For Ava and Noah; Positively Right On
(Spring 08)(15')
Ava Mendoza (just-tuned electric guitar)
Noah Phillips (just-tuned electric guitar)

For Ava and Noah; Positively Right On



Zachary James Watkins solo set on KFJC as part of the 2 4 - h o u r d r o n e

L I S T E N



PatronG 4/30/2008 @ Bill Wilson Center

more hot fire



country werstern
(Fall 04, Spring 08) (45')

[we are never born in this Country we die facing Western :: there wasn't much color when we were not born :: the saturation was not optical it was emotional :: they showed us brightness they showed us darkness just.like.now does the universe register my vote does it compare to a kiss or a blast? what is the difference between your past and my future. when.do.we.stop. this magic story is governed by mist. mourn for how we are never born never voted never Country mourning just like this Western light]
poem by MARGARETHA HAUGHWOUT (2008)

Shayna Dunkelman (percussion)
Kanoko Nishi (koto)
Noah Phillips (prepared guitar)
Marielle Jakobsons (violin)
Emily Packard (violin)
Theresa Wong (cello)
Aram Shelton (woodwinds)
Jen Baker (trombone)
Dennis Somera (voice/poetry)
Zachary James Watkins (laptop/network)
Joe Gray (video/network)

country western VIDEO EXCERPT
country western COMPLETE MERIDIAN PERFORMANCE
meridian gallery




Suite For String Quartet
(Spring 06) (30')

(Scored for string quartet, interactive electronics and the Mills Concert Hall Foyer, awarded the Paul Merritt Henry Prize for Composition.)

suite for string quartet




8 tuned strings, interactive electronics, resonant space, an audience and vintage footage
(Fall 2007) (16'33")

"The Two Week Day Dream" 8mm film by Jerry Lane

* thanks to marielle v. jakobsons for her help with pitch tracking

10th Annual Thingamaajigs Festival
video




Black Producer, White Producer; Beat Making in the 90's Specifically Tha Nine Tre (Fall 08) (3')

commissioned by sfSound and premiered on August 26th 2007 (3')

(sfsound)