Paula Matthusen, Composer

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the art of disappearing (2006)
For 2 flutes, clarinet, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, french horn, two trombones, tuba, electric guitar, bass guitar, percussion, 2 sopranos, and piano.
luxury of superstition (2006)
For voice, oboe, violin, viola, cello, and percussion.
but because without this (2006)
For bluegrass quartet.
…because it opens a path, because it does not close (2005)
For 2 flutes, clarinet, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, french horn, two trombones, tuba, electric guitar, bass guitar, percussion, 2 sopranos, and piano.
continuity of parks (2004)
For chamber orchestra.
the distances (2004)
For flute, prepared piano, percussion, and harp.
the boojum tree remembered (2002)
For accordion, percussion, and string quartet.
Glint (2001)
For 2 violas and 2 violoncellos.
in memory of an anthill (2000)
For string quartet.
worte sind schatten (2000)
For flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, 2 horns, trombone, 2 percussionsts, violin, viola, violoncello, contrabass.
Untitled for Chamber Orchestra (1999).
plusoneminusone (+1/-1)
For flute, clarinet, horn, trumpet, percussion, violin, viola, cello.
I de t ? (1998)
For solo violin.
Reflections on John Dos Passos’ The Big Money (1998)
For string quartet.
die Sprache (1997)
For solo violin.

rosenthaler (2006)
For pre-recorded music.
of memory and minutiae (2006)
For violin, cello, and electronics.
hopscotch 34 (2005)
For flute, three clarinets, horn, two percussionists, violin, cello, and electronics.
anthracite (2005)
For pre-recorded music
…and, believing in… (2004)
For live processing and solo performer.
communications from the lab (2004)
For 12 speakers and dance.
…of one sinuous spreading… (2003)
For prepared piano and live processing.
glint (2003)
For quadraphonic tape and live diffusion with octaphonic sound.
…as on all these days, all this untellable time… (2002)
For percussion, string quartet, and electronics.
run on sentence of the pavement (2002)
For piano, ping-pong balls, and electronics.
fuel (2002)
For dance and electronics.
Surface Features
For dance and electronics.
We Go (2002)
For toy piano, dance, and electronics.
six in time (a memory for Nancy Reagan and Kevin Bacon)
For kitchen instruments, smud tuners, and sampler.
structures in red (2001)
For flute, percussion an pre-recorded music.
semiotics (2000)
For soprano, Dictaphone quartet, and pre-recorded music.
submerged (2000)
For dancers and pre-recorded music (with noranewdanceco).
Ideale (1999)
For violin, viola, and pre-recorded music.
Golden Wheat Carrot Ring (1997)
Pre-recorded music.

Filling Vessels, (2006)
For eight speakers, LEDs, feedback, four vessels, four performers, and FFT-analysis.
circadia, (2006)
For eight mini-speakers, LEDs, sine-tones, FFT audio analysis, and rhythmic synchronization.
threadbare, (2001)
For clothing, pins, markers, pre-recorded music, and video.

tapestyria (2003)
For large-human filled tapestries, paint, and twine.
Hopscotch 34 (2001)
For glasses, matches, reading, clothing, sampler.
for Lisa (2000)
For string quartet, two televisions, VHS video projection.
sei ohne sorge (1999)
For sampler, Dictaphone quartet, two narrators, three televisions.
The Big Money (1998)
For television, video, trumpet, saxophone, two violins, sampler.
after Euridice (1998)
For sampler, Dictaphone quartet, actor.

Musical Games and Emergent Behavior in Ensemble Music (2004). Proceedings of the DVSM- Symposiums: “Musik im Spiel.”
ongoing: An Exploration of Timbre, Structure, and Musical Choice (2003). Proceedings of the International Conference on Spectral Music.