Mo. I. Wally Scharold & ensemble:rocketchrist

Conceived as an anti-concerto, i.e. where the soloist should not know how to play the instrument (but should be able to improv. with whatever sounds they get), Learning to love my Pancreas was the first of a series of four. In high school, I decided one day to learn to play the bass clarinet. I was not successful, but the sounds I did make stuck in my head and were the main impetus behind writing this piece.

Program:
I. Pancrehaggia 
II. Bilis atra
III. De la selva del vomito    

Scoring: bass clarinet solo (untrained), fl (+picc), perc (cym,sd,bd), pf, vn, vc, cb 

Duration: 15 minutes

Performances: 
March 1998
Warner Concert Hall
Oberlin, Ohio
Zach Layton - Bass Clarinet

June 1998
Buffalo, NY
Vin Calianno - Bass Clarinet
Ensemble: 451

March 1999
Oberlin, OH
Zach Layton - Baritone Saxophone
ensemble: rocketchrist

April 1999
Oberlin, OH
Vin Calianno - Bass Clarinet
ensemble:rocketchrist

April 2000
Wally Scharold - Bass Clarinet
ensemble:rocketchrist

2002

in blue and white
for clarinet quartet and tape

Schucktophonic Clint
for scratchensemble

2001

Christmas in India &
The Flying Buttresses of Tokyo
for viola, violoncello and piano

antiphon
for trombone choir

Composition #167
for toy piano & five instruments

pachysandra
for flute, piano, violin & cello

2000

margheritina
for flute, viola da gamba & organ

Three Places in Pennsylvania
for alto saxophone & piano

1999

Megablastulatron 4900 or:
Scharold can kiss my ass
for sax, drums, piano, synth & cello

GAP
for chamber orchestra

night already here
for alto saxophone & digital delay

slobodan milosevic
concerto for chainsaw & orchestra

Neptuna Voluptuosa
for four pianos

i met her in the garden
where the pratties grow
for dectet

1998

namtaB
for 3 pianos, 120 digits

Heaven-O?
anti-encore for trombone & orchestra

Despedida
for voice, bowed piano, guitar & bass

Nothinghead
anti-concerto for violin & small orchestra

Learning to love my Pancreas
anti-concerto for bass clarinet & small orchestra

My ulna was an omphalos to the night
for piano & drumset

Pulp Piano
concerto for piano & unspecified ensemble

inside - dying
for cello & piano

your eyes were drawn curtains remembering
for cello, percussion & piano

1997

Llanto
for speaker, flute, cello & contrabass

For Allen Ginsberg
for countertenor & chamber orchestra

and into nothing i spoke of nothing
for piano solo

While I was dreaming about the rat there were 43 atomic blasts emanating from the Palisade hills 69 paces south of the Rubricon
for unspecified ensemble

The Plasticine Dreamer
for septet

1996

Anamneses
for organ

tv baby
for wind ensemble

Sette Cante
for speaker, dancer, cello & piano

When Death smiled at our doorstep
for two violoncelli

1995

Vinnie Music No. 1
for percussion, harmonica, piano & two celli

Epitaphion
for piano & string quartet

1994

Threnos
for string orchestra

Moonstruck
for piano solo

Danse Macabre No. 1
for piano, cello & tape

Somnium
for string orchestra

1993

Symposium
for violoncello solo

1992

Sonata for three percussion instruments, Op.1
for snare drum, bells & piano