Over the years, David Rosenboom has been active as a conductor emphasizing and promoting unusual contemporary and some traditional music. Most recently, this has included performances with such groups as CalArts New Century Players, Atlanta Chamber Players, Idyllwild Arts Symphony Orchestra, Symphony of the Canyons, Cal Performances (Berkeley), and others. Examples from his recent repertoire are listed here.
Latest update: April 15, 2009
| Orchestra | |
|---|---|
| Robert Ashley | Superior Seven (with flute soloist and electronics) |
| Robert Ashley | When Famous Last Words Fail You (with baritone soloist, small chorus, and electronics) |
| Johann Christian Bach | Sinfonia für Doppelorchester, Op. 18 No. 1, Eb Major |
| Luigi Boccherini | Sinfonia in re Minore, Op. 12 No.4, "La casa del diavolo" |
| Anthony Braxton | Composition No. 82 (four orchestras) |
| William Duckworth | Mysterious Numbers |
| Salvaore Martirano | Isabela |
| David Rosenboom | Seeing the Small in the Large (six movements for full orchestra) |
| Edgard Varèse | Nocturnal (with soprano soloist and male chorus) |
| Chamber Orchestra | |
|---|---|
| Severin Behnen | Make the Center Glow |
| Luciano Berio | Points on the Curve to Find |
| Johana Magdalena Beyer | March |
| Henry Brant | Glossary (with vocal soloist) |
| Anthony Braxton | Composition No. 63 (with solo trio) |
| Anthony Braxton | Composition No. 135 |
| Henry Cowell | Polyphonica |
| Ruth Crawford | Music for Small Orchestra |
| Nick Didkovsky | Birds by their Feet, Men by their Toungue (written for David Rosenboom and CalArts New Century Players) |
| Tamar Diesendruck | How/Feel |
| Lori Dobbins | Trés Recuerdos del Cielo |
| Michael Jon Fink | Temptation to Flower |
| Ge Gan–Ru | Su (with piano soloist) |
| Vinny Golia | First in a Series of Halvin Folklore |
| Rozalie Hirs | Book of Mirrors |
| Charles Ives | Tone Roads No. 1 |
| Charles Ives | Tone Roads no. 3 |
| Ben Johnston | Invocation |
| Arturo Márquez | Danzon No. 3 (with guitar soloist) |
| Salvatore Martirano | LON/dons |
| Flo Menezes | Pulsares (with piano/keyboard soloist) |
| Roscoe Mitchell | Variations and Sketches from the Bamboo Terrace (with soprano soloist) |
| Olga Neuwirth | Hooloomooloo |
| Michael Pisaro | All Clocks are Clouds |
| Silvestre Revueltas | Planos |
| David Rosenboom | Caliban Upon Setebos |
| David Rosenboom | Continental Divide (Chamber Orchestra Version) |
| David Rosenboom | In the Beginning V (The Story) (with projections and electronic speech) |
| Wadada Leo Smith | NUR: Luminour, Light upon Light (with contrabass soloist) |
| Victor Varela | Axle–Asimetrica 1 (with cello soloist) |
| Chen Yi | Duo Ye |
| John Zorn | Rituals |
| Chamber Ensembles | |
|---|---|
| Michel van der Aa | Mask |
| Louis Andriessen | Hout |
| Herbert Brün | Gestures for Eleven |
| Michael Byron | Music of Nights Without Moon or Pearl |
| Michael Byron | Invisible "Seeds" for James Tenney |
| Sylvano Bussotti | Concerti grossi all'ara degli ulivi |
| John Cage | Sixteen Dances for Soloist and Company of 3 |
| Dean Drummond | Zurrjir |
| Ricarado Dal Farra | Civilizaciones (percussion sextet with electronics) |
| Barbara Monk Feldman | The Immutable Silence |
| Earl Kim | Where Grief Slumbers (with soprano soloist) |
| Anne LeBaron | Telluris Theoria Sacra |
| Ruth Lomon | Iatiku (Bringing to Life) |
| Larry Polansky | Yitgadal (written for David Rosenboom and CalArts New Century Players) |
| Hilda Parades | Tres Piezas in Memoriam L.J. |
| Matijs de Roo | Esse est percepi |
| Joey Roukens | Shifting lines, shifting colors |
| James Tenney | Tableaux Vivants |
| Germán Toro–Pérez | Rothko II |
| Lois V Vierk | Timberline |
| Edson Zampronha | Modelagem VII |
| John Zorn | Shibboleth |
| John Zorn | evocation of a neophyte (chamber ensemble with mixed choir) |
| John Zorn | orphée |
| John Zorn | frammenti del Sappho (chamber choir) |
| Robert Zuidam | Vusic for Viola, Piano and Ensemble |
| Opera | |
|---|---|
| Michael Gordon (music) and Richard Foreman (libretto) | What to Wear (David Rosenboom was musical director/conductor for world première, September, 2005.) |
