Wow!!! Newsflash- The CD that Diane Ferlatte and I made: "Wickety Wack, Brer Rabbit's Back", just got nominated for a Grammy- If you're a voting member, please consider us! Category 78: Children's Spoken Word. Crazy.

Wish us luck!

Erik

CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF COMPOSITIONS BY ERIK PEARSON

1984     Sunlight Dancing on the Water- solo piano, strings (1989)

1986     Clarinet Trio- clarinet, cello, piano

Two Songs: fathandsbangrag, Death By Water- voice, piano

Three Pieces for String Trio- violin, viola, cello

Brass Quintet

1987     Three Pieces for Piano: The Climb, Plateau, The Way Home- piano

Bug Music: The Ant, The Centipede, The Fly, The Germ (after poems by Ogden Nash)- voice, piano

!Ingo- solo bassoon

Triptych (1,2 & 3)- flute choir (from 6-12 flutes)

Keeping Things Whole (after a poem by Mark Strand)- soprano voice, alto flute, cello, piano, harp, vibraphone, percussion

1988     Marco Polo and Kublai Khan (and their musings over invisible cities in a dying empire)- clarinet & viola

Confessions of Sappho- 8 pt. Choral (ssaattbb)

To a Kid Who Believes in Astrology (after a poem by Alan Dugan)- flute, cello, bassoon

Heavy Breakers- 2 pianos

1989     Friday, July 28, 1989- solo actor, vocalist

Smoothness of an Eight, Economy of a Four- percussion trio

Crushing a Circle (the lady had sensual things on her mind)- soprano voice, harp, cello

Banishing the Demons- chamber orchestra

Bedouin in a Colorfast Society- 4 electric guitars, 4 dancers

1990     She Couldn't Say It (after a poem by Gerald Early)- soprano voice, alto flute, cello, piano, harp, vibraphone, percussion

Nocturne (Epithalamium for Cathy & Tom)- solo piano

Two Flute Pieces: "a clear wet dawn…", and "The Deer on Pine Mountain"- solo flute

Nine Modular Pieces – violin and re-tuned guitar

1991     Variations (I dreamt of thorns)- solo cello

Scenes (a book of eight solo piano pieces) – poems and music with drawings by artist friends

1992     These Birds (In These Shadows)- baritone voice, piano, cello, cymbals (after a poem by Gerald Stern)

The Thistle Must Have Juices- cello, piano (for John Cage)

See How Your Dark Clouds All Come Dancing- 10 piece brass ensemble

1994     Where a Great Wind Came and Went, the Wild Grass Lies Sleeping – string quartet: 2 violins, viola, cello

Slick Boy (The Everyman Trilogy)- live and tape music for a multi-act dance performance (choreographer Jordan Fuchs)

1995     Creeping Dawn: Mountain & Shadow- 24 piece recorder Quire

1996     Water- CD of original songs also string arrangements of these songs for performance

1998     You Never Cried- recorded original compositions for multi-sectioned dance performance including found sounds and composed music for piano, violin, guitar, drums & whistle. (choreographer: Christina Black)

1999    Things So High and Strange- 30 minute composition for dance and live instruments: 3 electric guitars, 3 bass drums, violin, viola, cello, and cymbals for all. (choreographer Christina Black)

2003    Three Pieces- for SATB recorder quartet: "leaves in the river: autumn", "old music box", and "reflected light on buildings: morning"

2004   Scene- trombone quintet

2006   Crushing A Circle- edited for voice with solo harp accompaniment

2007   Pastime- 35 minute composition for dance inspired by baseball. Sounds include: field recordings and other samples, solo piano, recorder orchestra, electric guitars and saxophones. (choreographer Christina Black)

ERIK PEARSON DISCOGRAPHY

(in alphabetical order)

Daevid Allen's University of Errors

Daevid's U of Errors 2 (e² x 10 = tenure) (CD 2001) innerSPACE records, innerSPACE 7715

Barbara Anderson and Naked Truth

Evening's Bed (CD) Ripe Records

Caroleen Beatty

You're Only as Pretty As You Feel  (CD-EP 2005) Black Beauty

Records (BB72009)

Alice Bierhorst

Safe Places to Dream (CD 1997) Shur 003

Heaven (CD 1995) sfFreek Records

Maker's Mark (CD 1998) Shur 004

Freek (cassette 1994)

The Crooked Jades

World's On Fire (CD 2006) Jade Note Music CJ206

Diane Ferlatte (storyteller)

Knick Knack Paddy Wack (mother goose on the loose and other teeny tiny tales) (CD, cassette)

Yes, M'am (respect for the elders) (CD 2000)

Aesop Alive and Well (CD)

Knick Knack Paddy Wack 2 (CD 2003)

Penny For Your Thoughts (CD 2005)

Wickety Whack, Brer Rabbit is Back (CD 2006)

Michael Holt

Pilot Single (CD 2000) Fang Records

Sonya Hunter

Peasant Pie (CD 1995) Normal Records, Normal 190

Headlights and Other Constellations (CD 1998) honey do music, HONO01-02

Sun in Mind (CD 2002) innerstate 7015

Expecting to Fly (CD-ep 1999) innerstate/inbetweens records

Mushroom

Joint Happening  (CD 2007) Hyena Records, HYN 9359

Yesterday, I Saw You Kissing Tiny Flowers  (CD 2007) 4Zero Records, FZ003

Really Don't Mind If You Sit This One Out  (CD 2006) Four Zero Records, FZ001

Glazed Popems (CD 2004) black beauty, BB72005

Mad Dogs and San Franciscans (with Gary Floyd) (CD 2003) black beauty, BB72003

Compared to What (CD, LP 2001) innerSPACE Records, innerSPACE 7714

Foxy Music (CD, LP 2002) innerSPACE records  CS 049/EFA 05430-2

Analog Hi-Fi Surprise (CD, LP 2002) Weed Records, Weed 7910

Hydrogen Jukebox (CD 1998) Timothy's Brain

Oh, But They're Weird and They're Wonderful (Return to Sender XXXV) (CD 2002) Normal Records, RTS 35

Alive and in Full Bloom (CD 1998) Inbetweens Records, IRCD 001

Cream of Mushroom (LP 1997 Belmondo, CD 1998 Normal)

Leni Riefenstahl (LP 1999) Aether Records

Erik Pearson

Water (CD 1996) Shur Records, SHUR 02

Honeysuckle  (Limited Edition CD 2005- orig.1992)

Ink & Tapestry  (Limited Edition CD 2006)

Irene Sazer

First Things First (CD 1997) Elizabeth Records 6896

Billy Talbot Band

Alive in the Spirit World (CD 2004) Sanctuary Records 06076-84730-2

Pat Thomas

New Directions in Music by Pat Thomas: Valium (CD 1997) Strangeways / way 151

Steal this Riff Live Evil Volume Two (Fresh Tour 1996) (CD 1996) Strangeways Records

Also Appears on the following:

Daevid Allen's University of Errors

Money Doesn't Make It (CD 1999) innerSPACE records, innerSPACE 7707

Marilyn Carino

Mudville (CD-ep 2001) Slurry 0503

The Crooked Jades

Seven Sisters (A Kentucky Portrait) (CD 2000) Crooked 002

The Unfortunate Rake (Volume 1) (CD 2000) Crooked 003

Sonya Hunter

Finders, Keepers (Return to Sender IXX) (CD 1998) Normal/innerstate records

Mat Lax and Nearly Beloved

Hurricane and A Tumbleweed (CD 2002) attaboy'02

Compilations:           

Tasty Licks- SF Local Band Compilation (Sonya Hunter) Olde West Recordings-0015

San Francisco A music City Compilation 1998 (Sonya Hunter, Mushroom) Trocadero 20092

Set the Controls for the Heart of the Aether (Aether Records Sampler) vol. One 1999 (Mushroom) Aether Records.

IAMAPHOTOGRAPHER (a tribute to Michelangelo Antonioni's "Blow-Up") (Mushroom) Plain Recordings, Plain101

Deep Note (music of 1970's adult cinema) (Mushroom) (CD 2002) O.S.T. Grammofonpladen A/S

Spirits Burning (Reflections In A Radio Shower) (CD 2001) Gazul Records, GA8647.AR

Fluorescent Tunnelvision (CD 2001) (Mushroom) Submergence, Sub-0047

Dream Magazine 5 (CD 2005) (Mushroom) CD with magazine

Film Soundtracks:             

Into the Wild A film by Sean Penn- (song: Fork & File from Crooked Jades "World's on Fire)

Indies Under Fire (The Battle for the American Bookstore) A film by Jacob Bricca

Live Nude Girls Unite (Sonya Hunter- "My Heart Breaks", instrumental version)

Boom, the Sound of Eviction (Mushroom)

Disarmed A film by Kia Simon- Sneaky Little Sister Films

Hey Y'all

It's been a crazy month of travel and some milestones. We had a great run of a dance piece by Chris Black here in San Francisco which I did the music to. It was called Pastime and both the movement and the music were all based on baseball. We broadcast the score on a little micro radio station that we created on location. It was a great project to be a part of, sorry if you missed it.

The Big News: one thing that you shouldn't miss is Sean Penn's new movie (he's the Director) I have some music in it (very exciting), AND it's a good movie, maybe a great movie, so you should all go out and see it! The music is a tune I wrote called "Fork and File" on the last Crooked Jades record, and is played by myself (on big and little banjos, and Bruce Kaphan, on fork and file- Jeff was the inspiration for the tune as he spent a long time looking for the right fork to make a good sound). My music comes in as the main character is kayaking down the river, he runs into a Danish couple, they eat "hot dogs" and then my music finishes out the scene. I must say it was very exciting to see my name roll by (nice-n-slow) in the credits.

Well, there you go, that's what's up lately,

Erik