015 Improvisational Structure No. 2: Walking on Reich s Beach (2015): indeterminate duration or ca. 10:00 Electric Guitar Quartet or Looping Guitarist, Improvising Percussionist(s), fixed media and video version published on YouTube in 2015 Improvisational Structure No. 3: Joyful Noise (2015): 5:30 Open instrumentation, fixed media and video Premiered in November 2015 Albums: Soul Refuge (September 2013) Ambient/spacious/nature-inspired Exercise Music (April 2014) Music for exercising/music for listening/rhythmic fraternity with all those good and beautiful things (July 2016) Live performance of Master s thesis/rock/early music

6 Videos: Lifegiver (Published on YouTube in December 2016) Sound design and video, commentary on climate change When the Feelings Are the Facts (Published on YouTube in December 2016) Guitar improvisation and video, commentary on fake news and the interaction of facts and feelings No (Published on YouTube in January 2017) Music composition, sound design, and video, commentary on what the word No means in our society Highway to Hell (Published on YouTube in September 2017) Music composition, sound design, and video, focus on illusion and perception In Memoriam Bright Eyes (Published on YouTube in September 2017) Music composition, sound design, and video tribute to deceased friend The Land America Forgot (Published on YouTube in September 2017) Music composition, sound design, and video, commentary on politics and division Hallowed Ground (Published on YouTube in September 2017) Music composition, performance, sound design, and video, depiction of Yellowstone National Park Marco Polo (Published on YouTube in September 2017) Spectral imaging video of fixed media composition, via Max/MSP does water kill (Published on YouTube in January 2018) Spoken word, sound art, and musical fusion with original video and mathematic formula animations. Meditation on Zoroastrian text. Articles/Prose: Over 250 posts, articles, reviews, and other content on website Composer s Toolbox (2011-present) Includes organizing two score calls for analysis: one professional-composer and one young-composer Album reviews for ContactMusic.com (2017): The Stage, Avenged Sevenfold All These Countless Nights, Deaf Havana Dream Underground, Piano Wire No Home of the Mind, Bing & Ruth

7 Arrangements: For student ensemble Sound and Silence (classically trained student ensemble playing popular music): 2012 arrangements (all performed): Sweet Home Chicago (Robert Johnson) Holiday (Green Day) The Ocean (Led Zeppelin) 2013 arrangements (all performed): Good Riddance (Green Day) Otherside (Red Hot Chili Peppers) We Are The Champions (Queen) Eleanor Rigby (The Beatles) Immigrant Song (Led Zeppelin) Send Me On My Way (Rusted Root) Learn to Fly (Foo Fighters) About a Girl (Nirvana) Holy Diver (Dio) I Shot the Sheriff (Bob Marley and The Wailers) Not Your Fault (AWOLNATION) 2014 arrangements (all performed): Along for the Ride (Dream Theater) crushcrushcrush (Paramore) Still Into You (Paramore) Broken ft. Amy Lee (Seether) Empty Arms (Stevie Ray Vaughan) The Impression That I Get (The Mighty Mighty Bosstones) In the Hall of the Mountain King (Edvard Grieg) Bewitched (Hart/Rodgers) Sail (AWOLNATION) On a Plain (Nirvana) Crazy Train (Ozzy Osbourne) Wish You Were Here (Incubus) Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd) Welcome to Paradise (Green Day) Thunderstruck (AC/DC) Parallel Universe (Red Hot Chili Peppers) Iron Man (Black Sabbath) Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen) 2015 Arrangements (all performed): All Along the Watchtower (Jimi Hendrix) Subdivisions (Rush) Simple Man (Shinedown) 2015 Arrangements ( Creep and Right Here performed): Breaking the Law (Judas Priest) Creep (Radiohead) Right Here (Staind)