Albums
The Language of Landscapes (2014) for cello, percussion, and electronics is an exploration of our relationship with nature. The principal discourse is guided by the friction and/or harmony created by synthetic and natural objects and the sounds and ideals that accompany their existence. The title track has four scenes that each incorporate found discarded objects, field-collected environmental recordings, and live electronic processing as a way of making commentary on our wastefulness and resourcefulness. We have arrived at an era of human history in which our relationship with nature is critical, and likely calamitous, and this work is ultimately an attempt to illuminate the importance of the geographies of our existence and how they shape our musical spirit.
Released 2024 on Bandcamp
The Language of Landscapes
Percussive compositions from Robert Honstein, including his marimba solo “Lost and Found” and “Down Down Baby”
Released 2023 on New Focus Recordings
Lost and Found
Blue Skin of the Sea
Tonia Ko’s epic marimba solo and Iannis Xenakis’ Psappha
Released 2023
Unsnared Drum
Snare Drum Solo Album featuring works by Nina Young, Tonia Ko, Han Lash, and Amy Beth Kirsten
Released 2021 on New Focus Recordings
“ It will make your heart sing!”
Driving While Black
Chamber opera by Susan Kander and Roberta Gumbel
Released 2021 on Albany Records
and all the days were purple
Music by Alex Weiser, performed by New Morse Code, Liza Bagg, Lee Dionne, and andPlay
Released 2019 on Cantaloupe Records
2019 Pulitzer Prize Finalist
Matthew Barnson’s Baroque-inspired suite for New Morse Code
Released 2019 on innova Recordings
Vanitas
The Emigrants
Documentary chamber music work by George Lam for New Morse Code.
Released 2020
Support for this project was provided by a PSC-CUNY Award, jointly funded by The Professional Staff Congress and The City University of New York, and a Queens Arts Fund New Work Grant from the Queens Council on the Arts. Additional support was provided by generous donors to the “New Morse Connections” Kickstarter project.
Marimba solo from by Amy Beth Kirsten
Released 2020
Empty Shell Girl
Simplicity Itself
New Morse Code’s debut album, featuring Timo Andres and Katie Hyun
Released 2017 on New Focus Recordings
icareifyoulisten.com: Video Premiere | Review
“An ebullient passage through pieces that each showcase the duo’s clarity of artistic vision and their near-perfect synchronicity.”
Prayers Remain Forever
Percussion duo A Message from the Emperor on Martin Bresnick focus disc
Released 2014 on Starkland Records
Inuksuit
Outdoor-oriented work for 9-99 percussionists
Released 2013 on Cantaloupe Recordings