Androgyne,
Mon Amour, with Robert Black, double bass; Walter
Kubanek, dancer; poems by Tennessee Williams, music by Barry Truax
Beauty and the Beast, part 1, for Narrator
(oboe d'amore & English horn), images by Theo Goldberg, music
by Barry Truax
part 2,
part 3,
part 4 videos
Divan,
concept and images by Theo Goldberg, music by Barry Truax
Enigma (part 2), music theatre piece about
Alan Turing, for tenor, baritone and soundtracks; William George,
tenor; Steve Maddock, baritone
From the Unseen World, for piano and
soundtracks; Barry Truax, piano; solo work or part of
Enigma
Ghostly Moon,
performed by the Orchid Ensemble, music by Barry Truax
Four Love Songs, from Powers of Two, Act 3, The Artist, for
tenor, soundtracks and video; Score
No. 1,
L'homme
armé, Marcel van Neer, tenor; David Dong Qyu
Lee, counter-tenor; Marc Berezowski, dancer; video by Thecla
Schiphorst, music by Barry Truax
No. 2,
Tancredi and Clorinda, Marcel
van Neer, tenor; David Dong Qyu Lee, counter-tenor; Thecla
Schiphorst, dancer; video by Thecla Schiphorst, music by Barry
Truax
No. 3,
Tristan, Marcel van Neer,
tenor; David Dong Qyu Lee, counter-tenor; Marc Berezowski,
dancer; video by Thecla Schiphorst, music by Barry Truax
No. 4,
Welcome Oedipus, Marcel van
Neer, tenor; David Dong Qyu Lee, counter-tenor; Hans Seidemann
and Douglas Huffman, dancers; video and music by Barry Truax
More compositional projects
Demonstration of the
PODX granular synthesis program (GSX),
2013, by Barry Truax, as used in
Riverrun (36')
Interview with Michael
Clarke, 2013, about
Riverrun, in the
context of
Inside Computer Music, Oxford Univ. Press
(30')
Interview and
concert at Wroclaw University, Poland, on soundscape research and
composition, June 2014 (30')
Interview
part 1 (unedited), in the Sonic Research Studio, 2012 with
transcript (subjects: background
and early work with the WSP and computer music, acoustic ecology
[p.10], electroacoustic music, Soundscape Vancouver 96) (53')
note: ignore 1:02 in the
transcript timing and subtract 10"
Interview
part 2, 2012 with
transcript
(digital archiving, Handbook, visiting composers, WSP Database,
soundscape composition) (1 hr 3')
Interview part 3, 2012
with
transcript
(soundscape composition, continued) (16')
Leading Edge, Knowledge Network, documentary
about granular synthesis,
Riverrun,
8-channel,
Song of Songs,
Shaman Ascending, 2006
(8')
Lecture, Introduction to Microsound, Granular
Synthesis and Time-Stretching, Convolution (IR, auto-convolution,
hybrid convolution), 2009 (53')
note: this can be correlated with
the HTML teaching materials available on the WSP Database (guest
password from truax@sfu.ca)
The Nature
of Things, excerpt of CBC documentary "Sonic Magic",
about Vancouver soundmarks, 2015 (5')
Lecture, Soundwalking and Soundscape
Composition, Soundwalking Festival, April 9, 2021 (90')
Lecture, Introduction to
the World Soundscape Project and Soundscape Composition,
Raum-Musik webinar, Univ. of Cologne, June 18, 2021 (72')
Lecture, Soundscape
Composition: From the Real to the Virtual, III Historical
Soundscape Meeting, Evora, Portugal, Nov. 10, 2021 (includes an
introduction to the World Soundscape Project, and an analysis of
Pendlerdrom,
Island,
Temple,
Chalice
Well,
The Bells of Salzburg, and
Rainforest
Raven (81')
Keynote
Lecture, Listening, Acoustic Space and
Soundscape Composition, International Conference on Music
and Space, Conservatorio di Musica, Parma, Italy, Dec. 2, 2021
(includes analysis of
Chalice Well and
The Bells of
Salzburg) (60')
More compositional
projects
Night of the
Conjurer, concept and images by Theo Goldberg,
music by Barry Truax
Ocean Deep,
soundscape composition for 8 soundtracks and video, based on
images by Theo Goldberg, music by Barry Truax
Pacific Dragon,
concept and images by Theo Goldberg, music by Barry Truax
Pacific Ocean, from
Pacific, with images by
Theo Goldberg, music by Barry Truax
San Giuseppe, L'Aquila, Italy, with paintings
by Giovanni Gasparro, sound and video by Barry Truax
Sequence of Earlier Heaven,
choreographed and performed by Su-Feh Lee, 10x10x10 collaboration
project, 2011, music by Barry Truax
Skin & Metal,
music theatre piece for leather percussionist and soundtracks,
Jerry Pergolesi, percussion; music by Barry Truax
Song of Songs,
based on the Song of Solomon, with images by Theo Goldberg, music
by Barry Truax;
Lawrence Cherney, oboe d'amore
and English horn;
Score
Steam, for alto
flute and soundtracks, with Marianne Leth, alto flute, music by
Barry Truax;
Score
The Sibyl
(abridged), for two mezzo-sopranos, Act 2 of
Powers of
Two; Melanie Adams and Hilary Ison, mezzo-sopranos;
includes
Hymn to the Moon (10:40)
The Golden Age, Fides Krucker,
mezzo-soprano; Marc Berezowski, dancer; video by Thecla
Schiphorst, music by Barry Truax
Hymn to the Moon, Fides Krucker,
mezzo-soprano; video and music by Barry Truax
Thou & I, music theatre piece for
tenor, baritone and soundtracks; WIlliam George, tenor; Steve
Maddock, baritone; music by Barry Truax
Threshing, a video by and with Thecla
Schiphorst, music by Barry Truax
Wings of Nike, with images by Theo
Goldberg, music by Barry Truax
