A Conversation with the Gravel Pit: Three Musical Landscapes for flute and guitar, 7’00” (2012)
I. Reverence: The Pine Bluffs
II. Wandering: The Gravel Pit
III. Solace: The Meadow
- Commissioned by installation artist Mie Preckler and the I-Park Foundation and premiered in East Haddam, CT by Amanda Baker (flute) and Daniel Corr (guitar) 10/13/12
Sonora: 6 Desert Songs for clarinet and unpitched percussion, 11’00” (2009)
- Winner, 2010 University of Pennsylvania David Halstead Music Prize for best original musical composition, vocal or instrumental
- Performances by Astral Artists (Allison Herz and Gabe Globus-Hoenich) and June in Buffalo faculty (Jean Kopperud and Tom Kolor)
- Recording by Bill Kalinkos (clarinet) and Gabe Globus-Hoenich (percussion)
1. Desert at Noon (excerpt)-Eleanor Aversa (turn down speakers)
2. Saguaro and Mesquite (excerpt)-Eleanor Aversa
3. Mirage (excerpt)-Eleanor Aversa
4. Lizards (excerpt)-Eleanor Aversa