David Smooke - Composer

STANDARD
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE

GUITAR QUARTET
Topographies 2: (maps and) distortions, 10 min., 2012
WIND QUINTET
Trompe l'oeil, 13 min., 2008
TWO PIANOS AND PERCUSSION
Hurricane Charm, 20 min., 2009
PIERROT + PERCUSSION
Hazmats Sextet, 8 min., 2005
STRING QUARTET
L’EDGE, 10 min., 1999

NON-STANDARD
CHAMBER GROUPINGS

FOUR BASSOONS
21 Miles to Coolville, 9 min., 2009
FLUTE, VIOLIN, PERCUSSION, ACCORDION
Saturn, 4 min., 2008
PIANO TEN HANDS!
h.àt. (homage à dr. teriwilliker), 4 min., 2006
TWO VIOLAS AND TOY PIANO
Castles in the Sky, 2 min., 2004

WITH VOICE

BARITONE, BASS CLARINET, TRUMPET, AND TROMBONE
A Baby Bigger Grows Than Up Was, Vol. I: A to breathing, 5 min., 2013
2 SOPRANOS, BARITONE, AND STRING QUARTET
Criminal Element (a nonopera in five scenes), 45 min., 2011
VOCALIST (ANY VOICE TYPE) AND VIOLA
Extraordinary Rendition, 9 min., 2010
FEMALE VOICE AND CELLO
blades, 8 min., 2007
SOPRANO, ALTO FLUTE, CLARINET, PIANO, CELLO
Some Details of Hell, 15 min., 2006
MEZZO-SOPRANO AND PIANO
Anna Liffey, 28 min., 1999

Hurricane Charm by Steed Taylor
(looking down from City Hall, New Smyrna Beach, FL)
Media: black high-gloss latex, National Weather Service 2005 Atlantic storm names and prayer; Date: 5/2005; Size: 44’ x 185’
photograph courtesy of Steed Taylor

WORKS

LIST OF AVAILABLE COMPOSITIONS

BY CATEGORY

LARGE ENSEMBLE

STANDARD
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE

NON-STANDARD
CHAMBER GROUPINGS

WITH VOICE

DUO

SOLO

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BY INSTRUMENT

	FLUTE	VIOLIN
	OBOE	VIOLA
	CLARINET	CELLO
	BASSOON	BASS
	HORN	VOICE
	TRUMPET	TOY PIANO
	TROMBONE	SAXOPHONE
	PERCUSSION	GUITAR
	PIANO	ACCORDION
	HARP	ELECTRIC VIOLIN

LARGE ENSEMBLE

CONCERTO FOR TOY PIANO AND WIND ENSEMBLE
Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death, Vol. II, 18min., 2014
CONCERTO FOR TOY PIANO AND CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death, Vol. I, 18 min., 2012
ORCHESTRA
Breathing the Water, 15 min., 2004
LARGE CHAMBER (11 players)
Stillness and Occurrence, 15 min., 2005

DUO

BASSOON AND PIANO
Topographies: transit/dis(solve), 20 min., 2012
ALTO SAXOPHONE AND HARP
Empty Every Night, 11 min., 2009
TWO TOY PIANOS
Toy with Me, 9 min., 2009
OBOE & CELLO
Taste Sensation, 8 min., 2003
GUITAR PLUS (FLUTE, VIOLIN OR SOPRANO SAXOPHONE)
Dance Music, 4 min., 2000

SOLO

PIANO
Transgenic Fields, dusk, 15 min., 2012
CLARINET
Labyrinth I: Can Daedalus still dream of flying…, 4–12 min, 2010
BASSOON WITH PRERECORDED PLAYBACK
21 Miles to Coolville, 9 min., 2009
PIANO
Requests, 4 min., 2003
Souvenirs, 10 min., 1997
SINGING VIOLIST (ANY VOICE TYPE)
Extraordinary Rendition, 9 min., 2010
SINGING/WHISTLING CELLIST (FEMALE VOICE)
blades, 8 min., 2007
DOUBLE BASS
Introspection #11,072, 9 min., 2009
SEVEN-STRING ELECTRIC VIOLIN
Introspection #10,824, 8 min., 2008