SMOKE: Music of Marc Mellits

Music of: Marc Mellits
Performed by: New Music Detroit

Shannon Orme: bass clarinet 
Erik Rönmark: saxophones 
Gina DiBello: violin
Adrienne Rönmark: violin 
Samuel Bergman: viola
Úna O’Riordan: cello
Gyan Riley: guitar
Vicky Chow: piano
Ian Ding: drum set, marimba, & percussion
Daniel Bauch: marimba

Innova® is the label of the American Composers Forum
© New Music Detroit, 2018. All Rights Reserved.

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Track Listing:

“Smoke” for saxophone, guitar, 
marimba, and percussion (2009) (NMD Commission)
1) I	3:02
2) II	1:49
3) III	3:10
4) IV 	1:46
5) V 	2:47
6) VI 	2:40
7) VII 	1:21
8) VIII	4:01

“Red” for two marimbas (2008)
9) I. moderately funky	2:53
10) II. fast, aggressive, vicious 	1:22
11) III. moderate, with motion 	2:20
12) IV. slow, with motion	3:00
13) V. moderate, with motion	1:23
14) VI. fast, obsessive, bombastic, red	2:03

String Quartet No. 3: “Tapas” (2008)
15) One	1:46
16) Two	1:11
17) Three	1:10
18) Four 	1:27
19) Five 	4:03
20) Six 	1:36
21) Seven 	2:01
22) Eight	1:52

23) “Prime” for bass clarinet, baritone saxophone, two percussion, & piano (2008)	16:50

Total: 65:35

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Credits:

Producer: Ian Ding
Co-Producers: Erik Rönmark & Marc Mellits
Mixing Engineer: Ian Ding
Recording Engineers: Matthew Pons, Ian Ding, & Patrick Keating (Red) 
Assistant Engineers: Marty Kondziolka, Dennis Nulty
Mastering Engineer: Joe Lambert, Joe Lambert Mastering (Jersey City, NJ) 
Cover Art and Album Design: Zac Brunell

Recorded at: Orchestra Hall, Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center (Detroit, MI); Brown Hall, New England Conservatory (Boston, MA); and Dover Studios (Chicago, IL).

New Music Detroit would like to thank: Marc Mellits, The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, Knight Foundation, The Kresge Foundation, The American Composers Forum, Philip Blackburn, and Sarah Wilson. Supported by the Aaron Copland Fund for Music.

Innova is supported by an endowment from the McKnight Foundation. Philip Blackburn, director Chris Campbell, operations director, Tim Igel, publicist