DISCOGRAPHY
FUTURITY LP (2012)
More samples HERE
Are We at the Movies? LP (2011)
Extropian Records
Country Doctor Museum LP (2008)
Listen HERE
The Vain the Modest and the Dead EP (2006) The Lisps
Instruments (2007)
Instruments is a series of sonic cut-ups which explore the finest grains of sound from 20 instruments. Listen HERE.
The Table of Drops (2006)
The Table of Drops is a performance environment designed by César Alvarez in which an electric guitar and a bass guitar are suspended over a large amplifier. Within a structured improvisation the performers use feedback, gravity, a variety of tools, and found materials to manipulate the strings and compose feedback . Listen HERE.
ORIGINAL MUSIC FOR THE STAGE
An Octoroon (2014)by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins.
Directed by Sarah Benson
Songs and Score by César Alvarez - Drama Desk Nomination.
Soho Rep and Theatre for a New Audience
The Good Person of Szechwan (2013)
by Bertolt Brecht
directed by Lear deBessonet
music by César Alvarez with The Lisps
starring Taylor Mac
The Foundry Theatre at La MaMa
The Foundry Theatre at La MaMa
3 2's; or Afar (2011)
by Mac Wellman
Music by César Alvarez
Directed by Meghan Finn
Dixon Place
by Mac Wellman
Music by César Alvarez
Directed by Meghan Finn
Dixon Place
ORIGINAL MUSIC FOR DANCE
FULL.STILL.HUNGRY
(2011) 90'
for
Contra-Tiempo
Ford
Amphitheater (World Premiere)
Los
Angeles, CA
Damned
Beautiful
(2007) 35’
for
Helix Dance (Touring in Great Britain, Edinburgh Fringe)
I
Dream America
(2007) 40’
for
Contra-Tiempo (International Touring)
Between the Lines (2007) 10’
For Helix Dance (Touring Great Britain)
Papercutter
(2005) 9'
for
Ani Weinstein (DUMBO Dance Festival, Dance New Amsterdam)
Against
the Times (2005)
35'
for
Contra-Tiempo (International Touring)
Transit
(2004) 30'
for Eleanor Dubinsky
performed in Tabor, Czech Republic, CESTA 9th annual International Arts Festival
performed in Tabor, Czech Republic, CESTA 9th annual International Arts Festival
1979
Massacre (2004)
6'
in
collaboration with Erin Craven (performed at University of North
Carolina at Greensboro)
Sides/Lados
(2002)
8'
in
collaboration with Ana María Alvarez
Performed
at 9th Annual International Electro-Acoustic Music Festival in La
Havana, Cuba
MULTI-MEDIA
Hyper-Reality 1 (2002) 2 (2003) 3 (2004) 50'
Multimedia
One Man Show for young audiences (National Touring)
Music, Video, Programming and Lyrics by César Alvarez
CONCERT MUSIC
Echolalia
(2002) (variable time)
Interactive
environment for two improvising musicians and computer
Performed
at OCEAn festival 2003, Oberlin, OH
SELECTED WRITING
2006 – Present www.MusicIsFreeNow.org Writer, Editor, Founder2012 - "In Defense of the Musical"
2011 - "An Alternative Pedagogy for the 21st Century Musician"
2009 - "44 Considerations for Young Composers"
2011 “Micro Essays on The Lisps Sophomore LP” published in InDigest Magazine
2009 “Proposals for the Future of Sounds” published in Digital Artifact Magazine Issue #3 and in Spanish translation in Pesanervios #1
2006 "Is This Really Helping Us?: Mp3 Blogs and The Sublime Chaos of Online Music Culture" - APAP Technology Blog.
SOUND DESIGN
When
in Disgrace (2009)
Directed and
Written by Damon Krometis
Examined Man Theatre
Examined Man Theatre
New York, NY
Roach
(2006)
directed
by Dyana Kimball
Ontik/Philly
Fringe
Philadelphia,
PA
Animus
(2006)
directed
by Daniel Jaquez
INTAR
Theatre/New Works Lab
Theatre Row
New
York, NY
With
Love, Gabe
(2006)
directed
by Lou Moreno
INTAR
Theatre/New Works Lab
Theatre Row
Theatre Row
New
York, NY
Woyzeck
(2005)
directed
by Dyana Kimball
Flying Pig CollectiveSite-Specific in Central Park
Flying Pig CollectiveSite-Specific in Central Park
New
York, NY
The
Adding Machine
(2004)
directed
by Dyana Kimball
Columbia
Stages at the Riverside Theater
New
York, NY
The
Mixtape Play (2004)
directed
by Susan Kim
The
Belt Theater
New
York, NY