Scores and performance materials available directly from Annea Lockwood.
Recent Works
Skin Resonance (2023)
By Vanessa Tomlinson and Annea Lockwood
For one player, two bass drums and speaking voice, approx. 16′
Recording the peace walls. Photo by Georgios Varoutsos.
On Fractured Ground (2023)
Sounding the peace walls of Belfast, Northern Ireland
Composed from field recordings by Pedro Rebelo, Georgios Varoutsos and Annea Lockwood
Stereo fixed media, 14′
Created for History of the Present, an opera-film by Maria Fusco and Margaret Salmon
Commissioned by the Royal Opera House
Inside the Watershed (2022)
Installation by Annea Lockwood and Liz Phillips
Within a specially designed arbor located on the Schuylkill River Trail in Philadelphia, listeners hear underwater sound recorded in the river at the site, and at other sites on the river, and feel low frequency vibrations through the arbor’s two benches.
Commissioned by the Academy of Natural Sciences and Drexel University
The River Feeds Back (2022)
Installation by Annea Lockwood and Liz Phillips
Sounds recorded along more than a hundred miles of the Schuylkill River in Pennsylvania play from a series of sculptures, or “listening portals”, at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, PA.
Commissioned by the Academy of Natural Sciences and Drexel University
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For Ruth (2021)
stereo fixed media
Into the Vanishing Point (2019)
two pianos, two percussion
by Annea Lockwood and Yarn/Wire
Becoming Air (2018)
trumpet solo
by Annea Lockwood and Nate Wooley
Water and Memory (2017)
Text score, vocal (speech/humming), for a group of 12 or more performers, open duration
Commissioned by the Holon Scratch Orchestra, Israel
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bayou-borne, for Pauline (2016)
six players, vocal and/or instrumental
Graphic score (a map of the six bayous converging near Houston, Texas, with accompanying instructions), 20′ or longer
See score excerpt
Wild Energy (2014)
An outdoor installation by Annea Lockwood and Bob Bielecki
Sound from the infra and ultra sound worlds: geophysical, biophysical, magnetosphere, etc.
multi-channel, 46′
See photos of the installation!
Buoyant (2013)
stereo electroacoustic, 6’18”
Recorded on Ground of Being (Recital R7, 2014)
Dusk (2012)
stereo electroacoustic, 7′
Recorded on Ground of Being (Recital R7, 2014)
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A Sound Map of the Housatonic River (2010)
4-channel sound installation, 1 hr. 17′
Recorded on A Sound Map of the Housatonic River (3leaves)
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In Our Name (2009) Annea Lockwood/Thomas Buckner
baritone voice, cello, 4 channel or stereo ‘tape’, 10′
Recorded on In Our Name (New World Records 80729)
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Theodore Mook, cello
Thirst (2008)
4 channel ‘tape’, 20′
Commissioned by Issue Project Room, Brooklyn
Recorded on In Our Name (New World Records 80729)
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Jitterbug (2007)
6 channel ‘tape’, graphic score for 2 players, 40′
Commissioned by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company
Program Note and Score Sample
Recorded on In Our Name (New World Records 80729)
Gone! (2007)
music-box piano and helium balloons
Commissioned by Jennifer Hymer
Read and download the score!
A Sound Map of the Danube (2005)
5.1 sound installation, 2 hrs. 47′
Recorded on A Sound Map of the Danube (Lovely Music 2083)
See photos of the installation and recording process!
Sample 1: Eining ferry, Weltenburg
Sample 2: Grein, underwater
Luminescence (2004)
baritone voice, fl, tpt, vla, vc, pno, perc, speaking voice, 18′
Commissioned by Thomas Buckner
Recorded on New Music for Baritone and Chamber Ensemble (Mutable Music)
Thomas Buckner and the s.e.m. ensemble
Other works (selected):
Bow Falls (2003) Paul Ryan/Annea Lockwood
video, 26′
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Vortex (2003)
cl., bass cl., cello, contrabass, pno., uboingee/guitar, perc., 10′
Commissioned by the Bang on a Can Peoples’ Commissioning Fund
Ceci n’est pas un piano (2002)
piano, video, electronics, 9’30
Commissioned by Jennifer Hymer
Recorded on Ceci n’est pas un piano (Ambitus)
RCSC (2001)
piano, 4′
Commissioned by Sarah Cahill
Recorded on The NYFA Collection (Innova 233)
Video by pianist Ricardo Descalzo
Ground of Being (2000)
8-channel ‘tape’, 26′
Commissioned by Electronic Music Foundation and Engine 27
Recorded on Ground of Being (Recital R7, 2014)
floating world (1999)
8-channel or stereo ‘tape’, 36′
Program Note
Recorded on Thousand Year Dreaming (Pogus, 2007)
Immersion (1998)
marimba, tam-tams, quartz bowl gong F (2 or 4 players), 11′
Program Note
Recorded on Annea Lockwood: Tiger Balm / Amazonia Dreaming / Immersion (Black Truffle Records BT028, 2017)
performed by William Winant and Chas Smith
Duende (1998) Annea Lockwood/Thomas Buckner
baritone voice, stereo ‘tape’, 25′
Commissioned by Thomas Buckner
Recorded on Breaking the Surface (Lovely Music 2082)
Thomas Buckner, baritone
Ear-Walking Woman (1996)
prepared piano, 16’30
Commissioned by Lois Svard
Program Note
Lois Svard, piano
Monkey Trips (1995)
2 strings, 2 winds, 2 percussion, 17′
Commissioned by the Music in Motion project
Recorded on New Zealand Women Composers (Lorelt CDs, 2003)
Western Spaces (1995)
flute, alto flute, zoomoozophone, percussion (4 players), 12′
Written for Newband
I Give You Back (1995)
soprano, 7’20
Recorded on Lesbian American Composers (CRI/New World Records)
Kristin Norderval, soprano, recorded for Sorrel Hays’ Touching Sound project by Marilyn Ries
Red Mesa (1993)
piano, 16′
Written for NorthSouth Consonance
Recorded on You Hit Him he Cry Out (Rattle Records RAT D-006, 1997)
Dan Poynton, piano
The Angle of Repose (1991)
baritone voice, khaen, alto flute, 14′
Commissioned by Thomas Buckner
Program Note
Recorded on Sign of the Times (Lovely Music 3022)
Thousand Year Dreaming (1990)
ob., eng. hn., cl., cb. cl., 2 ten. trb., 4 didjeridus, 2 conch shell tpts., perc., voice, slide projections (10 players), 43′
Commissioned by Essential Music
Recorded on Thousand Year Dreaming (Pogus, 2007)
Performed by Art Baron, Libby Van Cleve, Jon Gibson, Annea Lockwood, J.D. Parran, Michael Pugliese, N. Scott Robinson, John Snyder, Charles Wood and Peter Zummo
Amazonia Dreaming (1987)
snare drum, voice, 8′
Commissioned by Stuart Smith
Published by Smith Publications, The Noble Snare, Vol.3
Recorded on Annea Lockwood: Tiger Balm / Amazonia Dreaming / Immersion (Black Truffle Records BT028, 2017)
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Night and Fog (1987)
bar. voice, bar. sax., amplified pno., perc, stereo ‘tape’ (3 players), 20′
Commissioned by Thomas Buckner
Recorded on Full Spectrum Voice (Lovely Music, 1991)
Performed by Thomas Buckner, Michael Pugliese and J.D. Parran
Saouah! (1987)
SATB chorus, 4 gongs (16 singers), 16′
Malolo (1983)
SSA (3 singers), 3’15’
Published by Treble Clef Music Press
A Sound Map of the Hudson River (1982)
sound installation, 2 hrs.
Commissioned by the Hudson River Museum
Recorded on A Sound Map of the Hudson River (Lovely Music, 1989)
Site: Garrison, NY
World Rhythms (1975)
live mix – 10 chs tape, large tam tam, 1 hr.
Recorded on New Music for Electronic and Recorded Media: Women In Electronic Music – 1977 (New World Records, 1997)
Spirit Catchers (1974)
4 speaking voices, personal objects, 4 ch. amplification, 15′
Tiger Balm (1970)
stereo tape, 20′
Commissioned by the London Contemporary Dance Theatre
Recorded on Annea Lockwood: Early Works 1967-1982 (E.M. Records, 2007)
Recorded on Annea Lockwood: Tiger Balm / Amazonia Dreaming / Immersion (Black Truffle Records BT028, 2017)
Piano Transplants: Piano Burning, Piano Drowning, Piano Garden, Southern Exposure (1967-2005)
Recorded on Annea Lockwood: Early Works 1967-1982 (E.M. Records, 2007)
Read and download scores and photos!
The Glass Concert (1967-70)
live audio/visual performance with amplified glass
Score published in The Source Book: Music of the Avant Garde, 1966-1973,
eds. Larry Austin and Douglas Kahn, University of California Press 2009
Recorded on Annea Lockwood: Early Works 1967-1982 (E.M. Records, 2007)
See photos of performances!