List of Works by Simon Fink
In memorium (forthcoming)for solo flute
for Elaine Brown
KC Musical Beehive (forthcoming) for live electro-acoustic sound
for the installation Breathe by Carrie Scanga
Beeswing (forthcoming) for live electro-acoustic sound
in collaboration with Jane Gotch, choreographer
Improvisation Modules (2012)for saxophone and electronics
for the Kansas City Fringe Festival Experimental Music Showcase
MIC CHECK (2012) for saxophone quartet
Commissioned by the Assembly Saxophone Quartet.
Dock and Load (2011) concert installation for trombones, percussion, electronics, moving truck, etc. With Gideon Shapiro, design.
Commissioned by the Music in Architecture—Architecture in Music
Symposium, UT-Austin Center for Architecture and Design.
Shuffle No. 1 (2011) for 2-channel electro-acoustic sound
Blight (2011) for SATB choir
Unquiet Dreams, A Cycle of Gothic Children’s Songs (2010) for voices and piano
Commissioned by the Staunton Music Festival.
Songs of October (2010) for soprano, tenor, and chamber ensemble
Premiered by Contempo.
Army of Darkness (2010) overture for chamber orchestra
Written for the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.
Beach Music (2009) an interactive environment, with video by Rebecca Foley
Created for the DOVA Gallery, Chicago.
Capriccio (2009) for solo violin
Written for Piotr Szewczyk.
Electric Pastoral (2008) for string quartet and electronics
Premiered by the Pacifica String Quartet.
Pastorals for String Quartet (2008)
Premiered by Con Vivo Jersey City.
Infectious (2008) for SATB choir
Written for VocasBravasLab, Madrid.
Deviant Dance Suite (2008) for harpsichord
Written for Goska Isphording.
In Dreams (2008) four songs for mezzo-soprano and piano from the Exultations
of Ezra Pound
Written for the Aspen Music Festival.
Zerfliesst’s wie eitel Schaum (2007) for chamber orchestra
Written for the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.
“Something flickered for a minute, and then it vanished and was gone…” (2007)
for six-channel electro-acoustic sound
Let the Wind Speak (2007) for piano
Commissioned by Kimball Gallagher
with support from the University of Chicago Arts Council.
The Kick Galvanic (Straight to My Lover’s Heart) (2007) for recorder quartet
Written for Quartet New Generation.
Sonata for Stereos (2006) for six-channel electro-acoustic sound
Swell (2006) for flute, clarinet, piano, violin, and cello
Premiered by eighth blackbird.
Songs and live electronics for The Commons Berlins (2005) a multimedia theater
piece by Uniondocs.
Commissioned by Die Volksbühne Theatre, Berlin.
Exhibit A (2005) for clarinet in Bb
22 (2003) for flute, marimba, piano and violin
ZOOM (2002) for trumpet, percussion, and violin
Premiered by Matthew McClung, percussion/conductor.
Pedal Down (2002) for piano
Written for Kimball Gallagher.
Orchestrations of Children’s Songs by Srul Irving Glick (2001),
for children’s
choir and orchestra
Orchestrated for the woodlands symphony orchestra
Apple Chill (2001) for two violins
Written for the Music01 Summer Festival at CCM.
Falling (2001) for flute, clarinet in Bb, percussion, piano, violin, and cello
Premiered by James Gaffigan, conductor.