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OPERA, MUSIC THEATRE, CHORAL MUSIC

Caliban Dreams video clips
from the 2011 Berkeley / West Edge Opera Production

Down In The Hole
choral arrangement of the Tom Waits song, for the Pacific Mozart Ensemble

Chrysalis Video Clips
from the 2006 Berkeley Opera production

In Sleep A King

In Sleep a King is a set of pieces written for singer/actor/writer Rinde Eckert by Clark Suprynowicz, with an ensemble comprised of Rob Sudduth, Andy Laster, Sheldon Brown, Peck Allmond, Jai Uttal, Ward Spangler, Pete Perfido, Michael Spiro, and Suprynowicz on bass. The music integrates electronics with an acoustic ensemble. The CD includes Paramus, New Jersey, from the show of the same name.

The Daily Californian wrote of this show: "Clark Suprynowicz's score, played live by an ensemble of seven, is the best body of music I've heard in a theater setting for a long, long time. Rhythmically complex, with wonderful wind and horn fills, the score ranges beautifully over a lexicon of textures and styles, from driving funk to '50's style cool jazz. Suprynowicz goes all over the musical map, yet keeps things taut and surprising at every moment." And Jesse Hamlin, in the San Francisco Chronicle, wrote "The clincher was Clark Suprynowicz's "Paramus, New Jersey" ... it was a funny, maniacal piece that built obsessively beneath Eckert's punk surrealist ravings about a Checker Cab ride to Paramus. No explanation required."

This CD was selected one of the best ten releases of the year by Larry Kelp of the East Bay Express.

 

Track Listing 1. In Sleep A King 8:36 2. Stopping to Pray 6:06 3. Dahboo 7:47 4. Paramus, New Jersey 7:31 5. What She Said 6:06 6. Rinde 1:57 7. This Is My Hour 6:28

CHAMBER MUSIC

Singing in the Dark for flute / harp / viola
March 20, 2010 at Crowden Music Center

Elegance and Superstition
May 9, 2009 / Eidolon String Quartet

The Magic Shop
premiered by ChamberMix at Crowden Music Center in Berkeley
JAYC Faculty Concert, March 20, 2009

Global Warming
duets for piano and soprano saxophone
performed by Lara Bolton, piano
and Joshua Vande Hey, saxophone
I. Moderato 4:09
II. Andante 2:40
III. Adagio 4:47
IV. Allegro Con Moto 6:19

Dog Songs for Woodwind Quintet
Performance by City Winds, San Francisco 2005

ORCHESTRAL MUSIC

Red States, Blue States (excerpt)
reading by Berkeley Symphony, November 16, 2008, St. John's Church, Berkeley

Moral Hazard
reading by Berkeley Symphony, December 14, 2008, St. John's Church, Berkeley

FILM AND THEATRE

Score for Eisa Davis' bulrusher

Music from Machine
Title from the Mark Altenberg film
Scene Six / Foundry

Score for the Mark Altenberg short film "Andiamo!"
watch the film

SONGS PLUGGED IN

Delivered to You

recorded Oakland, Ca., August 2011 with Ian Stahl, guitars & Jim Kassis, drums featuring Dawn McCarthy, vocals lyrics & music C. Suprynowicz.

OZ

OZ is a long-awaited, oft-delayed compilation by the San Francisco-based band, featuring Michael Bluestein (piano), Dave Phillips (pedal steel), Jim Kassis (drums & percussion), Clark Suprynowicz (bass) and a small raft of guest artists, including Tracy Silverman, Irene Sazer, and Rob Sudduth.

Aina Kemanis is the singer, known for an extensive ECM touring/recording career with Marilyn Mazur, Barre Phillips, John Surman, Alex Cline, and others. Most recently, OZ recorded the theme music to Outright Radio, syndicated nationally on National Public Radio.

 

Zion Blackbird When You Said Someday If You Leave Me The Aboriginine Song When You Said Someday (alternate take) Well Alright Just a Little Bit More You Don't Like Me Wolfman