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TO....OBLIVION: Historic Landmarks Around Los Angles (2015 - 2016)
To....Oblivion is suite for solo electric guitar, sound effects and video. Each movement in the suite examines a different historic landmark in the Los Angeles area of symbolic significance. This video includes Part III of the suite, "Anaheim's Center Street." Other movements in the suite include the Belmont Tunnel, an abandoned subway tunnel from the mid-20th century; the Dunbar Hotel, a hotel at the hub of Central Avenue's jazz scene and the only hotel to accommodate African Americans; Long Beach's Pike Amusement Park; and the original aqueduct built by Spanish settlers in 1781, the Zanja Madre. Alexander Elliott Miller, guitar & electronics |
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DEWDROPS: Songs for D. Elliott Wilbur (2017)
Dewdrops is a song cycle for soprano and electric guitar, commissioned by Ariel Pisturino, and dedicated to the memory of my grandfather, Donald Elliott Wilbur, Jr. My grandfather took a music theory course in college in the 1940's, and his assignments and compositions were saved in the attic for decades; after his death, my grandmother gave those to me, and I adapted, varied and reharmonizes his own melodic shapes for the poems in this work. Ariel Pisturino, soprano Alexander Elliott Miller, guitar |
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Clock Smasher (2016)
Clock Smasher is a work for piano, four-hands commissioned by my friends, Sarah Gibson and Thomas Kotcheff of HOCKET. The title simply describes various musical characteristics of the work, especially its loud outbursts and its frequent polyrhythms, many of which do have a sort of "tick-tock" quality, like a room full of out of sync clocks. But just as important an inspiration for the piece were Sarah and Thomas themselves. I'd like to think that their personalities and talents have each shaped this piece, every bit as much as an imaginary room full of broken clocks. Sarah Gibson & Thomas Kotcheff, piano Synchromy + HOCKET: Crusoe LA City College, November 5th, 2016 |
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88 MPH (2015)
88 MPH is a work for the Magnetic Resonator Piano: a device invented by Andrew McPherson which may be installed into any acoustic grand piano, and expand its sonic capabilities. The piece was commissioned by pianist Nic Gerpe and the People Inside Electronics concert series in Los Angeles. Inspired by the appearance of the apparatus, this work became a tribute to the Back to the Future movies. Nic Gerpe, Magnetic Resonator Piano People Inside Electronics Neighborhood Church of Pasadena April 18th, 2015 |
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A Procession Winding Around Me: Four Civil War Songs
II. Beat! Beat! Drums! Composer: Jeffrey Van Text: Walt Whitman CSULB Chamber Choir Jon Talberg, conductor Alexander Elliott Miller, classical guitar Los Alamitos United Methodist Church Long Beach, California March 17th, 2017 |
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Solo Guitar Arrangements
In addition to my work as a composer, a hobby that gives me a great deal of joy is arranging my favorite jazz and popular songs for solo guitar. Here is my arrangement of Stevie Wonder's "Love's in Need of Love Today" from Songs in the Key of Life, followed by Oscar Peterson's "Hymn to Freedom." |
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