ben zucker
composer, performer, organizer, curator, educator, etc.
Eschautomata
Written for and premiered by Ensemble Dal Niente at Northwestern University, March 11, 2020.
Performed by members of Ostrava Banda at the Ostrava New Music Days 2021 (radio broadcast).
For prepared ensemble of alto flute, bass clarinet, harp, violin, cello (2020)
Fifth Season
Performed by Ben Zucker (vibraphone), Josh Davidoff (clarinet), Angus Macdonald (guitar), Ron Shalom (bass), Tobias Frohnhofer (drums) at Ben Zucker's senior recital, March 5, 2015.
Recorded version with Ben Zucker (vibraphone), Mabel Kwan (piano), Eli Namay (bass), Adam Shead (drums) on Fifth Season (Amalgam Records).
Prose scores for improvising ensemble (2013/2015).
Hyperborean/Bodies
Workshopped by the Distractfold Ensemble at Brunel University, May 24, 2016.
For violin, viola, cello, electric guitar, and live electronics.
Refinites
Premiered November 27, 2017, by Ben Zucker (vibraphone), Ben Roidl-Ward (bassoon), and Noah Jenkins (violin) at the Northwestern University Fall Composers Concert.
Featured on Score Follower's Mediated Scores channel.
Additional peformances by Prague Quiet Music Collective, Codex Trio (2023 Impromptu Fest).
For flexible instrumentation (2017)
Sarabandisms
Premiered by the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players as part of the Lou Harrison Centenary, April 22, 2017.
Winner of the SFCMP SF Search Call For Scores.
For bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano (2016)
The Golden Age Cannot Be Picked Up
Premiered by the Los Angeles Percussion Quartet at Chapman University, Orange, CA, January 31, 2017.
Commissioned by the LAPQ as part of their Next Wave Composers' Initiative.
Further Performance at New Music on The Bayou, June 2021.
For percussion quartet and fixed media (2016).
Undersong
For saxophone quartet (2022)