Glengarry Glen Ross
violin, viola, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, accordion, electric guitar, contrabass, and drum set
An instrumental version of the complete David Mamet play Glengarry Glen Ross. Like the CDs Mamet, Beckett, Samuel, and Barclay, each syllable is represented by a pitch and rhythm.
The first act was completed with the support of a Musikfonds Neu Start stipend. The second act is in progress.
Throws
violin, viola, cello, and cowboy guitar
Radical-to-the-brink-of-displacement reimaginations of the late Beethoven string quartets. Commissioned by the BTHVN2020 Festival. Premiered May 21, 2022. Recorded and mixed in Cologne, June 2023.
Sharp-Fields IV
A fourth CD of guitar duets with Elliott Sharp. Recorded in August 2023 in New York for Relative Pitch records. Release scheduled for 2024
Raissa Scott
Electric guitar duets with Raissa Mehner. Recording in Spring 2024.
Grums
drum set and electric guitar
A suite commissioned by New Atlantis Records. On two days notice the original neurotic bumptious crybaby drummer cancelled on the pretext that the song titles were insufficiently serious. Putz! The recording project was replaced by the solo recording Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame. The compositions have since been performed with a variety of less-troubled percussionists. Recording in 2024.
Schlump
tenor voice, baritone voice, alto voice, violin, cello, woodwinds, electric and steel-string guitar, percussion
A musical-theater piece based on the life of an obsessive-compulsive visual artist.
The first act was completed with the support of a Musikfonds Neu Start stipend. The second act is in progress.
American Pekar
soprano voice, electric guitar, accordion, tuba, and marimba
A musical-theater piece based on the life of the comic-book author and jazz critic Harvey Pekar.
Research and grant-acquisition funding were provided by a GEMA stipend. Composition with the support of a Musikfonds Neu Start stipend, first draft complete, editing underway.
Viola and Guitar
viola and nylon-string guitar
Compositions originally for either flute and nylon-string guitar or shakuhachi and nylon-string guitar. In the process of adapting the works for viola.
Poise and Wrath
theorbo
Two suites of about an hour each for theorbo solo. Development of the tablature versions completed with support from a Musikfonds Neu Start Ensembles stipend.
Commissioned by Stephan Rath. To be premiered and recorded in 2024.
Sweatshop Stories
soprano voice, flute, clarinet, accordion, electric guitar, tuba, electronics
A suite of five true stories about life in Cologne. Originally for — and premiered as — soprano voice and electric guitar. Now orchestrating the suite for the same instrumentation as the Songs of Steve Dalachinsky, Suite One.
Premiering in fall 2024. Recording in winter 2025.
L.A. Gift
trumpet, tenor saxophone, electric guitar, contrabass, drum set
Instrumental arrangements of the first two X albums, L.A. and Wild Gift.
On the back burner.
Scott Fields plays The Bee-Gees
acoustic steel-string guitar
Instrumental versions of Bee Gees hits.
Two down, ten to go.