SELECTED COMPOSITIONS AND PERFORMANCES

L'homme approximatif (2006) for soprano, viola and computer-generated sound
23 May 2006 "Approximate Man: the Music of Matthew Greenbaum" at the Chelsea Art Museum
Re'ut Ben-Ze'ev, Stephanie Griffin:



Bau (2006) for English horn, violin, cello, banjo and guitar
23 May 2006 "Approximate Man: the Music of Matthew Greenbaum" at the Chelsea Art Museum
The Cygnus Ensemble


Ballate for piano (2005). Blair McMillen, piano
23 May 2006 "Approximate Man: the Music of Matthew Greenbaum" at the Chelsea Art Museum

24 April 2005 Bloomingdale House of Music NYC

4 May 2005 The Italian Academy at Columbia University

Castelnau (2002) for string quartet

The Momenta Quartet

December 16, 2005: Symphony Space (NYC)

April 8, 2003: Rock Hall, Temple U. Philadelphia
March 4, 2002: Galapagos Brooklyn NY


Squire Allworthy’s Menuetto for cello and guitar (2005)

The Claremont Duo: Schloss Horst, Germany 18 March 2005 (world premiere)

Bargemusic NYC 31 March 2005

Bargemusic NYC 1 April 2005


Paper Dissolve (2004) computer-generated sound. SEAMUS 20th Anniversary, Temple U

23 May 2006 "Approximate Man: the Music of Matthew Greenbaum" at the Chelsea Art Museum

Wild Rose, Lily, Dry Vanilla (2004) for soprano, flute, oboe, violin, cello, guitar and banjo

The Cygnus Ensemble/Haleh Abgheri

May 13, 2004: NY Society for Ethical Culture

May 12, 2004: Sarah Lawrence College


Sweet Siren (2004) for viola, baritone saxophone and piano

The Glaux Ensemble

April 12, 2004: Haverford College PA

March 22, 2004: Symphony Space NYC

March 21, 2004: Rock Hall, Temple U. Phila


To Anselm Kiefer (2003) for piano trio

March 14 2003: The Parnassus Ensemble, CUNY Graduate Center NYC


Untimely Obervations (2002) for viola and piano

Stephanie Griffin and Blair McMillen

April 10, 2003: League of Composers/ISCM, Americas Society NYC

April 22, 2003 Temple U. Philadelphia

May 22, 2002: Paul Hall, Juilliard School of Music


Prospect Retrospect (2002) for cello and piano

October 13, 2002: Fred Sherry and Stephen Gosling, Kaufman Hall NYC


Per Viola Sola (2001)

Stephanie Griffin, JakArt 2001 Festival: Jakarta, Indonesia


Meloi (2001) for English horn, bassoon, trumpet, violin, viola, cello and guitar

The Parnassus Ensemble: May 1, 2001 Kosciusko Foundation NYC


The War Between the Mice and Frogs (2000) for cello solo

Da Capo Chamber Players/André Emilianov

January 28, 2003: Kaufman Concert Hall NYC

Sonic Boom/Christopher Finckel

October 20, 2000 Cooper Union NYC


Mute Dance (2000) for solo guitar

Oren Fader/The Cygnus Ensemble

December 11, 2002: New York Society for Ethical Culture

December 4, 2002: Sarah Lawrence College


Dance Moments (2000) for flute and piano

Ensemble Surplus

June 28, 2004 E:Werk, Freiburg

July 3, 2004 MDR Festival Leipzig


New York New Music Ensemble

December 8, 2002 Fullerton Friends of Music, Fullerton Callifornia

Sepetember 11, 2002 Biblioteca Angel Arango, Bogota Colombia

April 23, 2002 Symphony Space, NYC


Temple University Faculty Trio: March 23, 2000 Rock Hall, Temple U. Philadelphia

New York Flute Club: December 15 2002, CAMI Hall NYC


A Floating Island (2000) chamber opera

April 1, 2001: Masahito Sugihara and others, Northwestern U.

Cygnus Ensemble netcast

Network for New Music “The Music of Matthew Greenbaum”

May 3, 2000: Christ & St. Stephen’s Church NYC

April 16, 2000: Rock Hall, Temple U. Philadelphia



Monologues (1999) for narrator and piano
23 May 2006 "Music of Matthew Greenbaum" at the Chelsea Art Museum

Network for New Music “The Music of Matthew Greenbaum”

May 3, 2000: Christ & St. Stephen’s Church NYC

April 16, 2000: Rock Hall, Temple U. Philadelphia



Crossing Brooklyn Ferry (1996) for baritone and bass clarinet, horn, vibraphone, horn, and string trio

The Parnassus Ensemble/Victor Ledbetter, Merkin Concert Hall, February 26, 1998


Balletti (1998) for percussion solo

James Preiss, Manhattan School of Music, November 8, 1998


Elegy (1998) for piano solo

David Holzman

November 8, 2002: C. W. Post College NY

February 8, 1999: William Paterson University NJ

May 7, 1998: Tel Aviv University

March 16, 1998: Christ & St. Stephen’s Church NYC


Three Little Symphonies (1998) for two saxophones

Swope Hall, West Chester U. PA April 16 2004


Ovidiana (1996), chamber opera

Network for New Music:

May 4, 1997, Temple U. Philadelphia

May 5, 1997, Dicapo Opera Theater NYC

Into the Clefts of Streets (1996) for clarinet/bass clarinet cello, piano and marimba

New York New Music Ensemble, Merkin Hall, NY February24, 1997


East River (1996) for violin and piano

Curt Macomber, James Winn, recital

Washington Square Chamber Music Society. Merkin Hall March 22, 1999

Settlement School Contemporary Players, Philadelphia November 2, 1997


Spherical Music (1995) for piano and chamber orchestra

Riverside Symphony/Christopher Taylor

February 8, 2002: Alice Tully Hall, NYC

Riverside Symphony International Composers Readings: June 18 2001



Orchestra 2001/Charles Abramovic

March 29, 1996 Swarthmore College, PA

March 31, 1996 Philadelphia Museum of Art


Andante Cantabile (1995) for violin and string orchestra

Nina Beilina, vl/Greenbaum cond. with Bachanalia Festival Orchestra

April 6, 1995 Alice Tully Hall, NYC


Nod Quiet Ox (1994) for oboe and piano

June 4, 2003: Fabian Menzel and Bernhard Endres, Musikhochschule Nürenberg

March 23 2000: The Fromm Players at Harvard

The Parnassus Ensemble

October 30, 1999: U. Pittsburgh

October 26, 1999: Rock Hall, Temple U. Philadelphia

The League/ISCM/Marcia Butler: Weill Recital Hall NYC, February 21, 1995


Split Voice (1994) for double orchestra

Winner, Riverside Symphony International Reading: January 22, 1995.


Enharmonicon (1994) for clarinet, trumpet and violin

The Parnassus Ensemble

NYC October 6, 1994: Merkin Concert Hall

October 8, 1994: Rock Hall, Temple U. Philadelphia


on the river the shadowy group (1993) for baritone saxophone and piano

Marshall Taylor and Charles Abramovic

January 22 2001: “Genealogies,“ Manhattan School of Music

Network for New Music “The Music of Matthew Greenbaum”

May 3 2000: Christ & St. Stephen’s Church NYC

April 16 2000: Rock Hall, Temple U. Philadelphia

April 11 1994: Free Library of Philadelphia

November 13 1992: Network for New Music, Rock Hall, Temple U, Philadelphia


Psalter (1992) for mezzo-soprano, alto flute, English horn, string trio, harp and piano

The Parnassus Ensemble /Joyce Castle

New York Society for Ethical Culture: September 3, 1992

Network for New Music/Christine Schadeberg

Settlement School, Philadelphia April 24 1992

Fourth Book of Motions (1992) for soprano saxophone and electronic sounds

Network for New Music: “The Music of Matthew Greenbaum”

Christ & St. Stephen’s Church NYC: May 3 2000

Network for New Music: “The Music of Matthew Greenbaum”

Network for New Music, Rock Hall, Temple U. Philadelphia: April 16 2000

Patrick Zimmerli, Slosberg Hall, Brandeis U. November 19, 1992



Amulet (1990) for piano solo

Anthony DeMare:

December 9, 1992: WNYC-Radio, Around New York

Randall Hodgkinson:

February 3, 1992: Lehman Hall, Harvard University

January 28,1992: University of New Hampshire

David Holzman:

November 12 1996: Ethical Society of Philadelphia

Darmstadt Summer Festival 1994

Leningrad Spring Festival 1991

October 9, 1990: Merkin Concert Hall, NYC

November 15, 1990: Arizona State University

November 13, 1990Southwest Texas Contemporary Music Festival

Kathleen Supové:

April 1, 1992: Extension Works, Boston,


Second Book of Motions (1989), for orchestra and electronic sound

Houston Symphony Orchestra, ASOL Readings, May 17, 1989



First Book of Motions (1987) for pre-recorded electronic sound

December 5, 1991: St. Petersburg Conservatory, USSR

Nov. 4, 1987: Composers Resources, Atlanta

Oct. 17, 1987: Contemporary Directions Ensemble, University of Michigan,


Mischsprache (1986), for piano and electronic sound

Marc-André Hamelin, Network for New Music, Philadelphia, May 7, 1988

Commedia (1986) for trumpet, trombone, tuba, violin, viola, cello, double bass, piano and harp

The Parnassus Ensemble

Benefit Concert, Ethical Culture Society, NYC: October2, 1991

Merkin Hall, NYC: March19, 1987

Contemporary Directions Ensemble, U. of Michigan

Ann Arbor: October 17, 1987


Rondeau (1981) for recorder, lute and viol

Het Queekoven Ensemble:

Holland, December 9, 1981: Stadsschouwburg, Arnhem,

December 3,1981: Doelen kleine zaal, Rotterdam

November 27, 1981: Ijsbreker, Rotterdam,


Notker's Tale (1980) for clarinet, horn, string trio, marimba and two gongs

SMS Players, Settlement School, Phila. May 4, 1989

The Composers Conference, Johnson, VT: August 12, 1981



Chamber Music (1980) for flute, cello and piano

League/ISCM, Carnegie Recital Hall, December 8, 1984

WNYC Radio, New Sounds, December. 7, 1984

Washington Square Chamber Music Series, March 4, 1982

The Contemporary Trio

December 5, 1980: Cooper Union New Music Forum, NYC

March 11 1980: Goucher College


Aria #4 (1977) for harp solo

Alyssa Hess

International Harp Week 1977, The Hague

December 14, 1977 Resonance, The CUNY Grad Center, NYC


Aria #2 (1976) for cello solo

Maxine Neuman:

March15, 1981: Gymnasium Marianum, Warburg, West Germany

August 12, 1977: WNYC Radio NYC: Young Concert Artists

July 16, 1977: WQXR Radio NYC: Artists in Concert


Aria #1 (1976) for violin and piano

Group for Contemporary Music, May 16, 1977

The Composers Conference, August 10, 1976


Two Chaconnes (1974) for flute, cello and piano

The Walden Trio: The Phillips Collection, Washington DC, December 8, 1975



THEATER MUSIC

Joan Evans (performance artist): The Woman Whose Feet are Backwards, electronic score:

Stella Adler Institute NYC 1994


Alabama Shakespeare Festival (various: 1985-87)


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