John Lane

percussionist | composer

 

 

COMPOSITIONS

A Border is a Line Birds Cannot See (2019) - with DIY electronics and spoken texts
percussion quartet with percussion ensemble

Thrice (2018)A song cycle based on poetry by Nick Lantz
soprano and piano

Truth is a Knife (2017) - text by Richard Herbert Howe, original poetry by John Lane
solo snare drum with spoken text
Appears in the Allen Otte Folio, ed. John Lane and Lauren Fink, distributed by Media Press

Scenes from This Side of the River (2017) - poetry by Nick Lantz
solo glockenspiel with spoken text

Six Haiku (2016)
solo marimba
Video

Tafelmusik (2014) - Lungta Duo (with Amanda Pepping), poetry by Nick Lantz
trumpet, found objects, table top and spoken text

Good Conduct (2014) - with poetry by Nick Lantz
trumpet, drumset, and spoken text

In Place (2013) - with Amanda Pepping, poetry by Nick Lantz
trumpet, percussion, and spoken text

Uji (Being-Time) (2013) - original text and music by John Lane
snare drum and spoken text

Seven Haiku (for Amanda Pepping) (2012)
trumpet and vibraphone 

The Locust Tree in Flower (2012) - poetry by William Carlos Williams
speaking percussionist

Five Places West (2010)
percussion solo with narration

Terribilis est locus iste (2010)
percussion ensemble with piano

Nocturne (2009-10)
mbira and spoken text

Sequences, No. 1 - DNA (2007)
percussion or mixed chamber ensemble

Sparrow Song (2006)**
speaking percussionist

The Innocents (2006) - with Allen Otte
2 speaking percussionists, voice, electronics

With Hidden Noise (2006)
percussionist, narrator, and electronics

Rocks (2006) - with Kazuaki Shiota
percussion solo with electronics (TRANSPELL)

Possible Paths (2004) - with poetry by Ann McCutchan
percussion and narrator (or speaking percussionist)

 

**Published in Notations 21, Theresa Sauer, ed.