The Composers' Cafeteria Composers and their Compositions

Listed in order of number of compositions written (excluding concerts 14-17 (or is it 16?) and 20 (and 21?) for which I don't have programs).

Jennifer Rycenga:
- Altar Piece (1988)
- Dark Chanting Goshawk (1987)
- Enfolding (1988)
- Great Blue Harbor (1988)
- Narrow Straits (1987)
- Obnubilation (1981)
- Set Points Universe (1988)
- Stillness Begets Time (1984/1988)
- Tenderness of Mind Slope (1987)
- The Diary (1985)
- Threnody for Thurman Munson (1979)
- Two Pieces for Quartet (1988)
- Tenderness of Mind Slope (1988)
- (with Thea Farhadian): The Fall: Genesis 1--3 (1989)
- Moments Hardly Seen (1980)
- Andromache's Song of Woe (1989)
Dan Plonsey:
- Browsing (1981--1986)
- White Light, White Pope (1986)
- How the Mighty May Have Fallen: String Quartet No. 6 (1987)
- Four Stay-fresh Baggies for Trio and Leftovers (1988)
- How Pleasure Hasn't Argued Clean (1989)
- James III, Part 3: ``The Trinity'' (1988)
- John's Shoe Repair (1987)
- Malfeasance (1988)
- The Retirement of the Dog (1986)
- Bootless Ragpicker (1989)
- Piano Pieces - Selections (1980-1988)
- (with Adam Bresnick and Jonathan Elmer): Vincent Price's Cuspidor (1986)
- (with Stephen Mays): Matterhorn (1988)
- Dreams More Easily Forgotten than an Arena for Political Change (1989)
- (with Stephen Mays and Johanna Johnson): Stop! Stop! Stop! (1989)
Tom Statler:
- ....Spring.....(1981)
- A Moment to Myself (1981)
- Amorphous Carbon (1989)
- Canonical Transformations (1987)
- Chamber Concerto for violin and winds (1987)
- Turtles All the Way Down (1988)
- Twelve Days in Five Minutes (1987)
- (with Randy Porter): Stuffed Carrot or Random Fractures (1988)
Harald Dunnebier:
- Ladlavunge (1977)
- Flextets '88 (1988)
- Selected Extras (1987)
- The Cat Club (1989)
- Jedudanony/Dadujenony (1988)
- Where Do Correct Tomorrows Tune In to Revolt from Office Ideas? (1980)
- (with Mark Scown): Textsongs (1987)
- (with Bob Campbell, Phil Bewley, and Kyle Granger): Two Electronic Improvisations (1988)
- Dreaming of Anti-bag Machinery in the Pure Vegetable Night
Johanna Johnson:
- Mantrauma (1985)
- Paper Pieces (1989)
- Pray Without Ceasing (1984--1988)
- Schwartzer Pete (1987)
- Zwarte Piet (1987)
- Girlfren' Frum Mars (1988)
- Where Boundaries Blurr There Grow Stars
- Greetings on Oregon St. (1989)
- (with Stephen Mays and Dan Plonsey): Stop! Stop! Stop! (1989)
Randy Porter:
- Desudation Loop 2---Another Thing Forgotten (1989)
- Fallout (1984)
- Goodbye, Mr. Greenjeans: A Logical Occurrence (1987)
- IT (1987)
- Selections from the Axis Mundi (1986)
- (with Kathy Geisler): Velvet Doughnut (1988)
- (with Tom Statler): Stuffed Carrot or Random Fractures (1988)
- (with michael Macrone) Quartet 11:11 (Zeus Quartet no. 1) (1989)
Raul Rothblatt:
- After a Shooting Star (1987)
- Aspen Morning (1988)
- A Philosophical Treatise on the Nature of Doubt (1987)
- METAMORPHOSES I: Artemis Divertamented (1989)
- Two Arias from ``Tammy Bakker's American Epic'' (1988)
- Treatises
- Morning in Jakarta (1989)
James Jacobs:
- Open Up! (1981)
- Back From the War (1987)
- Goodbye, Tom (1988)
- Hello, Tom (1988, rev. 1989)
- Jokes (c. 1300--1987)
- Dan the Man (1804 -- 1988)
Michael Macrone:
- Balance the Budget Now (1986)
- The Deuill in the Horologe (1988)
- The Telegraphed Man (1986/7)
- Wind Quartet for Gerhard Gesell (1987--1989)
- Wind Quartet for Lake Resources (1987)
- (with Randy Porter) Quartet 11:11 (Zeus Quartet no. 1) (1989)
Stephen Mays:
- Sounds Between: Animal and Landscape Imagery as Musical Topography (1987)
- Sounds Between: Intelligible Forms the Transposed Eye (1988)
- The Cutting Room Floor (1988)
- (with Dan Plonsey): Matterhorn (1988)
- A Setting of Fragments from Plato's Symposium (1988)
- (with Stephen Mays and Johanna Johnson): Stop! Stop! Stop! (1989)
Kye Granger:
- Foveal Landscapes (1987)
- Foveal Landscapes (1987)
- Whistling Dixie (1986/7)
- (with Bob Campbell, Phil Bewley, and Harald Dunnebier) : Two Electronic Improvisations (1988)
Joy Krinsky:
- I Wait (1989)
- Ode to the Improbable (1987)
- Sketches (1987)
- (with lyrics by Steven T. Barr): The Flood and Rain (1989)
Chris Maher:
- Eating Cherries (1984)
- Francis in San Francisco, or More Light, and the Gloom of That Light (1986)
- It's Just Intonation (1989)
- Wild Cherries (1986)
Mantra Ben-Ya'akova:
- Casting Coach (1981/1988)
- Up the Golden Stairs (1989)
- Documentaries (1989)
Kathy Geisler:
- Blues Centuries Old (1987)
- First Horizontal (1987)
- (with Randy Porter): Velvet Doughnut (1988)
David Reider:
- James' Christmas (1986)
- Work Ethic (1986)
- Oma (1987)
Elaine Schnaidt:
- Resurrection (1981)
- Songs from Chinese Love Poems (1985)
- Three Minuets (1988)
David Adee:
- Are You in Pittsburgh? (1987)
- The Pan American Motor Inn Symphony (1987)
Charles Berry:
- Upanishad Quartet (1989)
- Verdi and Puccini and William Blake Bake Quiche for the Dalai Lama (1989)
Tony Celaya:
- William Blake Poetry
- Lamentationes Ieremiae (1989)
Ramon Gonzalez:
- Shadows (1988)
- Ciclo (1987)
David Julian Gray:
- Another Intermission (1989)
- Yet Another Intermission (1989)
Ed Herrmann:
- Hakajin Boogaloo (1989)
- Positive Binding Factor (1987)
Gino Robair:
- Having Something to do with Stars (1985)
- The Eyes of Karlheinz (1987)
Linda Seltzer:
- It Is a Beauteous Evening (1989)
- But Will They Fix the Potholes on Shattuck Avenue?
Clark Suprynowicz:
- In Sleep a King (1987)
- Key Largo (1987)
Carol Adee:
- Philharmonia Philanthropica (1989)
Phil Bewley (with Bob Campbell, Harald Dunnebier, and Kyle Granger):
- Two Electronic Improvisations (1988)
Adam Bresnick (with Jonathan Elmer and Dan Plonsey):
- Vincent Price's Cuspidor (1986)
Bob Campbell (with Phil Bewley, Harald Dunnebier, and Kyle Granger):
- Two Electronic Improvisations (1988)
Mitchell Clark:
- Vision in Clouds at Sea (1988)
Mark Culbertson:
- Pointed Objects: Trajectory for Guitar (1978)
Nina Egert:
- Don't Sit Under the Bodhi Tree With Anyone Else But.... (1989)
Jonathan Elmer:
- (with Adam Bresnick and Dan Plonsey) Vincent Price's Cuspidor (1986)
Thea Farhadian:
- (with Jennifer Rycenga) The Fall: Genesis 1--3 (1989)
Kaila Flexer:
- In Distress, a Regatta in Four Short Movements (1987)
Ted Greenwald:
- Battleship 2600 (1986)
Jeff Kingman:
- Six Poems with Music
Robert Marsanyi:
- Six Dancers (1986)
Brian Pezzone:
- Mini Improvisational Suite (1986)
Irene Sazer:
- I Can See the Fog Clearly Now (1987)
Mark Scown and Harald Dunnebier:
- Textsongs (1987)
Jay Stebley:
- More Music for String Quartet
David Weiss:
- The Snail (1987)

Also, the Cafateria presented two "Blue Plate Specials," in which short and very short pieces by several composers were jammed together into one long piece.

Blue Plate Special #1: Jenny Rycenga, David Reider, Joy Krinsky, Randy Porter, Michael Macrone, Dan Plonsey, Kathy Geisler, Gino Robair: Blue Plate Special #1 (1986)
Blue Plate Special #2: Harald Dunnebier, Kaila Flexer, Gino Robair, Kathy Geisler, Kyle Granger, James Jacobs, Johanna Johnson, Joy Krinsky, Stephen Mays, Randy McKean, Dan Plonsey, Jennifer Rycenga, Randy Porter, Raul Rothblatt, Tom Statler, Clark Suprynowicz, Marc Wahrhaftig, David Weiss: Blue Plate Special #2 (1987)

For more information about The Composer's Cafeteria, send mail to: Dan Plonsey.

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