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SELECTED PERFORMANCES AND COMPOSITIONS 2007 “Clepton” Earl on synthesizer with Gerry Hemmingway on percussion, Ernst Reijseger on cello and Georg Graewe on piano at Moers Jazz Festival, Germany 2006 Composition and performance with Gustavo Aguilar at the Acoustmania Festival, Romania and Ulrichsberger Kaleidophon Festival 2006, Austria. 2005 “Waftings” solo piece on two synthesizers and improvisation with David Wessel at CNMAT Berkeley, CA and St. Anne’s Church, San Francisco, CA.
“Elevator Installation” commissioned for the Tiffany Collection at The Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY . 2003 “Ilex” Earl on electronics and live process with Wu Man on pipa, Gustavo Agiular on percussion and Thomas Buckner singing at Merkin Hall, N.Y.C., NY 2001 “Violin and Synth Duets 1-5” live process with Mari Kimura on violin for Wake the Dead Spring Music Series, Location 1, N.Y.C., NY.
“Osprey” for synthesizer, UCSB, CA.
“Strong Force” with Anthony Davis. Piano; Gerry Hemingway, percussion; Anne Le Baron, harp; and Ernst Reijseger, cello; Earl Howard, synthesizer; New Interpretation Series, Merkin Concert Hall, NYC . 1998 “Bay Window” for ensemble and synth. Georg Graewe, piano; Michael Moore, saxophone; Gerry Hemingway, percussion; Earl Howard, synth; Knitting Factory, NYC. 1997 “Duet for sax and bass”, Mark Dresser, bass, Roulette, NY. 1996 “Pancho Villa’s Spoon” for Episteme and Electronics, Merkin Hall, NYC. 1994 “Nomad” Episteme Ensemble, Miller Theatre, NYC, NY. 1993 Saxophone in “Video Opera” by Nam June Paik at Donaueschigan Musiktage with Richard Teitlebaum on synthesizer and Simone Forti, choreography. 1991 “ Bottle” for live electronics, Experimental Intermedia, NYC. “Abondigas Soup” for synth and quintet. Marilyn Crispell, piano; Han Benek and Gerry Hemingway, percussion; Michael Moore, clarinet; Ernst Reijseger, cello; October Meeting, Royal Conservatory, Den Hag, The Netherlands.
“Brass” for live electronics, Appolohuis, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
“Rosebud” for live electronics and percussion at The Knitting Factory, NYC, NY 1988 “Quantum” for live electronics at Roulette, N.Y.C. 1987 “Difference” for live electronics at Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria 1985 “Monopole” for tape and two pianos, Ursula Oppens and Anthony Davis; at Carnegie Recital Hall, NYC “Backwater” for solo saxophone at New Music America, Los Angeles, CA .
“Quarks I” Earl on sax with Joseph Paul Taylor on synth, Carol Emanuel on harp and Gerry Hemmingway on percussion at The Whitney Museum, Midtown, NY. “Naked Charm” for sax and tape, New Music America, Hartford, CT.
“Duet for Violin and Clarinet” and “Cinco Centavos” at Roulette, N.Y.C, NY 1982 “P.T. II” and “Cinco Centavos” for Meet the Composer at Roulette, N.Y.C., NY 1981 “A.N.” for ensemble performed with Anthony Davis at The Kitchen, NYC, NY 1980 “P.T.” and “D.N. for Tape” in “An Evening of Solo Sax and Sounds from My Kitchen Sink” at St. Anne’s Church, Brooklyn, NY 1979 “Diane,” “Sarah,” and “Strasser” solo works for alto-saxophone performed at The State University of New York, Albany 1978 “Diane,” “Sarah,” and “Marthe” solo performances at The Metamusik Festival, West Berlin, Germany 1977 “Cuttrell”, the Negative Band, The Kitchen , NYC
“Barbara” for solo clarinetist , Richard Stoltzman, Composer’s Forum at the New School, NYC. 1975 The Negative Band collective compositions at WBAI Free Music Store “Movement 4” live bradcast concert KPFK-FM, LA, CA.
“The Plains of Sweet Regret” mixed media video and sound installation by Mary Lucier (2004/2007) “The Laramie Project” DVD by Moises Kaufman, (2002, sound designer on synthesizer for Peter Golub) “Migrations” video and sound installation by Mary Lucier (2000) “Floodsong” (1998) video and sound installation by Mary Lucier “Last Rites (Positano)” mixed media interactive video and sound installation by Mary Lucier (1995) “Oblique House” mixed media video and sound installation by Mary Lucier (1993) “Noah's Raven” mixed media video and sound installation by Mary Lucier (1993) “MASS: Between a Rockand a Hard Place” videotape by Mary Lucier with Elizabeth Streb (1990) “Forbidden Rebels” video by Rii Kanzaki (1986) “Winter Garden” video by Mary Lucier (1984) “Coalfields” film by Bill Brand (1984) “Ohio to Giverny” video by Mary Lucier (1983) “Merce by Merce by Paik” film by Nam June Paik (1975, soundtrack done in collaboration with David Held and John Cage) RECORDINGS FEAT. EARL HOWARD “5 Saxophone Solos” five Saxophone Solos (Mutable Music, 2005) “Contexts” a triptych of improvised, contrasting segments, along with the composition “Ilex” by Earl Howard, Howard on electronics, Thomas Buckner singing baritone, Gustavo Aguilar playing percussion and Wu Man on pipa (Mutable Music, 2005) “Strong Force” a live concert recorded at Merkin Hall with Anthony Davis on piano, Gerry Hemingway on percussion, Anne LeBaron on harp and Ernst Reijseger on cello (Mutable Music, 2003) “Firesong” Denman Maroney on piano, Howard on saxophone and synth (Erstwhile, 2000) “Pele's Tears” Compilation of works from 1986-1993. First two tracks on solos by Howard on a Serge Modular System and an AKAI S 1000, a LEXICON PCM 70 and a LXP 5. Quartet with Howard on electronics, Frank Gratozski on alto sax, Pelvyn Poore on tuba and Hans Schneider on double bass (Random Acoustics, 1994)
“Vision Volume 1” a compilation of tracks from the 1997 Visions Festival (AUM Fidelity, 1997) “A Confederacy of Dances Vol. 2” a collection of live music recordings from Roulette in N.Y.C. (Einstein, 1994)
“Middle Passage,” Anthony Davis, piano and Earl on tape (Gramavision, 1984) “Gerry Hemingway Solo Works,” DR solo percussion and tape, Earl Howard composer and tape (Auricle Records, 1994) GRANTS NYFA Artist’s Fellowship (1986)
Earl has lectured at Princeton, Yale, Cal Arts, UC Berkeley, UCSD, UCSB, Ithaca College, The New School, NYU, SUNY Purchase, The Boston Museum School, Hampshire College, SUNY Buffalo 2003 Residency at UCSD |