Category Archives: Collaboration

Jelly Donut Politics

My jaw is dropped in disbelief that I never shared this, so let this 2011 track be a 2012 post-holiday gift. Get some Jelly Donut in your Politics. Originally created for artist Marcela Torres.


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Cotton Wood Lining video now available

A video of Cotton Wood Lining, a new work commissioned by somebodies dance theater and performed on September 11th, 2010, at the around/about Contemporary Dance Festival, is now available. Check it out on it’s own page, or view below. Cotton Wood Lining from Sam L. Richards on Vimeo.


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With Bated Breath Video

I’m proud to announce that a video and audio recording of one of my most recent collaborations with choreographer Alex Taylor has now been posted here. Titled With Bated Breath, this work was long in the making and both Alex and I are very proud of the final results. Please read more about it on [...]


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“Tangential” Performance at Conduit

I have finally edited and posted the video from a performance of my collaborative work Tangential with choreographer Valerie Ifill. The original work was premiered at Dance For a Reason in late January, but Val and I proceeded to create an extended and final version for Instrinsic Environment, a concert featured at Conduit Dance, Inc. [...]


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“My Own” Performance at Conduit

Last weekend, on February 27th, two of my works were featured in Portland, one a premiere, at Intrinsic Environment: A dance and music collaboration. A video of My Own, with choreography by Valerie Ifill and Emily Baumann, can be found here. A video of the other work, Tangential, which was an extended version of the [...]


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After Hours in the Parlour Room

At long last, I’ve secured a video recording of the University of Oregon Repertory Dance Company’s performance of After Hours in The Parlour Room, featuring music I composed in collaboration with choreographer, Alex Taylor. Featured in this performance are dancers Emily Baumann, Karta Purkh Khalsa, and Emily Leonard. This recording is from the Saturday, April [...]


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Faster Than a Speeding Bullet, Performance Video

I have posted a low quality video of the dance performance at the Faster Than A Speeding Bullet reception this last Friday, September 25th. Other than being a rather cramped space for dancers to perform in, I think it all went rather smoothly. Click here, or the picture below for a video featuring the entire [...]


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There Are No Words Here

After months of being side-tracked with projects (very worthwhile ones, I might add), I have finally got around to editing the video and audio recordings of ECCE’s ANIMA concert that occurred in May of ’09. Besides being the artistic director and curator, my own contribution to the program was a piece for solo viola, with [...]


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Death Rides a Horse

Hot on the heels of the Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium was the live performance of an original score written by Gracin Dorsey and myself for the spaghetti western classic, Death Rides a Horse. As stated on the film’s Wikipedia entry, the film has landed itself a special place in popular culture, not to mention [...]


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ECCE-:-ANIMA

  As the director of the Eugene Contemporary Chamber Ensemble (ECCE), I am thrilled to announce its latest production: ANIMA. A concert of new compositions and choreography created in collaboration between graduate students of the School of Music and Dance at the University of Oregon. Two showings, May 29 and 30th @ 7:30pm in the newly [...]


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