Creative Work of Robert Willey

INDEX

Books
Compositions

New Age / Jazz / Folk
Contemporary Classical / Electronic
Programmable Instruments

Recordings
Video Clips
Web Sites
Papers
Art
Poetry
Editions

Books

Louisiana Creole Fiddle, D'Jalma Garnier III and Robert Willey, Mel Bay, Inc., with instructional DVD, 2009.

Brazilian Piano, Robert Willey and Alfredo Cardim, Hal Leonard, with play along CD+, 2010.

Compositions

New Age / Jazz / Folk

Cosmic Rag (1977), for piano [ video ]
Now You (1978)
Butterfly (1980), for guitar
Solstice (1980)
Beat Me Daddy, Seven to the Bar (1980)
Emily's Rag
My Tuna (1980)
Swimming in the Moonlight (1981)
Could Not We Maybe (1981)
Green and Pink
Cosmic Rag (1981), for jazz ensemble
You Can Only Be So Cosmic (1982), for jazz ensemble
Dance Jam
Fresno
Going There
Rebel Rd.
Let G(od)
Maracay
Peace Piece
Friendly Jill
Mother's Love
Calliope
for the Time Being
July 11
Nagdeo (Good for Dreaming)
February Song
NIGHT WATCH - New Continuum, with Paul Tye (1987)
- Broken Arrows
- Divine Wind
- Blessed by Sea
- Common Fate
- Star Path
PEACE PIECES
- Out of the Blue (4:02)
- Welcome to the Trondheim Composer Group Concert (4:57)
- Stairway to Seven (5:28)
- As We Were Singing (5:24)
- High Lights (3:08)
- (Winter) Solstice (6:56)
- Yucatan (3:58)
- A Game of Statues (3:47)
- Somersault of Thought (5:55)
- Written in Umbrellas (4:23)
- A Cloud of Grains (5:07)
- The Big Glide (6:49)
- No Distance (8:00)
Snails on the Move
Music for City Moves! (dance-theatre project for children)
- It's Circus Time!
- Dance of the Dearborn
- The Mesmirizing Machine
- Tazmirian Polka
- Toy Factory
Cindy the "C" Monster
Soundtracks for Viva 2000 Language CD-ROM French, English, and Spanish courses
The Good Part (6:58)
Upstate (Nova Bossa Nova) (1996)
Garafão, for jazz ensemble
Diary of the Night
5/20
May I (in Reason)
Little Boy
Late Night Interview
All That Matters
Into The Blue
Coming to Meet
Good at Geometry
Well Forevermore
Number 24
Sleepless Nights
I Wish All The Best For You
The Day After Yesterday [ lead sheet (no Greensleeves) ] [ trumpet ] [ piano ] [ conductor ]
Blues for Erroll
Daughter
That's How It Goes [ lyrics ] [ video ]
McKinley Street
Speed Limit Years [ lyrics ] [ audio ]
Sambinha para João (A Little Samba for Joe) (for João Donato) [ video ]
Lilly (2012)
3:00 a.m. (2012)
Country Badminton (2012)

Contemporary Classical / Electronic

Cadenza for Haydn's Concerto in G major (1968), with David Lee Williams
Walls (1973), for piano
Sine Wave Study #1 (1978), for synthesizer
And Pieces of It Fell (1979), for trumpet and piano
I Love My Enzymes, for choir, organ, and keyboard
Rondo (1978), for piano four hands
Waltz (1980)
Let's Voyage Into the New American House, text by Wallace Stevens, for tenor sax and piano
Fierce Music
Man Ought To Sit Quiet (1980) for soprano, piano, clarinet, and synthesizer, text by Ezra Pound
Nostalgic Trails (1982), for solo piano
100% Natural (1982), for tape
America's Finest City (The Sounds of San Diego), realized at the Computer Audio Research Laboratory, U.C.S.D (1983)(6:00)
Study No. 37 by Conlon Nancarrow, arranged for synthesizers by Robert Willey
The War Prayer for computer-processed voice (text by Mark Twain, harmony by Johann Sebastian Bach) (1983) (3:18). Realized at the Computer Audio Research Laboratory, University of California, San Diego.
Where Did They Go? (1998) for soprano saxophone, trombones, trumpets, and piano
Tieta de Caxambu (1996)
Late Night Interview (2006)
New Iberia (2006), Dickie Landry, saxophone; Robert Willey, electronics
Welcome to Angelle Hall, processed speech
Bebot (2009) for iPod Touch

Programmable Instruments

Two Over f , with Rick Bidlack
Star Paths, with Rick Bidlack
The Trash Cans of Science
Lost in Wonder, Love, and Praise
Transmission Errors
Activation Function
The Grand Design
From Clouds to Blood Vessels
Ilhas Invisiveis (Invisible Islands), with Rick Bidlack
A/ (Jasmine), with Rick Bidlack
Cereal Music
MADD
Solenoise, for computer-mediated pianos
Everyone Knows What No One Can Say
The Last Turkey in the Straw, for Disklavier
Turk Loops, for Disklavier
Hidden Heritage
A Cloud of Grains
L.A. Daze, N.Y. Knights
Kidz Artz, installation for children, with Rick Bidlack
Graceful Degradation
A Ride on the Spree
The Somersault of Thought
Transmission Errors
Lotsa Quatsy, with Rick Bidlack
Revolving Fund
The Butterfly Effect
Saudades de Ouro Preto ("Memories of Ouro Preto")
Somersault of Thought
Frontera Norte (The Northern Border), for keyboard and four imitators
3-way Dream, with Christopher Dobrian and Keith Johnson
Unprepared Music for Prepared Violins (performed by Païvikki Nykter and János Négyesy), for acoustic and electronic violin
Igitur (with János Négyesy), intermedia production
- Midnight
- Fooling the Devil
- Not Quite Human
- The Doll's Aria
- Shape Shifters
- The Dice Throw
- The Stairs
- Sleep on the Ashes
Unprepared Music for Prepared Recorders (performed by Andres Gerszenson)(1992), for recorders
Mathew's Studies #2, #7, #21, #37
En Route, with János Négyesy, intermedia production
Un Tiro de Dados ("A Roll of the Dice") Robert Willey, electronics and Diego Losa, saxophone
Caxambulismo for Lightning and Clarinet, Robert Willey, electronics, Maurício Loureiro, Lightning and clarinet
Six Stars (1996)
Welcome to the Trondheim Composer Group Concert (1993)
Frontera Norte ("The Northern Border") (7:08)
Dream Team, for New Music Ensemble of the Federal University of Minas Gerais (clarinet, trombone, bass, flute, saxophone), performed at Computer Music Simposium, Caxambu, Brazil, 1995.
2-way Dream, with Christopher Dobrian (9:55), for computer-mediated keyboard, voice, and guitar
Cereal Music II, for computer-mediated keyboard and video
Microascii, for computer-mediated keyboard
Homage to John Cage and Conlon Nancarrow (2012), for Disklaviers, in honor of their centennials
Five Pieces for conloninpurple and 12-channel sound system (2012) Conlon, Gerhard, Terry, John, Max

Recordings

Switched On Nancarrow
True Blue, CD+. Atlanta: Aucourant Records, 2012.
Eleven Twelve Nine, solo recital DVD, 2009.
Into the Blue. Producer, composer, performer. Aucourant Records, 2007.
The Book of Names - computer-mediated improvisation. Atlanta: Aucourant Records, 2007
Cabaret Night. Producer. DVD of UL Jazz Ensemble concert, 2007.
Digital Spice. Producer, contributor. Lafayette: School of Music, 2006.
Out of the Blue. Producer, composer, performer. Lafayette: Willshare, 2006
From La La to Zydeco: Creole and Zydeco Music From Louisiana. Producer. Lafayette: Center for Louisiana Studies, 2005.
DVD projects at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Peace Pieces. Producer, composer, performer. New age jazz folk instrumental experimental, 1993: Out of the Blue, Welcome to the Trondheim Composer Group Concert, Stairway to Seven, As We Were Singing, High Lights, (Winter) Solstice, Yucatan, A Game of Statues, Somersault of Thought, Written in Umbrellas, A Cloud of Grains, The Big Glide, No Distance. Reviews.
Intercambio. Producer, contributor. UC San Diego / Stanford University / LIPM (Buenos Aires) 1993: (Excerpts from "Un tiro de dados"). Producer, composer of one song.
SBCM II Producer, contributor. "Saudades de Ouro Preto (Memories of Ouro Preto)", 1995.
Cowboy's Dream (Raquel St. Claire) - keyboards, Adobe Records, 1996

Video clips

Look for some of the following in more compressed form on YouTube if you can't play the following QuickTime movies.

	Sambinha para João Jazz Combo 3
	From La La to Zydeco Menu clip News clip
	All That Matters Is You
	May I?
	Requiem of Psalms (VI), composed by Robert Paul Baker, performed by Chorale Acadienne [ score ]
	P.M. by Tom North
	Louisiana Creole Fiddle method
	Cosmic Rag
	Walls
	Bebot
	Cereal Music
	Microascii
	Jazz Combo III
	Pro Tools Primer - recording techniques class lecture videos
	That's How It Goes

Web Sites

Academic Homepage - links to courses, schedule, contacdt info, resume, links
RobertWilley.com - new age jazz bossa nova experimental electronic instrumental
From La La to Zydeco - Creole and Zydeco Music From Louisiana.
Creole Fiddle Method - method book and instructional DVD
Brazilian Piano - method book and play along CD
Recording projects
Sir Robert's Elizabethan Insult Generator - javascript exercise
Digital Spice DVD highlighting work from UL Lafayette Media Department
School of Music, University of Louisiana at Lafayette (webmaster) podcasts
Recording Studio documentation
Creative work - you're here!
Lovely Thinking
My view of a Music Industry Program
Recommended Reading
Quotes
What Dorothy Learned - what came after "The Wizard of Oz"
Fun Facts About the Earth
Answers to Mysteries
New Music for Disklavier and Synthesizer - new music for computer controlled acoustic piano
Carlos Gomes Conservatory (Belém, Brazil) - including virtual library of the music of Waldemar Henrique and other composers from Pará
Tommy Comeaux Endowed Chair in Traditional Music
El Camino de Silício - computer music in the Americas

	Louisiana Creole Fiddle, D'Jalma Garnier III and Robert Willey, Mel Bay, Inc., with instructional DVD, 2009.
	Brazilian Piano, Robert Willey and Alfredo Cardim, Hal Leonard, with play along CD+, 2010.