GARRY EISTER- Works

• SLEEP
  -a surreal survey of the nightscape, in two parts
  --for storyteller, dancers, guitar ensemble and videopuppet.
  --premiered at LA's Microfest 2009
  --May 27th at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, CA
  --Peter Yates, music director; Gayle Fekete, choreographer; The Cal Poly Pomona Institute Performance Ensemble, and The Cal Poly Pomona and UCLA guitar ensembles
  
  
• THE GLASS ARMONICA
  --an Opera in Two Acts
  --for two Soprani, Tenor, Baritone, and actor
  --string quartet, piano, glass instrument (verrophone, armonica, table glasses; electronic samples may be substituted for a real glass instrument.)
  --commissioned and premiered by the San Luis Obispo Mozart Festival, 8/1/97; revised 2008
  
  
• LIKE WRITING ON WATER
  a one-act monodrama for mezzo soprano
  --accompanied by cello and piano
  --composed for Jacalyn Kreitzer
  --premiered by the Kreitzer, Davies, Nagano Trio
  --at the Weill Recital Hall
  --Carnegie Hall, NY; 4/14/01
  
  
• MOBY DICK
  an Opera in Two Acts
  --principal singing roles for two tenors, baritone, and bass; four actors, two of the acting roles require minimal singing; chorus; horn, 2 trpts., piano, synthesizer, 2 perc. and double bass
  --commissioned and premiered by The Cuesta Master Chorale, Thomas Davies, conductor, 1995
  --Principal singers included Hector Vasquez as AHAB, Coke Morgan as ISHMAEL, Paul Linnes as FATHER MAPPLE and Paul Hondorp as STARBUCK
  
  
• THE FATHER OF LIES
  a piece of Music Theater in Two Acts
  --for Soprano, seven (or so) dancing Devilettes, Actor and Videosculpture
  --part 1, THE FATHER OF LIES, was commissioned and premiered by The Coastal Access Musicians Alliance, Andrew Harp and Jennifer Sayers, co-directors, 1994
  --Kathy Barata- an angel; Garry Eister- the Devil
  --videosculpture by Mark Bryan
  --part 2, THE LANDSCAPE OF HELL, was first performed with part 1 at Cuesta College Interact Theater, Anet Carlin, producer; Richard Jackson, designer; Kate Mc Hugh, choreograper
  
  --more info at IKONS from the Temple of the Hee Hee
  
  
• THE BOY AND THE CHOCOLATE
  --a very small opera
  --for tenor and offstage juvenile voice
  --accompanied by resonator guitar
  --premier performance November 23, 2013
  --on the Seventh Avenue Performance Series
  --GE played the Old Man; Paula Lerner was the offstage voice
  --accompaniment by Giacomo Fiore
  
  

• QUINTET FOR GLASS AND STRINGS
  for Glass Armonica and String Quartet
  --for Dennis James
  --commissioned by the San Luis Obispo Mozart Festival
  --first performance- Summer of '98 at the SLO Moz. Fest.
  --recorded in Fall of '99 by Dennis James and the Emerson String Quartet for Sony Classical
  
  
• SMALL FANTASIA ON A THEME BY BEETHOVEN
  -- for glass armonica solo
  -- for Dennis James
  -- first version performed at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art
  -- 3/7/99
  
  
• PAVANE- Chamber version of Gabriel Faure's PAVANE
  --arranged by GE
  --for Soprano, Baschet Cristal, Female Chamber Chorus
  --fl., ob., cl. in A, 2 vln., vla., vlc., CB
  --for the Dennis James/Linda Ronstadt Glass Album
  --recorded at Capitol Records Studio A on 1/27/00
  
  
• FOR SERAPHIM ALONE
  --for solo glass instrument (verrophone, armonica, glass harp, seraphim or table glasses)
  --was premiered by Phlipp-Alexander Marguerre
  --at the Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci 2010 in Potsdam, Germany
  --on June 20th, 2010
  
  
• DER LEIERMANN/WHAT THE LEIERMANN PLAYED
  --an arrangement of Franz Schubert's "Der Leiermann" paired with
  --GE's fantasia on what the Leiermann might have played
  --for glass (verrophone, armonica, glass harp, seraphim or table glasses)
  --and steel-string guitar, preferably a resonator.
  --composed for Philipp Marguerre, 6/1/08
  
  
• DANCE FOR ANNA AND AREK
  --for table glasses
  --was composed for The Glass Duo
  --Anna and Arek Szafraniec
  --and premiered by them in Lodz, Poland on August 14th, 2009
  
  
• FANTASIA ON A SONG BY CHOPIN: SORROW
  --for table glasses, flute, oboe, viola and cello
  --was premiered by Anna and Arek Szafraniec. The Glass Duo
  --on Friday, June 11th at the Chopin Open Festival, in Warsaw, Poland
  
  SORROW is available on THE GLASS DUO's CD choPINcode
  click here to order
  
  
• THIS IS NOT A BUDDHIST PRAYER
  --for verrophone and Himalayan singing bowls
  --was premiered by Philipp-Alexander Marguerre and Sascha Reckert
  --at the Johanneshaus Oeschelbronn in Pforzheim, Germany
  --on September 4th. 2010
  
  
• GRAZIOSOAMENTE
  --for verrophone and bassoon
  --was composed for Mary Ann and Philipp-Alexander Marguerre
  --on the occasion of their wedding, 12/23/10
  
  
• QUI TOLLIS PECCATA MUNDI
  -for glass armonica, verrophone and choir
  -was composed for Christa and Gerald Schoenfeldinger
  -The Glass Duo of Vienna
  
  
• MUSIC FOR NEW YEAR'S
  --for verrophone and orchestra
  --was composed for Philipp-Alexander Marguerre
  --completed 4/26/14
  
  

• EN LA TARDE
  for solo guitar
  --for Pat Lander
  --completed 11/22/03
  --premiered 3/14/05 by Jesus Saiz Huedo
  --at El Centro Asturiano de Madrid
  
  
• IN DECEMBER, WE WAIT, DISTRACTED, ANXIOUS FOR THE SUN, FOR LIGHT AND LONGER DAYS
  for solo resonator guitar
  --for Larry Delinger
  --completed, January, '04
  
  
• FANTASIA ON A TRADITIONAL PERSIAN SONG (Morgh-eh-Sahar: Bird of Dawn)
  for solo guitar
  --for Lily Afshar
  --completed 7/18/04
  --premiered by Ms. Afshar on 3/18/05
  --at Wigmore Hall, London
  
  On 7/25/06, Lily was interviewed on NPR's All Things Considered.
  Click here to hear Lily's interview and to hear her recording of GE's "Fantasia."
  
  Click here to visit Lily Afshar's website.
  
  
• ARIRANG AND SANJO
  I. Arirang and Refrain
  II. Small Sanjo in Songform
  III. Arirang Dance
  
  for solo resonator guitar, re-fretted to play in just intonation
  --for John Schneider
  --completed 8/6/04
  --first movement, Arirang and Refrain,
  --premiered by John Schneider on 9/24/05
  --at La Guitarra California, classical guitar festival
  --in San Luis Obispo, CA
  --Movements II. and III. premiered by GE
  --at the Steynberg Gallery; 8/31/07
  
  
• I'LL NEVER PLAY LIKE MUNIR BASHIR
  for solo mariachi-style vihuela
  --completed 10/27/04
  --premiered by GE
  --7/15/06
  --Steynberg Gallery; San Luis Obispo, CA
  
  
• DOS CANCIONES SIN PALABRAS
  for solo guitar
  --for Fidel and Laura Bravo
  --completed 11/22/04
  --premiered 3/14/05 by Jesus Saiz Huedo
  -- at El Centro Asturiano de Madrid
  
  
• MORNING MUSIC
  for solo requinto
  --completed 4/16/05
  --premiered by James Edwards on 9/23/05
  --at La Guitarra California, classical guitar festival
  --in San Luis Obispo, CA
  
  
• FROM A SMALL ROOM, IN FADING SUNLIGHT
  for solo requinto
  --completed May, '05
  --premiered by GE
  --7/15/06
  --Steynberg Gallery; San Luis Obispo, CA
  
  
• CORBETTA NON
  for Baroque Guitar and Literary Accretions
  --three scenes, not from the life of Francesco Corbetta
  --nor having much of anything to do with his music
  --completed 12/10/05
  --first movement, Whose Brighter Sun
  --premiered by James Edwards on 9/23/05
  --at La Guitarra California, classical guitar festival
  --in San Luis Obispo, CA
  --complete piece premiered by GE, Steynberg Gallery, 12/13/07
  
  I. Whose Brighter Sun
  II. Penser de Jean baptiSte
  III. Gallop
  
  
• JOEY'S HINKY RONDO
  -for prepared guitar
  
  
• EL TIGRE
  for solo guitar
  --for Peter Yates
  --premiered by Mr. Yates
  --2/16/07 at Cal Poly Pomona
  
  
• TOCCATA
  for solo electric guitar
  --premiered 6/24/07
  --Union Church of Cupertino
  --at A Musical Tribute to Roger Letson
  
  note: "Roger's influence on my choice to write music is inestimable.
  His early guidance, encouragement and support set me on the road
  to my career. TOCCATA is a small token of appreciation for Roger's
  great gifts to me, when I was young." GE
  
  
• TWO PIECES FOR ARCHGUITAR
  --were composed for guitarist Jon Mendle
  --"Moto Perpetuo" was premiered on the San Francisco Performances series
  --at the Hotel Rex in San Francisco, CA on 1/23/13
  --"As If You Were Alone" was premiered on 8/18/13
  --at a Central Coast Guitar Society concert
  
  
• MEDITATIONS ON THE MOTIONS OF WATER
  -a solo version of the first movement of the
  -guitar quartet of the same name
  -arranged for Mark Simons
  
  

• FOLK PEOPLE songs inspired by American folk genres
  The Prisoner
  Pretty Little Horses
  The Hearty Bounty
  --for just intonation resonator guitar and tenor
  --text by GE
  
  
• SONNET LXXIII
  --for resonator guitar and tenor
  --text by William Shakespeare
  
  
• THE SHORT MAN
  --a cycle of four songs for tenor, guitars, percussion, electric piano and sound effects
  --text by GE
  --recorded on At The Circus
  
  
• AT THE CIRCUS
  --a song for tenor, guitars, and percussion
  --text by Todd Young
  --recorded on At The Circus
  
  
• FROM EMPTINESS
  --a song for tenor, guitars and percussion
  --text by GE
  --recorded on At The Circus
  --see it on GE's YouTube site
  
  
• FROM MEMORY
  --a song for guitar and tenor
  --text by GE
  --recorded on At The Circus
  --see it on GE's YouTube site
  
  
• REST IN PEACE, BRUCE JONES
  --a song for wooden-coned resonator guitar and tenor
  --text by Emily Dickinson
  --recorded on At The Circus
  --see it on GE's YouTube site

• AFTERNOON MUSIC, a video puppet drama,
  -music performed by Nancy Nagano (cello) and Kiyomi Kato (piano)
  
  
• MORNING MUSIC, springtime scenery on California's Central Coast
  -music performed by GE (solo requinto)
  
  
• FIVE MEDITATIONS FOR PETER YATES -five brief story-less sequences of things seen for the sake of looking
  -includes landscapes and cloudscapes; an intimate look at a snail: air, rail and car travel; a brief song and the moon; sowbugs and wasps (12 min. 23 sec.)
  
  
• REST IN PEACE, BRUCE JONES
  -three memorial songs to texts by Emily Dickinson
  -music performed by GE (voice and wooden-coned resonator guitar)
  
  
• FROM EMPTINESS
  -music video
  -performed by GE
  
  
• FROM MEMORY
  -music video
  -song composed and performed by GE
  -images by Mark Bryan
  
  
• MONKEY DREAMS
  -a short comedy, written and directed by GE
  -featuring Joe Eister
  
  

DRAMATIC WORKS

• THE GOD GUY SPEAKS
  a dramatic monologue
  --performed by Bruce Jones in the secured waiting area of the San Luis Obispo County Airport
  --performed by Robert Moore at the now defunct Theater of Many Windows in Seattle
  --performed by Charles Legget at the Willows Theater, Concord, CA and the Lincoln Theater in Stockton, CA
  --performed by Garry Eister at the Art Works Gallery in Los Osos, CA and Linnea's Cafe in San Luis Obispo, CA and on The Pictures In My Head Radio Theater
  
  
• SANTA OVER AUSCHWITZ
  a dramatic monologue
  -- performed by Robert Moore at the Seattle Public Theater
  --performed by Garry Eister on The Pictures In My Head Radio Theater
  
  
• THE INSOMNIAC
  radio theater
  --performed by Garry Eister and Mary Lockwood on The Pictures In My Head Radio Theater
  
  
• The INSOMNIAC II; Love Song, Baby
  
  
• THE SCREAMING BUNNY
  a performance piece for actor and videosculpture
  --part one performed by Garry Eister at Linnea's Cafe in San Luis Obispo, CA, Ed Claudio's Actor's Workshop in Sacramento, CA, and August Editions Gallery in SLO, CA.- Halloween, '99; part 2 premiered on Halloween, '00, part 3 premiered on June 23rd, '01 at the now defunct August Editions Gallery in SLO.
  -- see IKONS from the Temple of the Hee Hee
  
  
• ANONYMOUS X
  radio theater
  --with Garry Eister, Mary Lockwood, Laurie Foster, Mark Bryan, Sarah Weill, Myra Eister, Dave Cunnigham, Nancy Lockwood, Greg Barata, Bernie Doerman and Larry Delinger on The Pictures In My Head Radio Theater

POETIC

• text for SLOW MOTION MIRROR
  music by Daniel Lentz
  -- recorded by The Daniel Lentz Group on AFTER IMAGES, Cold Blue Records
  --re-released on CD as b.e.comings, Rhizome Sketch, RFZ 1008
  
  
• text for VOX IN RAMA
  for Double Chorus and Chamber Orchestra.
  --Music by Donald Crockett. Serenissima Music. Freehold, New Jersey. 1983.
  --Premier performance by the Pasadena Chamber Orchestra and Singers. Robert Duerr, Conductor. 10/23/83.
  
  

INCIDENTAL MUSIC

• Waiting for Godot
  --for the Drama Department of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• My Children, My Africa
• Double Act
• The Glass Managerie
• The Eye of the Beholder
• The Habitual Acceptance of the Near Enough
  --for The Central Coast Repertory Theater
• The Good Woman of Setzuan and The Voice of the Prairie
  --for the Drama Department of Cuesta College
• The Merchant of Venice
  --for the Northwest Shakespeare Ensemble (Seattle)