Seattle: Icebreaker IV-The American Future - world premiere
Lauten was invited to participate in the Seattle Chamber Players'
Icebreaker IV - the American future festival, curated by leading
critics Kyle Gann and Alex Ross. The first installment of Lauten's work-in-progress,
"0.02-The Two-Cents Opera" with excerpts scored for audio and the Seattle
Chamber Players (violin, cello, flute, clarinet). This presentation is
included in Kyle Gann's "Classics of Downtown" along with pieces by John
Luther Adams, Janice Gitek, Kyle Gann, Eve Beglarian and William Duckworth.
January 29, 2008
Cybergallery66: Lauten's fractal art on Milton Fletcher's annual Cybergallery 66: http://www.cybergallery66.org/cg6609/p/el/el00.html
World premiere: The Five-Petal Proportion, for flute, violin and tape, presented by Downtown Music Productions at St Marks Church, May 18, 2008
CD Release: The Death of Don Juan, Unseen Worlds July 2008
2007
Classical Discoveries New Year Marathon with Marvin Rosen -WPRB Princeton, interview, Dec. 29, 2007
DVD Release: ORFREO, (4Tay Records), performed by the Queen's Chamber Band at Merkin Concert Hall. Libretto by Michael Andre.
Chamber music premiere: ECOCITY for woodwind quintet and percussion, presented by the American Festival of Microtonal Music, May 2, 2007
CD release: ELECTRONICAL, featuring Double X for synthesizer, voice and bass flute, performed by Elodie Lauten and Andrew Bolotowsky, along with works by Wendy Carlos, Joseph Pehrson and others. Label: Pitch, May 2007.
One-hour radio feature on www.tribeca.net - February 07, multiple broadcasts with host Doc Martin for Doc Radio.
Screening of DVD recording of one-act opera ORFREO, at the New York Studio Gallery, Chelsea, included in group exhibition Oct-Nov 2006
Lecture/demonstration/screening at New York University, September 24, 2006
Piano Music Retrospective - Faut Harrison Pianos, October 3, 2006 - celebrating the release of Piano Soundtracks (4Tay), Premiere: The Elusive Virgin Bachelor, piano trio
CD release, PIANO SOUNDTRACKS, 4-Tay
Schizoid Music at Cornelia St Café, curated by Frank Oteri, April 24, 2006: two sets of radically different material: piano music and HARMONIC PROTECTION CIRCLE, performed by Elodie Lauten (synth) and Jonathan Hirschman (electric guitar)
The New York Flute Club, December 18, 2005: Orange for solo Baroque flute (from The Deus Ex Machina Cycle), performed by Andrew Bolotowsky.
Orchestral premiere, SUNY Fredonia University: STRANGE ATTRACTORS, conducted by David Rudge, November 29, 2005, with support from the American Music Center Composer Assistance Program.
Internet Radio: COMPOSER OF THE MONTH, Post-Classic Radio, January 2005
January 2005, The Donnell Library presented a screening of Rosalind Schneider's experimental film River Meditations with soundtrack by Elodie Lauten from THE MYSTERY OF THE ELEMENTS The same piece shown in March at the DIVA Film & Video Arts Fair.
April 2005: production of THE DEATH OF DON JUAN. This opera written in 1985 and revisited recently, was fully staged for the first time, with a cast of 29, at Franklin Pierce College (NH), directed by Robert Lawson, for a two weeks of performances.
The Avenue B Show - Pilot for television show produced by Martin Russell, Elodie Lauten Ensemble, June 2005
2004
NEW YORK CITY OPERA, Vox 2004: WAKING IN NEW YORK, with full orchestra,
ORFREO, premiere. One-act chamber opera with libretto by Michael Andre. Performed by The Queen's Chamber Band, Merkin Concert Hall
CD release: HARMONIC PROTECTION CIRCLE wth Elodie Lauten Ensemble: Lauten (synth), Jonathan Hirschman (guitar), Mustafa Ahmed (percussion), Matt Fieldes (contrabass). Label: Studio 21 Underground
HARMONIC PROTECTION CIRCLE premiere, performed by the Elodie Lauten Ensemble, W.O.O.T. Festival
Radio: WNYC New Sounds program: Harmonic Protection Circle.
Hope College, MI: Residency - preparation and performance of a full program of chamber music performed by Hope College students.
Exhibition: Arts Loisaida group show, Cork Gallery at Lincoln Center "
CD Release: HARPSICHORD ALIVE - The Queen's Chamber Band, Capstone Records: The Architect, along with pieces by other composers " Elegy, from THE DEUS EX MACHINA CYCLE, performed by soprano Shirley Perkins, presented by the Lark Ascending, at the Austrian Cultural Center
Radio: 3-hour feature, WPRB Princeton "
CD Release: ORFREO, Studio 21 (see details of premiere above)
Orchestral premiere: SYMPHONY 2001, performed in its entirety (7 movements) by the SEM Orchestra conducted by Petr Kotik
CD release: WAKING IN NEW YORK, Portrait of Allen Ginsberg, 4-Tay.
2-hour radio program and interview, WPRB, Princeton
River Meditations, video installation in collaboration with artist Rosalind Schneider, Hudson River Museum, shown for 8 consecutive months, from October 2003 to May 2004.
Full program with work in progress: HARMONIC PROTECTION CIRCLE (electronic, trine, electric guitar), presented by Music Under Construction and collaboration with choreographer Nancy Zendora, THE SOUNDLESS SOUND (electronic)
Full program featuring 3 Premieres, Greenwich House Music School: SEX AND PRE-ANTI-POST-MODERNISM (text by Michael Andre), PROPHECY for solo viola, and premiere, THE MYSTERY OF THE ELEMENTS
CD release: THE MYSTERY OF THE ELEMENTS, piano/electronic
Stage production: WAKING IN NEW YORK, song cycle with libretto by Allen Ginsberg, presented by the Snug Harbor Festival, directed by Elizabeth Falk.
New Dramatists Workshop -collaborations with 5 librettists
Orchestral premiere: SYMPHONY 2001, in Bozeman, MT, commissioned by the Bozeman Symphony Society (3 movements)
Stage production: WAKING IN NEW YORK, song cycle with libretto by Allen Ginsberg, presented by Downtown Music Productions, at the Sol Goldman Theatre
Program participation: VERLAINE VARIATIONS, from The Deus Ex Machina Cycle, presented by The Lark Ascending
Site-specific performances of TRONIK INVOLUTIONS, presented by Cercle des Piroumanes, France
Full performance of TRONIK INVOLUTIONS, Ought One Festival, VT
Recording: Year 2000 - 50th Year Retrospective CD, Studio 21 limited edition
Full program: 50th Year Retrospective, presented by Music Under Construction
Program participation: VERLAINE VARIATIONS, from The Deus Ex Machina Cycle, presented by The Lark Ascending
Radio: WAKING IN NEW YORK, 2-hour broadcast of live recording, WFMU
Radio: Kalvos & Damian Internet Radio, one hour broadcast
Program participation: IRRATIONAL SYNERGIES, presented by The Lark Ascending
Symphony commission, the Bozeman Symphony Society
Recording: WAKING IN NEW YORK CD, Studio 21 limited edition, produced by Elodie Lauten
Chamber opera: WAKING IN NEW YORK, a musical portrait of Allen Ginsberg - premiere, Music Under Construction
Radio: WPRB Princeton University - One-hour feature
Radio: KUNM - University of New Mexico - One-hour feature
Commission: IRRATIONAL SYNERGIES for baritone and chamber orchestra. Premiere, Church of St. Paul, presented by The Lark Ascending
Program participation: DOUBLE X, for synthesizer/voice/flute, premiere, American Festival of Microtonal Music, with Andrew Bolotowsky
Commission: LUNATICITY - premiere, Merkin Hall, commissioned by Harpsichord Unlimited
CD release: OTHER PLACES, pianist Lois Svard interprets Variations on the Orange Cycle, Lovely Music
Radio/Premiere: WNYC New Sounds Live at Merkin Hall THE DEUS EX MACHINA CYCLE, Part II
Program participation: Composers Concordance - Kosciuzko Foundation - ORANGE for Baroque flute, performed by Andrew Bolotowsky
Program participation: St. Peter's Church - setting of Allen Ginsberg's SONG, performed by The Queens Chamber Band
CD release: INSCAPES FOR EXILE, New Tone, Italy
Full program: Knitting Factory: Initiation to THE SOUNDLESS SOUND, for seven performers
Participation in group exhibition, the Boston Visionary Cell, at Federal Reserve Gallery, Boston. Solo performance of THE SOUNDLESS SOUND
Merkin Hall - THE DEUS EX MACHINA CYCLE, Part I, premiere
Program participation: St. Peter's Church - INDIGO for two harpsichords - premiered by Igor Kipnis and Elaine Comparone
Commission: St. Peters Church - THE ARCHITECT - premiere, commissioned by Harpsichord Unlimited
Program participation: American Festival of Microtonal Music - DISCOMBOBULATIONS, premiere, with Meredith Borden, soprano, Jon Catler, electric guitar, Andrew Bolotwosky, flute
Program participation: Vassar College - VARIATIONS ON THE ORANGE CYCLE, performed by pianist Lois Svard
Radio: WKCR two-hour program
Full program: La Mama La Galleria, New York
Full program, presented by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, World Trade Center
Full program, Knitting Factory
Residency, Bucknell University, PA
Participation: Soho Arts Festival, solo performance
Commission: Soho Baroque Opera, THE DEUS EX MACHINA CYCLE
Program participation: Cyberfemme, at The Kitchen, UNKNOWN PRESENCE AT THE MESA for synthesizer, tape and flute, with Andrew Bolotowsky
CD release: TRONIK INVOLUTIONS, O.O. Discs, re-release
Radio: WITH OR WITHOUT WORDS, WNYC studio broadcast
Radio: WFMU, 2-hour program live in the studio
Program participation: Merkin Hall - VARIATIONS ON THE ORANGE CYCLE - premiered by pianist Lois Svard
Full program: Chicago Arts Festival - New American Music from Overseas - TRONIK INVOLUTIONS
Full program: Experimental Intermedia - IMPRESSIONS OF NEW MEXICO
Full program: Music Gallery, Toronto - TRONIK INVOLUTIONS
Full program: WITH OR WITHOUT WORDS, LaMama La Galleria
CD release: TRONIK INVOLUTIONS, Studio 21 CD release, produced by Elodie Lauten
The Gaia Cycle, the Solasys and other matrices - drawings and scores shown, solo exhibition, Nonsequitur Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
CD release: Guest artist. Arthur Russell: ANOTHER THOUGHT - collaborative work: Miracle, Point/Polygram
CD release: Guest artist: THE NATIVE AMERICANS, Capitol. TBS documentary soundtrack by Robbie Robertson.
Full program: Goldbold Center for the Arts, Texas Tech University, EARTH WORKS
Full program, The Outpost, Albuquerque, NM: THE GAIA CYCLE
Radio: KUNM, one-hour program, produced by Joan LaBarbara and Jim Bailey
1993: Full program: LaMama - THE GAIA CYCLE - premiere. Recording: EXISTENCE/VARIATIONS ON THE ORANGE CYCLE cassette, Cat Collectors, produced by Elodie Lauten
1992: CD release: MUSIC FOR THE TRINE, The Aerial #4, Nonsequitur, along with works by other composers including
1991: Stage production: multimedia opera EXISTENCE, Performing Garage, Existence - 4-nights. Full program, Knitting Factory, with guest Arthur Russell . Full program: LaMama - THE SOUNDLESS SOUND , installation /performance
1990: Full program: LaMama La Galleria - PAST PRESENT FUTURE. Music for piano, soprano and percussion
1989:Residency: Center for Electronic Music, New York, recording of THE SOUNDLESS SOUND
Commission: Lincoln Center Serious Fun series
Full program: Music for the Trine, LaMam La Galleria, with Arthur Russell
Full program: THE DEATH OF DON JUAN WNYC Live Broadcast, City Hall
CD release: BLUE RHYTHMS, Cat Collectors,
Sound installation, REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST, collaboration with Carl Karas, Penine Hart Gallery
Multimedia opera: THE DEATH OF DON JUAN, I.C.A., Boston - premiere, funded Massachusetts Council for the Arts - 3 nights
Tellus release (cassette): Tango, along with works by other composers
Dance commission: Elinor Coleman Dance Company - SHE-WOLF & TANGO, premiere at St. Marks Church
Radio/premiere: WNYC New Sounds Live at Merkin Hall - SONATE ORDINAIRE for solo piano
Program participation: KRASH MUSIC, for tape and performers, LaMama La Galleria
SONATE MODALE, for piano and tape, premiered at Elinor Coleman Dance Studio
Improvisation workshop for opera singers, Elinor Coleman Dance Studio
Album release: THE DEATH OF DON JUAN, Cat Collectors, produced by Elodie Lauten, with support by the National Endowment for the Arts
Full program: Dance Theater Workshop - MAGNETIC FIELDS, premiere
Full program: Music Gallery, Toronto
Full program: Whitney Museum at Philip Morris - ACTION MUSIC, installation/performance
Album release: CONCERTO FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRAL MEMORY, Cat Collectors
Dance commission: St. Marks Church - OEDIPUS REX, Robert Streicher Dance Company
Full program: Experimental Intermedia - THE SOUNDLESS SOUND
Full program: Columbia University - CONCERTO FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRAL MEMORY - premiere
Full program: Roulette - CONCERTO FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRAL MEMORY
Program participation: New Music America Festival, Hartford, CT - Arias from THE DEATH OF DON JUAN
Album release: PIANO WORKS, Cat Collectors
Full program: Dance Theater Workshop -PIANO WORKS
Full program New York Theater Ensemble - THE ENIGMA OF A LOVELY LOVELESS EXISTENCE, premiere
Producer/curator: Studio Pass series of solo works by composers
Sound installation, 1983 group show: A Flight of the Imagination, Small Walls Gallery, New York
1982:Full program: White Columns gallery, Music Marathon
1981 Orchestre Modern, EP release on Rocking Horse, New York
1980 No Man's Land, single release, Cat Collectors, New York
1979 Solo performances, Ear Inn, New York
1977 Performances, CBGB's, New York
1975: Commission for David Hockney, Paris. Performances with Jacques Higelin, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Paris.Commission - music for play by David Rocheline, Paris
1973 Performances with Allen Ginsberg, Taylor Meade, Michel Auder, New York
1972 Commission - music for play by Dashiell Hedayat, Musée d'art moderne, Paris