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Andrew Tholl Violin/Composition/Drums/Improvisation

Works  LIST

Scores available upon request

Solos

 ...still trying to make ends meet...  // 2006
violin // duration: 10 min.

against the current, splinters break skin // 2007
cello // duration: 7 min.
for Ashley Walters

brutal music no. 1 // 2007
amplified violin // duration: 5-10 min.

brutal music no. 2 (it's not what you say, it's how you say it) //  2009
trombone // duration: 7 min.
for Matt Barbier

contextual obligation // 2007
violin // duration: 20 sec.

Consolation Prize // 2018
violin and electronics // duration: 9 min. 

everyday my eyes are older // 2013
vibraphone // duration: 1 min. 30sec.

for sarah // 2008
violin // duration: 5 min.
for Sarah Schreffler

Getty - 7.15.16 // 2016
violin, electric guitar, percussion, audio playback // duration: 45 min.
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hitting things won't solve your problems (but it might make you feel better) // 2009
piano and percussion - one player // duration 9 min.
for Danny Holt

if ever you hope to leave this wilderness // 2019
violin and fixed media // duration: 33min.

i'll never be younger than i am today (for andrew tholl) // 2008
violin // duration: 1hr. 5min.
for Andrew Tholl

i'll stop when i take my last breath // 2008
trumpet // duration: 4 min
for Chris Kallmyer

in case of fire or flood // 2009
tuba // duration: 10 min.
for Luke Storm

my memories are never an accurate representation // 2008
violin // duration: 1 min.
for Andrew McIntosh

music for sleeping // 2011
piano and cd playback // duration: 32 min.
for Colin Wambsgans

musik + 1 // 2007
any instrument and turntable // duration: variable

our arrangement will never be mutually satisfying // 2007
violin // duration: variable

Selected readings on listening, work, dreams, noise, time travel, self-care, and the American Way // 2021
fixed media // duration: 3 hrs. 9 min. 24 sec.
commissioned by Wild Up for the 2021 Darkness Sounding Festival

schau im Traum 's Paradies // 2020
​fixed media // duration: 63 min. 

Takes all the breath out of me // 2017
b-flat cl (dbl bass clarinet and voice) and tape // duration: 17min.
for Eric Jacobs
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the luxury of things falling apart // 2011
fixed media // duration: 9 min.

three short piece // 2007
violin // duration: 3 min.

you take your path, i'll take mine // 2009
violin // duration: 3 min.
for Andrew McIntosh

2-4  players

And Many Diminishing Returns // 2016
string quartet // duration: 7 min.
for the Formalist Quartet

and what will you do when you're done // 2008
two trombones and drumset // duration: 15 min.

as the occasion demands // 2008
violin and viola // duration: variable

considering the possible outcomes, this is the best option // 2011
basson, trumpet, piano, drumset // duration: variable
for touchy-feely

corpuscles // 2011
bassoon, trumpet, piano, and violin // duration: 8 min.
for touchy-feely

eradicator // 2008
trombone, accordion, and violin // duration: 25 min.

for accreditation purposes only // 2011
bassoon, trumpet, piano, and drum set // duration 6 min

hammer duos // 2010
two bass clarinets, two tubas, two accordions, and two violins // duration: 16 min.
commissioned by the Machine Project for the Little William Theater Festival of New Music

hold still while the world turns // 2017
violin and viola // duration: 10min.
for Aperture Duo
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holistically yours // 2011
any four players // duration: 5 min.
for touchy-feely

hope and optimism never got me anywhere // 2011
string quartet // duration: 25 min.
for the Formalist Quartet

poke and tickle // 2009
trumpet and trombone // duration: 8 min.
commissioned by Matt Barbier and Philippe Brunet

Possible Horizons // 2017
vibraphone and amplified steel string guitar (wtih e-bow) // duration: 17 min.
​commissioned by Matt Cook

sensitive adjustment within a world of constraint // 2011
any four players // duration: 12 min.
for touchy-feely

the distance between us // 2007
two violins // duration: 7 min.
for Andrew McIntosh and Andrew Tholl

touchy-feely #1 // 2011
bassoon, trumpet, piano, two electric guitars, and drumset // duration: 8 min.
for touchy-feely

touchy-feely #2 // 2011
any four players // duration: 8 min.
for touchy-feely

Until I die there will be sounds (for John Cage) // 2012
1 - 4 players and pre-recorded tape // duration: 12 min.
commissioned by TempWerks

Visible dilemmas, sensible decisions, and a new way to live! // 2016
​for clarinet, trombone, piano, and cello // duration: 10 min.
commissioned by Gnarwhallaby

What Winter Taught Me // 2020
for string quartet // duration: 10.5 min.

who’s cranky now? // 2008
violin and bassoon // duration: variable
commissioned by Kat Nockels
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more than  four players

​An Die Musik // 2012
Version 1: for 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, toy piano, string orchestra, and voice // duration 3 min.
commissioned by wild Up
Version 2: for string quartet, toy piano, electric bass, and voice // duration 3 min.
commissioned by Isaura String Quartet

asphyxiation // 2012
picc., e-flat clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, tuba, piano, two percussion, piano, two violins, viola, cello, bass, and solo violin // duration: 25 min.

corpus callosum // 2008
flute, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, piano, percussion, two violins, cello and bass // duration: 13 min.
commissioned by Mark Menzies for the New Century Players

corpus callosum (redux) // 2013
flute, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, piano, two percussionists, 2 or more violins, 1 or more cellos,  double bass // duration: 13 min.
commissioned by wild Up

Despite the Unforeseen Circumstances; or, Just Another Illusion of Explanatory Depth // 2020
flute/piccolo, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, two percussionists, piano, two violins, viola, cello, electric bass.


Eine Art Brandenburg (aber nicht wirklich) // 2012
two b-flat clarinets, tenor sax, horn, electric organ, drum set, electric bass, two violins, viola, cello, bass // duration: 14 min.
commissioned by wild Up

every moment is another opportunity to shine // 2017
for 13 solo strings (4.3.3.2.1) // duration: 15 min. 
commissioned by wild Up
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Excuse My Dust // 2015
string quartet and voice // duration: 5 min.
commissioned by Isaura String Quartet


Front Matter // 2013
b-flat clarinet, vibraphone, violin, cello, bass // duration: 7-10 min. 
commissioned by wild Up


not a place to build monuments or cathedrals // 2010
chamber ensemble and two solo electric guitars // duration: 14 min.
for the New Century Players


memory draws the map we follow  // 2014
b-flat clarinet, vibraphone, violin, cello, bass, and female choir // duration: 8 min.

written for wild Up and Graduale Nobili

still not a place to build monuments or cathedrals // 2012
chamber ensemble and two solo electric guitars // duration: 8 min.
commissioned by wild Up

the only way forward is in front of you // 2016
strings, winds, guitars, and percussion // duration: 12 min.
commissioned by the Pasadena Waldorf High School

three meditations on california girls // 2012
clarinet/bass clarinet, bassoon, melodica, trombone, vibraphone, electric bass, violin, viola, cello, and bass // duration: 12 min.
commissioned by wild Up
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Arrangements

"American Standard: John Philip Sousa" // John Adams
arr. for piccolo, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, horn, snare drum, bass drum, marching cymbals, marching bass drum, piano, electric bass, two violins, viola, cello, bass
commissioned by wild Up and ICE


"Blessed are the Follies" // Dog Faced Hermans
arr. for piccolo, bass clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, piano, percussion, violin, viola, cello, and bass // duration: 4 min.
commissioned by wild Up

"Creator of the Universe/Love in Outer Space" // Sun Ra

arr for flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, electric keyboard, drum set, percussion, electric bass, two violins, viola, cello, and bass // duration: 8 min.
commissioned by wild Up

"Hymn of Change" from Bell Solaris // David Rosenboom

arr. for string quartet // duration: 4 min.
for the formalist quartet

"Older" // They Might Be Giants
arr. for voice, electric guitar, electric bass, amplified bassoon, amplified melodica, and 3-5 percussionists // duration: 1.5 min.
commissioned by wild Up

"Radio Cure" // Wilco
arr. for two clarinets, harmonium, toy piano, string orchestra and female voice // duration: 3.5 min.
commissioned by wild Up

"Some Day My Prince Will Come" // Larry Morey and Frank Churchill
arr. for solo violin // duration: 3 min.

"When You Wish Upon a Star" // Leigh Harline and Ned Washington
arr. for solo violin // duration: 2.5 min.

"Where Eagles Dare" // The Misfits

arr. for bass clarinet, bassoon, percussion, piano, melodica, violin, viola, cello, bass, and female voice // duration: 3.5 min.
commissioned by wild Up

"Widmung" // Robert Schumann
arr. for voice and violin // duration: 3 min. 
commissioned by Carter Tholl

"Will You Love Me Tomorrow" // Gerry Goffin and Carole King
arr for voice, piano, drums, and string quartet // duration: 5 min.
commissioned by Timur Bekbosunov

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