Music of Frances White

• The ocean inside for alto flute, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, piano, and electronic sound (2007). Commissioned by the Third Practice Festival at the University of Richmond for eighth blackbird.
• The root of the wind for shakuhachi, taiko, and electronic sound (2006). Written for Riley Lee and TaikOz.
• She lost her voice that's how we knew for soprano and electronic sound (2004). Commissioned with funds provided by the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust.
• The old rose reader for violin, electronic sound, and video (2004). Commissioned by Mari Kimura.
• The seasons and the constellations for chorus (SATB) and electronic sound (2003) Commissioned by The Dale Warland Singers.
• Singing bridge for string orchestra (2002). This is an instrumental-only version of my Centre bridge (dark river).
• Three small pieces for baroque flute duet and electronic sound (2002). These can also be played using modern flutes.
• A veil barely seen for viola and tape (2001). Commissioned by Liuh-Wen Ting.
• Centre Bridge (dark river) for string quintet and tape (2001). Commissioned by the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra.
• Centre Bridge (dark river) for string orchestra and electronic sound (2001). An orchestral version of the string quintet, premiered by the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra in 2003.
• Like the lily for viola, bass, and tape (2000). This composition was commissioned by the Institut de Musique Experimentale de Bourges and was composed during a residency at their studio.
• Centre Bridge for two shakuhachis and tape (1999).
• While listening to the waves for dizi, erhu, pipa, and zheng (1998). This composition was written for Josef Fung and The Chinese Virtuosi ensemble of Beijing.
• Birdwing for shakuhachi and tape (1996). This was a commission from the International Computer Music Association and was premiered by Riley Lee in Hong Kong in 1996.
• Lesser celandines for string quartet, piano, and tape (1995). This is a longer work written in a style similar to that of Winter aconites (see below).
• Winter aconites for clarinet, electric guitar, piano, vibraphone, cello, bass, and tape (1993). This was a commission from the ASCAP Foundation and the Bang On A Can festival in memory of John Cage.
• Winter aconites for alto flute, bass clarinet, vibraphone, piano, cello, and tape (1995). This is an arrangement of the original Winter aconites made for the Danish group "Ensemble Nord".
• Trees for two violins, viola, and tape (1992). This very quiet and severe work consists mainly of very long tones in the strings with processed piano sounds in the tape.
• Still life with piano for piano and tape (1989). This work combines a live piano with recorded piano sounds that have been greatly expanded in the time domain.

• Walks through "Resonant Landscape" 1-5 (1992). These are recordings of my interactive installation piece (see below). They act as snapshots or journals of journeys taken through the installation. Walk No. 2 appeared on the soundtrack to the 2003 film Elephant, directed by Gus Van Sant.
• Nocturne (1992). This was a commission from the Groupe de Musique Experimental de Bourges (GMEB), and was realized in their studio.
• Resonant landscape (1990). This is an interactive computer music installation that requires a NeXT workstation, two DAT playbacks, and a MIDI-controlled mixer. It consists of recorded sounds from nature (birds, water, wind, frogs, etc.), computer-processed natural sounds, and synthetic sounds inspired by natural models. Visitors trace routes on a map displayed on the console and discover the sounds dwelling in different areas. The piece was inspired by my own walks through the woods in New Jersey.
• Valdrada (1988). This piece was realized at the Brooklyn College Center for Computer Music. It is based on an excerpt of Italo Calvino's book "Invisible Cities".
• Design for an invisible city (1987). This is another tape piece inspired by Calvino's book.
• Ogni pensiero vola (1985). This is a computer-generated tape composition using various speech synthesis methods and inspired by the Orsini sculpture garden in Bomarzo, Italy.

Excerpts of a number of my pieces are available for download here on the American Music Center's NewMusicJukebox. Excerpts of the scores are also available from the same site.

Scores and performance materials can be ordered from the Deep Listening Catalog for Still life with piano, Trees, and Winter aconites. Deep Listening also carries tapes of the Walks through "Resonant Landscape".

Scores and performance materials of other works are available directly from me at a nominal cost. Contact me for details.

On Mode Records: Centre Bridge. Includes Centre Bridge, Centre Bridge (dark river), Like the lily, A veil barely seen, and Walk through "Resonant Landscape" No. 2.

On One World Music:Riley Lee: A Compilation (Volume 2). Includes Birdwing.

On Le chant du monde:

• Cultures electroniques 10 (1997). Includes a concert recording of Winter aconites.
• Cultures electroniques 5 (1991). Includes Still life with piano and Valdrada.

On Centaur Records:

• ICMA Commission Awards, 1994-96 (CDCM Computer Music Series Vol. 25, 1997). Includes Birdwing.
• The Composer in the Computer Age VI (CDCM Computer Music Series Vol. 23, 1995). Includes Trees.
• Inner voices (CDCM Computer Music Series Vol. 5, 1990). Includes Still life with piano.

On Nonsequitur: The Arial, Vol. 6 (1994). Includes Walk through "Resonant Landscape" No. 2.

On Wergo: Computer Music Currents, Vol. 7. Includes Ogni pensiero vola.

On MK2 Music: Elephant: Musique inspirée et tirée du film (2003). Includes an excerpt of Walk through "Resonant Landscape" No. 2.