Compositions

The Past Is Present (1998)
for SATB Soloists, String Quartet, Clarinets and Drums
March 25-27, 1999, The Kitchen, New York, NY
Performed by: Theo Bleckmann, Tenor, Thomas Buckner, Baritone, Isabelle Ganz, Mezzo-Soprano, Ilana Kochinska, Soprano, Sirius String Quartet, Margot Leverett, Clarinets, Kevin Norton, Drums

From Death Row, This is Mumia Abu Jamal (1996)
With Bernadette Speach
Tape by Mumia Abu-Jamal
for Piano and Three Percussionists
November 16 & 17, 1996, The Kitchen, New York, NY
Performed by: Essential Music

A Mother's Story 1939-40 (1995)
for Mezzo-Soprano and Cello
(Movement II of The Past Is Present)
April 27, 1997, The Kitchen, New York, NY
Performed by: Isabelle Ganz, Mezzo-Soprano, Dorothy Lawson, Cello

No More In Thrall (1994-95)
for String Quartet and Percussion
March 23, 1995, Roulette, New York, NY
Performed by: Sirius String Quartet with Kevin Norton, Percussion
Recording: CRI

Requiem Before the Times of Peace (1994)
for Chorus and Percussion
Poetry by N.M. Hoffman
April 24, 1999, St. Peter's Church, New York, NY
Performed by: The New York Virtuoso Singers, Harold Rosenbaum, Conductor and Frank Cassara, Percussion
Publication: Choral booklet

Lament for Erik (1993)
for Baritone and Viola)
(Movement I of The Past Is Present)
May 12, 1994, Merkin Hall, New York, NY
Commissioned and Performed by Thomas Buckner, Baritone with Lois Martin, Viola

Giverny (1993)
for Flute and Harp
July 13, 1993, St. Paul's Episcopal Church. Greenwich, Connecticut
Performed by: Giverny

Uneven Developments (1993)
for Solo Electric Guitar
March 21, 1993. Music Designs, New York, NY
Performed by: Jeffrey Schanzer

Totenmarsch (1992)
In Memory of Jacob Schanzer
for Violin and Orchestra
Unperformed

The Work We Have to Do (1992)
for Rock Ensemble
December 5, 1992, Nuyorican Poet's Cafe, New York, NY
Performed by: Kitty Brazelton and Dadadah

Something Ethnic (1991)
for Solo Guitar
March 17, 1991, Experimental Intermedia Foundation, New York, NY
Performed by: Jeffrey Schanzer

A Kleyntshike Melodye (Revised 1991)
for Jazz Big Band
May 13, 1991, The Knitting Factory, New York, NY
Performed by: The Walter Thompson Big Band

To War, For Empire (1991)
Text by Mumia Abu-Jamal
for Soprano and Guitar
February 2, 1992, Knitting Factory, New York, NY
Performed by: Schanzer/Speach Duo

The Lake (1991)
With Poetry by N.M. Hoffman
for Soprano, Alto and Tenor
March 21, 1993, Music Designs, New York, NY
Performed by: Cheryl Marshall, Soprano, Barbara Hess, Mezzo-Soprano and Paul Gallagher, Tenor

Harp Alone (1990)
for Solo Harp
December 6, 1991, Music Designs, New York, NY
Performed by: Elizabeth Panzer

New Vistas (1989)
for Chamber Ensemble
March 11, 1990, CAMI Hall, New York, NY
Performed by: Manhattan New Music Project, Gary Schneider, Conductor

Tracings (1989)
for Solo Guitar
September 23, 1989, Roulette, New York, NY
Performed by: Jeffrey Schanzer

Musikmeister (1988)
for Solo Guitar
August 14, 1988, Darmstadt Internationales Fereinkurse fur Neue Musik, Darmstadt, Germany
Performed by: Jeffrey Schanzer

Ondoiseaux (1987)
for Flute, Piano and Cello
February 16, 1990, CAMI Hall, New York, NY
Performed by: Barbara Held, Flute, Joseph Kubera, Piano, and Tomas Ulrich, Cello

Seine (1986)
for Chamber Orchestra
March 20, 1987, Prospect Park Picnic House, Brooklyn, NY
Performed by: Musicians of Brooklyn Initiative (MOBI) New Music Ensemble, Bernadette Speach, Conductor

Bull's Eye Suite (1986)
for Jazz Ensemble
November 14-16, 1986, The Field at Pineapple Dance Studio, New York, NY
In collaboration with Nadine Tringali and Dancers
Performed by: Jeffrey Schanzer Ensemble

Piano Alone (1986)
for Solo Piano
October 17, 1986, Experimental Intermedia Foundation, New York, NY
Performed by: Bernadette Speach

Piece No. 3 for Prepared Guitar (1991)
for Solo Guitar
(solo guitar)
March 17, 1991, Experimental Intermedia Foundation, New York, NY

Performed by: Jeffrey Schanzer

Piece No. 2 for Prepared Guitar (1985)
for Solo Guitar
July 20, 1985, Open Center, New York, NY
Performed by: Jeffrey Schanzer

Piece No. 1 for Prepared Guitar (1983)
for Solo Guitar
March 11, 1984, Buffalo Guitar Society/Buffalo New Music Ensemble,
Theaterloft, Buffalo, NY
Performed by: Jeffrey Schanzer

Facets (1985)
for Solo Guitar
July 20, 1985, Open Center, New York, NY
Performed by: Jeffrey Schanzer

Confluence (1984)
for Large Ensemble
March 31, 1985, Composers' Forum, Inc., The Kitchen, New York, NY

Performed by: Jeffrey Schanzer Ensemble

Music for Samuel Beckett's "Fizzles" (1983)
for Solo Guitar
May 4-5, 1984, Brian Art Galleries, Buffalo, NY

Performed by: Jeffrey Schanzer

Una Passegiatta al Sole (1983)
for Guitar Quartet
March 11, 1984, Buffalo Guitar Society/Buffalo New Music Ensemble, Theaterloft, Buffalo, NY
Performed by: Buffalo Guitar Quartet

Improvisations for Piano and Guitar Conceived and Performed by the Schanzer/Speach Duo

for Leroy (2007)
in Memory of Leroy Jenkins
for Flute, Guitar and Piano
October 31, 2008, Roulette, New York, NY
Performed by Bernadette Speach, Piano, Andrea LaRose, Flute and Jeffrey Schanzer, Guitar

Debabelized Brook (2004)
April 4, 2004, Flea Theater, New York, NY, with video by Anney Bonney

Hell's Gate (2004)
April 4, 2004, Flea Theater, New York, NY, with video by Anney Bonney

Toy Rings (2002)
in collaboration with John J.A. Jannone
February 8, 2002. Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, Brooklyn, NY, John J.A. Jannone - Electronics

Glove Quartet (2002)
in collaboration with Holland Hopson and John J.A. Jannone
February 8, 2002 Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, Brooklyn, NY, Holland Hopson, Saxophone & Electronics, John J.A. Jannone, Electronics

Lago (1999)
December 9, 1999, Greenwich House Music School, New York, NY

Outside In (1996)
June 1, 1996, Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, NY

at the same time (1993)
February 14, 1993, Music Designs, New York, NY

Sound Crowds (1990)
November 24, 1990, Cirque Divers, Liège, Belgium

It's Your Turn (1990)
November 24, 1990, Cirque Divers, Liège, Belgium
Recording: Mode/Avant

3-1/2 (1990)
September 15, 1990, MusicVistas, Inc., Roulette, New York, NY
Recording: Mode/Avant

Blue (1989)
February 9, 1990, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
Recording: Mode/Avant

Phill's Phault (1988)
July 31, 1988, Logos Foundation, Ghent, Belgium

Two in the Morning (1986)
October 17, 1986, Experimental Intermedia Foundation, New York, NY
Recording: Mode/Avant