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)