Productions
Unsettlement Music is a hybrid music and theatre company, pursuing questions of history through live performance.
ensemble SATB choir, two electric guitars, drums/percussion
commissioned by The Crossing and Volti
text Jena Osman
premiere May 16, 2014, San Francisco: Volti, Robert Geary, conductor
June 15, 2014, Philadelphia: The Crossing, Donald Nally, conductor
with Taylor Levine and James Moore, electric guitars, and Ron Wiltrout, drums
publisher Unsettlement Music
recording live recording available below, album coming soon from Cantaloupe Music
Scores
Unsettlement Music publishes and licenses all concert works of composer Ted Hearne. Full listing on Scores page.
Ensemble 4 singers (SATB) with live electronics, 7 instruments (violin, viola, cello, electric guitar, electric bass, drums/percussion, keyboard/sampler)
Duration 65 minutes
Libretto Mark Doten
Commissioned by Beth Morrison Projects, Judy and Allen Freedman, Justus and Helen Schlichting
Premiere October 22-25, 2014, BAM Next Wave Festival (Daniel Fish, director)
Publisher Unsettlement Music
Recording The Source, New Amsterdam Records (2015)
Ensemble full orchestra
Duration 16 minutes
Written fall 2014
Commissioned by San Francisco Symphony and New World Symphony
Premiere January 2015, Miami, FL, New World Center
September 2015, San Francisco, CA, Davies Hall
Christian Reif, conductor
Publisher Unsettlement Music
Ensemble string orchestra (5.4.4.3.2 or greater)
Duration 30 minutes
Written fall 2012
Written for A Far Cry
Commissioned by the Barlow Endowment for Music Composition
Premiere May 12, 2013, The Gardner Museum, Boston
Notable additional performances include New York City Ballet, 2022 and 2024; Ted Hearne, conductor; dance by Pam Tanowitz
Publisher Unsettlement Music
Recording The Law of Mosaics: Music of Ted Hearne and Andrew Norman, Crier Records (2014)
Ensemble flute, bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano and percussion
Duration 10 minutes
Written August 2014
Written for eighth blackbird
Commissioned by Carnegie Hall, and the Stuart and Maxine Frankel Foundation
Premiere July 27, 2015, Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, Detroit;
January 21, 2016, Carnegie Hall
Publisher Unsettlement Music
Recording Hand Eye (Cedille Records, 2016)
[pdf score+parts also available, see below]
ensemble cello and percussion
duration 14 minutes
written summer 2013, rev. January 2014
commissioned by St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
written for Ashley Bathgate and Ian Ding
premiere SPCO Liquid Music; September 2013, St. Paul, MN
publisher Unsettlement Music
recording Hazy Heart Pump (New Focus Recordings, 2019)
[pdf score and parts also available, see below]