Projects | Business Of Composing For Strings

Hail Satan?

By Penny Lane

Magnolia Pictures, 2019

2019, Angel Deradoorian, Arranger, Ben Russell, Brian McOmber, Featured Composer, Gabriel Sedgwick, Magnolia Pictures, Paul Wiancko, Penny Lane, recording engineer, String Trio, synthesizer, Viola

Alvin Lucier & Jordan Dykstra: Two World Premieres

By Ordinary Affects

MAC 650 Gallery, Middletown, CT, 2019

2019, 32 Middle Tones, Alvin Lucier, Corner Church and High, CT, J.P.A. Falzone, Jordan Dykstra, Laura Cetilia, Luke Damrosch, MAC 650 Gallery, Middletown, Morgan Evans-Weiler, Ordinary Affects, Percussion, String Trio, Two World Premieres

Bitte Orca

By Dirty Projectors

Domino Records, 2009

2009, Andrew Todd, Anna Fritz, Bitte Orca, Caleb Russell, Contractor, Director of Strings, Dirty Projectors, Domino Records, Jordan Dykstra, Oregon, Portland, Viola

It Comes At Night

By Trey Shults

A24 & Milan Records, 2017

2017, A24, assistant composer, Brian McOmber, electronics, It Comes At Night, microtonal, Milan Records, Percussion, recording engineer, synthesizer, Trey Shults, Viola

The Arrow of Time

By Reinier van Houdt

Splendor Theater, Amsterdam, NL, 2019

2019, Amsterdam, Composer, DNK Days, electronics, hand-crank siren, Jordan Dykstra, NAF, Netherlands-America Foundation, NL, Piano, Reinier van Houdt, sky quakes, Splendor

Blow the Man Down

By B. S. Cole & D. Krudy

Amazon Studios, 2020

2020, Amazon Studios, Arranger, audio editor, Blow the Man Down, Brian McOmber, Bridget Savage Cole, cello, co-composer, Danielle Krudy, Jordan Dykstra, Percussion, prepared piano, recording engineer, Secret Engine, Tango Entertainment, vibraphone, Viola

Ever Present Orchestra

Live Performances with Alvin Lucier

Big Ears Festival, Knoxville, TN, 2019

2019, Alvin Lucier, ANN & STEVE BAILEY HALL AT THE KMA, Bernhard Rietbrock, Big Ears, BIJOU THEATRE, Ever Present Orchestra, J.P.A. Falzone, Jan Thoben, Joan La Barbara, Jordan Dykstra, Knoxville, Oren Ambarchi, Stephen O’Malley, Tennessee, Trevor Saint, Viola

Documenting Hate

By FRONTLINE/ProPublica

PBS (WGBH Boston), 2018

2-part, 2018, A.C. Thompson, audio editor, Best Investigative Documentary, Boston, Brian McOmber, Charlottesville, Documenting Hate, Emmy winning, FRONTLINE, J.P.A. Falzone, music consultant, PBS, recording engineer, Richard Rowley, WGBH

Robert Ashley

Copyist & Score Editor

Performing Artservices, Inc., 2019

2019, Copyist, Don Leaves Linda, eL/Aficionado, Improvement, Lovely Records, Mimi Johnson, New York, opera, Performing Artservices, Robert Ashley, Score Editing, Sonic Arts Union, Tom Hamilton

Dirty Machines – “The End of History”

Future Garbage Productions, Sweden, 2020

2020, Composer, David Matthew Olsen, Dirty Machines, Editions Verde, Film Score, Future Garbage, Jordan Dykstra, Music Licensing, No Going Back Before Present, Stressings, Sweden, The End of History, Vibiana, Viola

A Zone of Twilight

By S.E.M. Ensemble

Willow Pl. Auditorium, Brooklyn, NY, 2020

2020, bass flute, bassoon, Brooklyn, clarinet, Composer, double bass, New York, Petr Kotik, SEM Ensemble, String Quartet, triangle, Willow Place Auditorium

Into the Silver Ether

By Vito A. Rowlands

Mumler-Jaenzon Productions, 2020

2020, bowed percussion, Composer, Film Score, Into the Silver Ether, J.P.A. Falzone, Organ, Performer, Vito Rowlands

Prism of Eternal Now

By Jordan Dykstra, Taku Sugimoto, Wakana Ikeda

Ftarri, Tokyo, Japan, 2019 Dykstra Sugimoto Ikeda at Ftarri

2019, Doremiology, Ftarri, Guitar, Japan, Jordan Dykstra, Prism of Eternal Now, Taku Sugimoto, Tokyo, Viola, Wakana Ikeda

Restless

By Gus Van Sant

Imagine Entertainment, 2011

2011, Composer, Danny Elfman, Film Score, Gus Van Sant, Imagine Entertainment, mellotron, Oregon, Piano, Portland, Restless, Viola

Pitch Gradient with Noise (4-hour version)

By Ordinary Affects

RISD Museum, Providence, RI, 2018

2018, 4 hour, Composer, Grand Gallery, J.P.A. Falzone, Jordan Dykstra, Laura Cetilia, Long duration, Luke Martin, Marcel Zaes, Morgan Evans-Weiler, Ordinary Affects, Pitch Gradient with Noise, Providence, Rhode Island, Rhode Island School of Design, RISD Museum, Sakkiko Mori, Zan Berry

Häxon

By Benjamin Christensen

Columbia University, New York, NY, 2020

2020, Benjamin Christensen, Columbia University, Composer, Farfisa organ, Häxan, J.P.A. Falzone, Jordan Dykstra, Live Scoring, Percussion, Performer, Playback, Silent Film, synthesizer, The Witch, Viola

Found Clouds

By Jordan Dykstra

Editions Verde, 2018

2018, California, Connecticut, Editions Verde, Farfisa organ, Found Clouds, J.P.A. Falzone, Jordan Dykstra, Marilu Donovan, Matt Marble, New York, pedal harp, Piano, Seeing the Forest in a Tree, vibraphone

The Toy Universe

By Ordinary Affects

Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, 2018

2018, Beckham Hall, cello, Composer, Connecticut, Fragrant Noise Ensemble, Guitar, herbs, J.P.A. Falzone, Jordan Dykstra, Laura Cetilia, Luke Martin, Middletown, Morgan Evans-Weiler, noise percussion, oranges, Ordinary Affects, The Toy Universe, vibraphone, violin, Wesleyan University

A Known Unknown

By Jordan Dykstra

Editions Verde, 2018

2018, A Known Unknown, Assaf Gidron, Astrology, Composer, Editions Verde, electronics, EV007, Jesse Durost, Jordan Dykstra, Marcel Zaes, Martin Lorenz, Objects, Percussion, Piano, Shelli Weiler, Teodora Stepançič, Willy Strehler

Strategies/Tactics

By Morgan Evans-Weiler

Suppedaneum, 2019

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2019, 2xCD, cello, Fender Rhodes, Guitar, J.P.A. Falzone, Jordan Dykstra, Laura Cetilia, Luke Martin, Morgan Evans-Weiler, Ordinary Affects, Suppedaneum, Viola, violin

No Going Back Before Present

By Jordan Dykstra

Editions Verde, Southern California, 2016

2016, 4K, Anthropocene, Behrouz Raei, CalArts, Composer, Director, Editions Verde, Editor, Interdisciplinary Arts Grant, James Benning, Jordan Dykstra, NGBBP, No Going Back Before Present, Southern California, Stressings, Viola

Pitch Gradient with Noise, George Brecht

By Dog Star Orchestra

Coaxial & Human Resources, LA, CA, 2017

2017, CA, Coaxial, Composer, Daniel Corral, Dog Star Orchestra, George Brecht, Human Resources, John Eagle, Large Ensemble, Los Angeles, Michael Pisaro, Pitch Gradient with Noise, Ulrich Krieger, Viola, Water

Deux Songes (Les Jours Sont Faits Pour Expliquer Les Nuits)

By Bruno Duplant

Meenna, 2019

2019, Ashley Frith, Bruno Duplant, CD, Deux Songes, J.P.A. Falzone, Japan, Jordan Dykstra, Laura Cetilia, Luke Martin, Meenna, Morgan Evans-Weiler, Ordinary Affects, Viola

Is Land a Voice

By Jordan Dykstra

Editions Verde, 2017

2017, Anastasia Peki, Ano Syros, Danae Stefanou, Editions Verde, EV005, Eva Matsigkou, Field Recordings, Greece, Is Land a Voice, Jordan Dykstra, Joshua Carro, Marta Tiesenga, Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, Printed Cards, Sine-tones, Sofia Canales, Vasilis Koutsogiannis, Yannis Kotsonis

Syros Sound Meetings

By Syros Institute

Sound / Word Residency, Greece, 2016

2016, August, Greece, Jordan Dykstra, lecture-performance, Syros, Syros Institute, Syros Sound Meetings

Pitch Gradient with Noise #6 (in B-flat)

By Ghost Ensemble

N.Y.P.O.P., New York, NY, 2019

2019, accordion, Ben Richter, cello, Chelsea, double bass, flute, Ghost Ensemble, harp, J.P.A. Falzone, New York, NY, NYC, NYPOP, oboe, Pitch Gradient with Noise, UMass NYPOP, vibraphone, Viola

College Hotel

By Beau Breather

Editions Verde, 2016

2016, acoustic lap steel guitar, Beau Breather, bowed percussion, Caspar Sonnet, CD, College Hotel, cymbals, D. Reuben Snyder, Editions Verde, electronics, Guitar, Jean-Paul Jenkins, Jordan Dykstra, rice and beans, stones, Viola

The Spreading Ground

By Lucky Dragons

Current LA: Public Art Biennial, CA, 2016

2016, CA, Hansen Dam, LA Public Art Biennial, Los Angeles, Lucky Dragons, The Spreading Ground

Stressings

By Jordan Dykstra

Editions Verde, 2016

2016, Editions Verde, Jordan Dykstra, Stressings, Viola

Minimalist Means

By The Ensemble at CalArts

RedCat, Los Angeles, CA, June 2016

2016, California, Composer, crotales, Fathom Peaks Unseen, Jordan Dykstra, Just Intonation, Los Angeles, Minimalist Means, Percussion, Redcat, String quintet, The Ensemble at CalArts

jk!

By JJJapes

Jean-Paul Jenkins Release, 2019

2019, CA, Jean-Paul Jenkins, JJJapes, jk!, Joshua Tree, JP Jenkins, Stupidity is the same, Viola

Taking the Tiger by the Tail

By Jordan Dykstra

CalArts, Valencia, CA, 2016

2016, Astro-discs, Boeing 747 engine cowling, bowed percussion, Composer, cymbals, electronics, engine cowling, Javanese gongs, John Bergamo, Percussion, Sine-tones, sound technicians, string dectet, Taking the Tiger by the Tail, Tibetan singing bowls

The Octavation

By Jordan Dykstra

Washington St. Arts Center, Somerville, MA & Wunderkammer Glattpark, Zürich, CH, 2018 Taken at the premiere at the Washington Street Arts Center in Somerville, MA as part of Vespers.

2018, CH, Container, Hans Cousto, Jordan Dykstra, lecture-performance, MA, Somerville, Switzerland, The Cosmic Octave, The Octavation, Washington Street Arts Center, Wunderkammer Glattpark., Zürich

Clangs for the Speaking Body

by Angela Stempel

CalArts, Valencia, CA, 2015

2015, Angela Stempel, animation, CalArts, California, California Institute of the Arts, Clangs for the Speaking Body, Composer, Installation, Interactive, Percussion, Performer, Redcat, Sine-tones, Valencia, Viola, Voice

PULSATIONS [BITUMEN]

By Marcel Zaes

Brown University in Providence, RI, The Studio at 550 in Cambridge, MA, Haus der elektronischen Künste Basel, CH, & Kunstmuseum Bern in Bern, CH, 2018