
ben zucker
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Vitamalisms
For mallet quartet and fixed media (2022).
Premiered by Third Coast Percussion at Northwestern University, March 1, 2022.

In Sincerity, Devices Come To Outsecure.
For string quartet (2019/2021).
Premiered by Spektral Quartet, March 2021.
Finalist for the 2019 Mivos/Kanter Prize.

Eschautomata
For prepared ensemble of alto flute, bass clarinet, harp, violin, cello (2020).
Written for and premiered by Ensemble Dal Niente at Northwestern University, March 11, 2020.

Wrey
For oboe, celesta, marimba (2015), arranged for flute, celesta, viola (2019), arranged for flute and piano (2019).
Version for flute/celesta/viola premiered February 18, 2020 by Sophie Lanthier (flute, claps), Caleb Paxton (viola), and Ben Zucker (celesta) at Northwestern University.

A Reconsideration Of Jarred Light
For soprano saxophone, piano, and assistant with objects and live electronics (2017).
Premiered by Maria Kouznetsova (piano), Justin Massey (saxophone), and Ben Zucker (assistant) at the 2017 Montreal Contemporary Music Lab.

Refinites
For flexible instrumentation (2017).
Premiered November 27, 2017, by Ben Zucker (vibraphone), Ben Roidl-Ward (bassoon), and Noah Jenkins (violin) at the Northwestern University Fall Composers Concert.
Featured on Score Follower's Mediated Scores channel.

Raving Pitch & Dust
For violin, cello, acoustic guitar, and live electronics (2017).
Premiered by Ensemble Mobile at the Teatro da Reitoria, Centro-Curitiba, Brazil, August 22, 2017.
Commissioned by Nucelo Musica Nova as part of their Collaborations Project.

The Golden Age Cannot Be Picked Up
For percussion quartet and fixed media (2016).
Premiered by the Los Angeles Percussion Quartet at Chapman University, Orange, CA, January 31, 2017.
Commissioned by the LAPQ as part of their Next Wave Composers' Initiative.

Sarabandisms
For bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano (2016).
Premiered by the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players as part of the Lou Harrison Centenary, April 22, 2017.
Winner of the SFCMP SF Search Call For Scores.

Testimonies, Flaming Pasts
For vocalizing string quartet and live electronics.
Premiered by the Mivos Quartet at the VIPA Festival, July 14, 2016,
Conservatorio Superior Música Valencia “Joaquín Rodrigo”, Valencia, Spain.

Great American Scrapbook
Open ensemble of 5 or 8 players (2016-2018).
Workshopped at Atlantic Center For The Arts, June 2016. Premiered at Center For New Music & Audio Technology, Berkeley, May 1, 2017.

Hyperborean/Bodies
For violin, viola, cello, electric guitar, and live electronics.
Workshopped by the Distractfold Ensemble at Brunel University, May 24, 2016.