Joseph Michaels
composer
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Works
CHAMBER
Solo
Bäch in Borneo
2017
–
cello
,
playback
Between Russia and Myself
2016
–
tárogató
,
playback
Cat Concerto Transcription
2009, 2017
–
piano
,
video
Der Provokateur im ICE
2012
–
baritone sax
,
playback
Half Covered
2019
–
2 toy pianos
,
playback
Kuru?
2016
–
shakuhachi
Moment, Curitiba II
2014
–
piano
,
video
Pleochroma
2004
–
cello
Preludes 1-8
1998-2005
–
piano
Restless…resting
2022, 2024
–
prepared piano
Shell Shock
2015
–
Otto
,
playback
Study
2009
–
organ
,
playback
The time limits of dust
2022
–
cello
,
loop pedal
,
playback
Variations
1999
–
guitar
White Noise Machine
2025
–
piano
Two to Four
A Word
2008
–
actor
,
bass flute
,
violin
,
cello
almost void
2013
–
cello
,
piano
,
video
Assembly Line
2014
–
2 soprano saxes
,
playback
Con Moto
2000
–
flute (or alto sax)
,
marimba
Der kluge Richter
2010
–
narrator
,
violin
,
cello
,
clavichord
Echo Chambers
2022
–
tenor sax
,
baritone sax
,
keyboard
,
loop pedal
,
reverb
Four Miniatures
1998
–
piano 4 hands
Join the Club
2005
–
guitar quartet
Lock in Place
2024
–
cello
,
Rhodes piano
,
drum set
Moment, Curitiba I
2011
–
cello
,
piano
,
video
Newport Beach in the 70s
2009
–
2 violins
,
cello
,
harpsichord
Piano Trio
1999
–
violin
,
cello
,
piano
Schtick
2009
–
piano 4 hands
,
playback
This is music?
2018
–
soprano
,
clarinet
,
playback
Together in Perfect Harmony
2014
–
piano 4 hands
Vanishing Points
2008
–
bass clarinet
,
trumpet
,
trombone
,
cello
Five and Up
Ascending Lines
1997
–
trombone octet
being
2004, 2007
–
flute
,
oboe
,
clarinet
,
trumpet
,
horn
,
percussion
,
violin
,
viola
,
cello
Ein geschlossener Waffenstillstand
2009
–
variable
,
playback
Exotic Humans
2007
–
variable
Improvisation Games
2009, 2015
–
variable
Itsutsu no danshyou
1999
–
mezzo soprano
,
string quartet
Loose Associations
2020
–
cello octet
,
also for cello quartet and playback
Oar in Water
2003
–
cello octet
Oases
2012
–
mezzo soprano
,
alto flute
,
clarinet
,
percussion
,
violin
,
cello
,
contrabass
,
video
Out of Focus
2020
–
saxophone octet
Phonigrams
2018
–
variable
,
video
Spaziergang
2000
–
3 mezzo sopranos
,
string quartet
,
harp
Yankee Dollars for Scott
2025
–
clarinet
,
violin
,
cello
,
keyboards
,
percussion
,
variable
,
playback
VOCAL
Faces
2009
–
solo voice
Itsutsu no danshyou
1999
–
mezzo soprano
,
string quartet
Oases
2012
–
mezzo soprano
,
alto flute
,
clarinet
,
percussion
,
violin
,
cello
,
contrabass
,
video
Phonigrams
2018
–
variable
,
video
Spaziergang
2000
–
3 mezzo sopranos
,
string quartet
,
harp
This is music?
2018
–
soprano
,
clarinet
,
playback
ORCHESTRAL
Fragments
2000
–
orchestra
Two by Three in Anza Borrego
2022
–
mandolin orchestra
MEDIA
Playback
31 Touch Tones
2010
–
Fokker organ
,
MIDI
Assembly Line
2014
–
2 soprano saxes
,
playback
Bäch in Borneo
2017
–
cello
,
playback
Between Russia and Myself
2016
–
tárogató
,
playback
Der Provokateur im ICE
2012
–
baritone sax
,
playback
Ein geschlossener Waffenstillstand
2009
–
variable
,
playback
Half Covered
2019
–
2 toy pianos
,
playback
Loose Associations
2020
–
cello octet
,
also for cello quartet and playback
Schtick
2009
–
piano 4 hands
,
playback
Shell Shock
2015
–
Otto
,
playback
Spem in alios
2015
–
playback
Study
2009
–
organ
,
playback
The time limits of dust
2022
–
cello
,
loop pedal
,
playback
This is music?
2018
–
soprano
,
clarinet
,
playback
Yankee Dollars for Scott
2025
–
clarinet
,
violin
,
cello
,
keyboards
,
percussion
,
variable
,
playback
Video
Cat Concerto Transcription
2009, 2017
–
piano
,
video
Conversations with the Amish
2015
–
video
Diffused
2016
–
video
emerge
2013
–
video
John Denvers
2013
–
video
Moment, Curitiba I
2011
–
cello
,
piano
,
video
Moment, Curitiba II
2014
–
piano
,
video
Oases
2012
–
mezzo soprano
,
alto flute
,
clarinet
,
percussion
,
violin
,
cello
,
contrabass
,
video
Papa Oom Mao Mao
2017
–
video
Phonigrams
2018
–
variable
,
video
The Art of Detachment
2015
–
video
The Seegers
2019
–
video
Too Many Hockets
2016
–
video
Where Life Is Hard
2015
–
video