WORKS

CRAIG MICHAEL DAVIS | Composer

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My Darling Lucy (2021) 60 min

Dance Film

Libretto & Choreography by Megan Kudla

Piano Concerto No. 1 (2020) 60 min

Piano + Strings

Written for Sohyun Park

Work in Progress (2018-19) 10 min

Orchestra (3.3.3.3/4.3.3.1/2hrp.pno.timp.3perc./2.2.2.3.2strings)

Commissioned and Premiered by the Indiana University Symphonic Orchestra (TBD)

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War Against the Soul (2017) 7 min

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Wind Band

Commissioned and Premiered by Eric Smedley and the Indiana University Symphonic Wind Band

War Against the Soul by Craig Michael Davis was performed by Maestro Kevin Michael Holzman and the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music as part of the 2018 Midwest Composer's Symposium.

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I Never Saw the Point of Breathing (2017) 8 min

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Saxophone Ensemble: 12 Saxophones

Commissioned and Premiered by the Indiana University Student Composers' Association, April 2018

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Letters to a Terrorist (2016-2017) 60 min

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SSA, Flute, B. Clarinet, Piano, Perc., E. Guitar, VC, DB

Excerpts Premiered at the "Breaking the Fourth Wall" New Music Festival 2017

LETTERS TO A TERRORIST, Opera-Ballet in One Act by Craig Michael Davis (CD Release Date: MARCH 3rd, 2019) "I sensed his death was imminent. For some time before it happened, I'd sit in front of the T.V., at eight o'clock, expecting to see the latest terrorists killed.

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Floating Cities (2017) 7 min

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Guitar Orchestra: 12 Classical Guitars

Placed "Finalist" in the 2017 ASCAP Young Composer Awards 2017

Commissioned and Premiered by Daniel Duarte and the Indiana University Guitar Ensemble

Commissioned by Daniel Duarte for the IU Guitar Ensemble. 'This piece was inspired by the city in which it was commission from: Bloomington, Indiana. Nestled in the hills of southern Indiana Bloomington plays host to the infamous Jacobs School of Music.

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Imaginary Spaces (2016) 8 min

Flute, B. Clarinet, Piano, Perc., E. Guitar, VC, DB

Premiered at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music in NYC, 2016

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Where I Am Now (2016) 10 min

Flute, B. Clarinet, Piano, Perc., E. Guitar, VC, DB

Premiered at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music in NYC, 2016

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Re-Creation (2015, 2016) 49 min

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String Orchestra

Placed "Finalist" in the Sacrarium Composition Competition for Sacred Music 2015

Premiered by the L'viv Philharmonic Orchestra, May 2015

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Death Has Friends (2015) 8 min

Flute, B. Clarinet, Piano, Perc., E. Guitar, VC, DB

Premiered at the Firehouse Space in Brooklyn, 2015

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The Ground Beneath My Feet (2015) 6 min

Flute, B. Clarinet, Piano, Perc., E. Guitar, VC, DB

Premiered at the Firehouse Space in Brooklyn, 2015

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Simple Strings (2020-21) 35 min

Piano + Delay Pedal, Guitars, Percussion: (Electronic Drums, Drum Set, & Bass Drum), and Strings (2 vlns, 1 vla, 1 vc, 1 db)

Simple Strings #1 | On The Slowing of Light

Simple Strings #2 | The True Vine

Simple Strings #3 | Living Water

Simple Strings #4 | All That Remains

Simple Strings #5 | All Other Ground Is Sinking Sand

Simple Strings #6 | And The Days Turn To Years

Simple Strings #7 | Broken Vessel

Simple Strings #8 | Sleepless Nights

TRIO (2021) 40 min (Album Released April 15th, 2021)

Piano + Delay Pedal, E. Guitar, Drum Set

1. Industry

2. All Other Ground Is Sinking Sand

3. Sleepy Giant

4. Ataraxia

5. Floating

6. Half Life

7. I Never Saw the Point of Breathing, Part 1

8. I Never Saw the Point of Breathing, Part 2

9. I Never Saw the Point of Breathing, Part 3

10. Sleepless Nights

11. Empty Spaces

OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEOS:

INDUSTRY

SLEEPY GIANT

CLOCKWORK (2020-21) 12 min

Flute, Oboe, and Bassoon

Commissioned by Elicio Winds

For Marion (Horn Quartet No. 2) (2020) 12 min

French Horn

Commissioned by Craig Alan Stewart for Marion’s 63rd Birthday

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INDUSTRY (2019) 3 min

Piano, Electric Guitar, and Drumset

Recorded by core members of the Craig Michael Davis Ensemble

INDUSTRY is the title track for the core group of classical, experimental, post-rock musicians know as "The Craig Michael Davis Ensemble". INDUSTRY was written by Craig Michael Davis and performed by Mike Reardon on electric guitar, John Tadlock on drum set and Craig Michael Davis on keys.

Harmonic Counterpoint (2018) 8 min

Wind Quintet

Premiere: Commissioned by Æther Quintet

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Nuclear Weapons (2018) 6 min

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Percussion Quartet + Video

Premiere: Commissioned by the Oregon Bach Festival's Composers Symposium "New Sound Worlds 2018" in July 2018

Nuclear Weapons was commissioned and premiered by the Oregon Bach Festival 2018 in Eugene, Oregon. The film uses footage from early U.S.A. nuclear weapons testing to create a non-narrative structure. The music was written by Craig Michael Davis for a percussion quartet made up of Marimbas, Vibraphones, and a Glockenspiel.

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Ever So Slightly The World Changes (2018) 12 min

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7 Harps

Written for and dedicated to Carolyn Anderson

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I Never Saw the Point of Breathing (2017) 8 min

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Version for Saxophone Quartet

Commissioned and Premiered by the Indiana University Student Composers' Association, April 2018

Gasping For Air (2017) 6 min

Fl, Cl, Cello, Percussion, Piano

Premiered at the "Breaking the Fourth Wall" New Music Festival 2017

Forgetting Faces (2016) 5 min

String Quartet No. 2

Commissioned and Premiered by the Indiana University Student Composers' Association, March 2017

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Innocent Bystander (2015) 5 min

String Quartet No. 1

Commissioned and Premiered by the JACK Quartet

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The Space Between Spaces (2014) 3 min

String Trio

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Resonance (2014) 8 min

Snare Drum Quartet

Commissioned and Premiered by the NYU Percussion Ensemble

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Cayucos (2013) 6 min

Vln, VC, DB, Vibes, Piano, E. Guitar, Trombone, Clarinet, or Available Instruments

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Biting The Apple (2013) 5 min

Piano and Tenor

Poem by Jeanie Greensfelder

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White Noise (2013) 4 min

Piano, Vibraphone, Cello

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Refracted (2013) 25 min

Cello Trio

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Black Light (2013) 20 min

Electric Guitar Quartet

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Entropy is a Property of the System (excerpt) (2013) 8 min

Clarinet, B.Cl., Vln, VC, E.Guitar, Vibes, Marimba, E.Organ

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Drone 8 (2012) 5 min

Four Pianos

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Perspective (2012) 10 min (excerpt)

Flute, Alto Sax, Vln, VC, DB, Piano or Available Instruments

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The Manifesto (2012) 10 min

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SOLO | DUO

WORKS FOR SOLO PIANO

All That Remains (2020) 2 min

Instrumentation: The Glass Piano

Composed and Recorded by: Craig Michael Davis Instrumentation: The Glass Piano Cinematography: Davenport Records Score Publisher: Jack Harrison Publishing Co...

*Videography by Davenport Records; Choreography by Carly Liegel and Corie Jones

The True Vine (2019) 2 min

Instrumentation: The Glass Piano

Volumes of Thought (2019) 40 min (Album Released December 1st, 2019)

The Glass Piano + Delay Pedal (Solo Piano Album No. 2)

1. Broken Vessel (Day 97)

2. Sleepless Nights (Day 88)

3. The Weight of the World (Day 56)

4. Strange And Beautiful (Day 101)

5. All Other Ground is Sinking Sand (Day 136)

6. Empty Spaces (Day 86)

7. And the Days Turn To Years (Day 15)

8. Circles (Day 4)

9. The Grand Design (Day 85)

10. Poor Music (Day 143)

11. What is Man That You Are Mindful of Him? (Day 91)

12. You Don’t Even Know My Name (Day 157)

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