Leviathan
Leviathan (after W.S. Merwin)
in five episodes
c.11:00
for Joseph Hopkins and William Bootz
May - November 1998
the intermedia component includes 8-channel computer music, live FX processing, video projections, lighting, and staging.
Supported in part by a Faculty Research Grant from the University of North Texas.
Jeffrey Snider, voice; Jeremiah Stones, bass trombone
• 9 February 2011; University of North Texas Voertman Hall (Denton, TX)
Jon Truitt, voice; William Bootz, bass trombone:
• 18 September 2004; Lewis University (Romeoville, IL) — Electronic Music Midwest Festival
• 3 February 2004; University of Evansville (Evansville, IN)
Phillip Collister, voice; Ben Chiouinard, bass trombone:
• 19 April 1999; Towson University (Towson, MD) — Towson University 20th Century Music Festival
Michael Barakat, voice; Karl Johnson, bass trombone:
• 26 January 1999; Juilliard School (New York, NY) — 15th Annual Focus! Festival
Jeffrey Snider, voice; Chris Gassler, bass trombone:
• 10 December 1998; University of North Texas (Denton, TX)
• 9 December 1998; University of North Texas (Denton, TX)
Joseph Hopkins, voice; William Bootz, bass trombone:
• 1 December 1998; University of Evansville (Evansville, IN)
Jeffrey Snider, voice; William Bootz, bass trombone:
• 9 November 1998; University of North Texas (Denton, TX) [premiere]
audio recording (mp3)
Remixed version of 19 April 1999 performance (Towson University); Phillip Collister (voice), Ben Chiouinard (bass trombone). An excerpt (Episodes 3-4; score pp. 28-33) of this performance is also available here.
score (pdf)
photograph
Joseph Klein with poet W.S. Merwin (April 1999).
