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Selected Compositions:


Six Lines of Transformation (2007)
30 minutes. Dedicated to Aung San Suu Kyi.
Matt Bauder - bass clarinet / Jennifer Caputo - marimba, gongs, cymbal, bodhran / Andrew Lafkas - contrabass / Jane Rigler - quarter-tone flute / Matthew Welch - conductor / Nate Wooley - trumpet / Katherine Young - bassoon
Recorded at Systems Two in Brooklyn, NY 6 January 2008.


Duo for Cello and Viola (2005)
6 minutes. Dedicated to Antonio Agri.
Loren Kiyoshi Dempster - cello / Jessica Pavone - viola
Recorded live in Brooklyn, NY 29 June 2005.


Soundmap of Borges's Ultima Resplandor (2005)
~30 minutes.
Loren Kiyoshi Dempster - cello / Anne Rhodes - voice / Andrew Raffo Dewar - soprano saxophone
Recorded live at Wesleyan University, Middletown Connecticut, 25 February 2005.


Music for Eight Bamboo Flutes (2004)
~40 minutes. Dedicated to Inson Wongsam.
Performed by Sekar Anu.
Recorded live in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia 25 August 2004.


Maya (2004)
~25 minutes.
Collaboratively composed and performed by Sekar Anu:
Andrew Raffo Dewar - soprano sax, electronics, sampelong / I. Dewa Nyoman Supenida - overtone gong, sarune / Andy McGraw - talempong, amplified table / Chris Miller - vibragender, suling, amplified baby chickens / A.L. Suwardi - overtone gong, electric dan bau, suling / Pande Made Sukerta - amplified table, suling / Ida Bagus Widyana - overtone gong, angklung ganto, suling.
Recorded live at the Yogyakarta Gamelan Festival Java, Indonesia 17 July 2004.


String Quartet (2003)
9 minutes. Dedicated to Steve Lacy.
Performed by the Flux Quartet.
Recorded live at Crowell Concert Hall, Wesleyan University, Middletown Connecticut, 21 October 2003.


Study for Soprano Saxophone and 2-Channel Tape (2003)
9 minutes.
Andrew Raffo Dewar - soprano saxophone.
Recorded live at the Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut 16 February 2003.


Box With Strings (2002)
9 minutes.
Tom Crean - prepared electric guitar.
Recorded live at the Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut 16 February 2003.


Piece for Four Instruments (2002)
42 minutes. Dedicated to Earle Brown.
Liz Albee - Trumpet / Jorge Boehringer - Viola / Miguel Galperin - Voice / Andrew Raffo Dewar - Soprano Saxophone / Jason Gibbs - Bassoon.
Recorded live at the Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, California 20 June 2002.

Improvisation Excerpts:


Solo
Andrew Raffo Dewar - soprano saxophone
Recorded live at North Midtown Arts Center, Jackson, Mississippi, 1 June 2010.


Solo
Andrew Raffo Dewar - soprano saxophone
Recorded at Wesleyan Memorial Chapel, Middletown, Connecticut, June 2006.


Solo
Andrew Raffo Dewar - Bb clarinet
Recorded at Wesleyan University, Middletown Connecticut April 2005.


Quintet
Andrew Raffo Dewar - soprano saxophone / Jonathan Chen - violin / Andrew Lafkas - bass / Phillip Schulze - electronics / Aaron Siegel - percussion
Recorded live at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut April 2005.

 

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