Michael Manion
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(b. 1952, U.S.A.), holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Oberlin Conservatory, and a Master of Music degree from the University of Illinois, and has also studied at the Mills College Centre for Contemporary Music, the Musikhochschule in Cologne, and the University of Sussex. As a percussionist, he has been a member of several Symphony Orchestras and New Music ensembles in the United States. Founding member of Gimik: Initiative Musik und Informatik Köln e.V.Links to Other Sites About Michael Manion:
Kalvos & Damian New Music Bazaar
Living Composers Project
Michael Manion - Electronic PercussionPUBLICATIONS
- Stockhausen in Den Haag (Royal Conservatory, The Hague)
- Introduction to the Superformula of Donnerstag aus Licht (Ideas and Production XI, Cambridge, U.K.)
- From Tape Loops to MIDI: Karlheinz Stockhausen's Forty Years of Electronic Music
COMPOSITIONS
- MUSIC FOR WIND ENSEMBLE (1972)
for wind ensemble, ca 6 min., first performance Grand Rapids 1973, performance material rentable, study score 12 pages (210x297 mm), FB 7206, EUR 20.-
audio example- SIX PIECES FOR SOLO FLUTE (1973)
for solo flute, ca. 6 min. score 4 pages . (210x297 mm), FB 7309, EUR 12.-
- CONSTELLATIONS (1974)
for flute and live electronics, ca. 6 min., first performance Oberlin 1974, score (210x297 mm), FB 9704, EUR 12.-
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- CONSTELLATIONS II (1975)
for solo violin, viola, or cello, ca. 10 min., score 4 pages (210x297 mm), FB 9914, EUR 10.-- ORBIS MUSICA (1975)
for 16 musicians (4 western instruments, 12 non western instruments), tape, ca. 80 min., first performance Oberlin 1976, performance material rentable, study score 8 pages (297x420 mm), FB 9915, EUR 12.-
- REGIONS (1976)
for solo cello and tape playback system, 45 - 120 min., first performance Oberlin 1977, score (297x420 mm), FB 9902, EUR 15.-- COMBINATIONS (1976)
for ensemble, 15 - 45 min., first performance Oberlin, 1976, score (297x420 mm), FB 9912, EUR 15.-
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- MUSIC FOR ORGAN (1976)
solo organ, 8 - 12 min., first performance Oberlin, 1977, FB 7620, EUR 12.-
- WHEELS (1977)
for 2 percussionists and 4 ensembles, ca. 35 min., first performance Oberlin 1977, score (210x297 mm), FB 9702, EUR 10.-
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- ISLANDS (1982)
for flute and tape (ProTools), ca. 18 min., first performance Darmstadt 1982, score (210x297 mm), FB 9703, EUR 18.-
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- MUSIC FOR CELLO AND ELECTRONIC SOUNDS (1991)
for cello and tape (ProTools), ca. 15 min., first performance San Francisco 1991, excerpt on CD: 25 Jahre Feedback, score 20 pages (297x420 mm), FB 9603, EUR 18.-
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- MUSIC FOR FLUTE AND MARIMBA (1992)
for flute and marimba, ca. 8 min., first performance Cologne 1994, score 16 pages (297x420 mm), FB 9604, EUR 20.-- MUSIC FOR SOLO VIBRAPHONE (2000/2005)
ca.13 min., first performance Amsterdam 2005, score 3 pages (297x420 mm), FB 0502, EUR 12.-
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- PART II (2000)
for mezzo soprano and CD, ca. 8 min.- MUSIC FOR ELECTRONIC PERCUSSION II (2002)
for malletKAT, synthesizers/MSP, ca. 13 min., first performance Den Haag, 2003, 3 pages (297x420 mm) (in folder), FB 0205, EUR 16.-
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- PART I (2005)
electronic music, ca. 4 min., first performance Cologne 2005
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- MUSIC FOR SOLO PIANO (2006)
ca. 33 min., first performance Amsterdam, 2006, score 3 pages (210x297 mm), FB 0601, EUR 15.-
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- LONG ROLL (2006)
for Troms, ca. 6 min., first performance Cologne, 2006
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- LONG ROLL II (2006)
for 4 percussionists, ca. 6 min., first performance Montpelier VT 2007, 4 parts (297x420 mm) (in folder), EUR 36.-, score (210x297 mm), FB 0603, EUR 20.-
video performance- MUSIC FOR STRING QUARTET (2008)
ca. 20 min.
