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57 works
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2027–28 MicrobiomeIn progress four players, audio, video
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- four players, audio, video
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2026 Shifting BaselinesCommissioned by Hebrides Ensemble string quartet, piano, percussion, audio recordingsc. 15′ More ↗
The composer’s musical response – mostly written for the quartet with piano chords and snare drum rim-shots – was compelling, with very democratic sharing of the lead voice amongst the string instruments.
Keith Bruce, Vox Carnyx, March 2026 · Full article- Press →
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- string quartet, piano, percussion, audio recordings
- Duration
- c. 15′
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- Hebrides Ensemble
- Venue
- Perth Theatre, Scotland
- Date
- 25 March 2026
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2025 Silent ArchitectsMultimedia workCommissioned by Sound Scotland with support from Creative Scotland and Hope Scott Trust percussion, piano, electronics, musical saw, film, art installationc. 30′ More ↗
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- percussion, piano, electronics, musical saw, film, art installation
- Duration
- c. 30′
- Premiered by
- GBSR Duo
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- The Barn, Banchory
- Date
- 26 October 2025
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- monosynth, piano, string orchestra
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- c. 4′
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- solo piano, chamber ensemble
- Duration
- c. 5′
- Premiered by
- Doelen Ensemble
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- Willem Burger Hal, de Doelen, Rotterdam
- Date
- 11 December 2022
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2021 Nascent Forms: Part 1Arranged for four pianosCommissioned by Dawn Hardwick piano quartet (four pianos)c. 4′ Listen ▸Score
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- piano quartet (four pianos)
- Duration
- c. 4′
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- On request
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2021 Run ChimeVersion for percussion and chamber stringsCommissioned by Norwegian Chamber Orchestra solo percussion, chamber stringsc. 5′ Listen ▸Score
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- solo percussion, chamber strings
- Duration
- c. 5′
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- On request
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2021 ForecastCommissioned by Elliott Gaston Ross solo percussion, field recordingsc. 13′ Listen ▸Score
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- solo percussion, field recordings
- Duration
- c. 13′
- Premiered by
- Elliott Gaston Ross
- Venue
- Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität
- Date
- 15 June 2022
- Score
- On request
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2019 Nascent FormsCommissioned by a consortium organised by Colin Currie and Cameron Leach mallet percussion quartetc. 16′ Listen ▸Score
In Dave Maric’s nature-inspired Nascent Forms for mallet instruments the emphasis on quick fire repetition was mesmerising in itself, the performance scintillating for its dextrous precision and intoxicating interaction.
Ken Walton, Vox Carnyx, April 2024 · Full article- Press →
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- mallet percussion quartet
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- c. 16′
- Premiered by
- Millennial Percussion
- Venue
- Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
- Date
- 11 June 2019
- Score
- For sale
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2018 SpielConcerto for percussion and wind ensembleCommissioned by Capital University, Columbus, Ohio solo percussion, symphonic winds, audio recordingc. 18′ Watch ▸
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- solo percussion, symphonic winds, audio recording
- Duration
- c. 18′
- Premiered by
- Cameron Leach, Capital Winds conducted by Jeff Gershman
- Venue
- Mees Hall, Capital University, Columbus, Ohio
- Date
- 29 March 2019
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- album recording
- Duration
- c. 45′
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- album recording
- Duration
- c. 57′
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2017 We Made UsChamber concerto for percussion, piano/electronics and stringsCommissioned by Scottish Ensemble solo percussion, solo piano, electronics, stringsc. 30′ Listen ▸
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2017 Thrice Into FlamesSolo percussion and audioCommissioned by a consortium organised by David Mitchell solo percussion, audio recordingc. 10′30″ Watch ▸Score
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- solo percussion, audio recording
- Duration
- c. 10′30″
- Premiered by
- David Mitchell
- Venue
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro
- Date
- 24 March 2017
- Score
- For sale
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2016 Fragments from Decade Zero string quartet, wind quartetc. 5′
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- string quartet, wind quartet
- Duration
- c. 5′
- Premiered by
- Engines Orchestra conducted by Phil Meadows
- Venue
- Cheltenham Town Hall, Cheltenham Jazz Festival
- Date
- 29 April 2017
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2016 Decade ZeroConcerto for jazz trio and chamber ensembleCommissioned by Cheltenham Jazz Festival, Manchester Jazz Festival, London Jazz Festival with support from PRS for Music Foundation piano, bass, drum kit, chamber ensemblec. 35′ Listen ▸
A true original and undoubtedly a highlight of the (London Jazz) festival.
Martin Hummel, London Jazz News, November 2017 · Full articlePhronesis’ mind expanding collaboration with composer Dave Maric and the Engines Orchestra, for the premiere of the daring and complex ‘Decade Zero’, offered an adrenalin rush of cerebral and sensuous sonic thrills.
Peter Bacon, Jazz Wise Magazine (print version), May 2017- All 7 press quotes →
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- piano, bass, drum kit, chamber ensemble
- Duration
- c. 35′
- Premiered by
- Phronesis, Engines Orchestra conducted by Phil Meadows
- Venue
- Cheltenham Town Hall, Cheltenham Jazz Festival
- Date
- 29 April 2017
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2016 VigilPiano concerto with accompanying spoken/printed text by Carol WattsCommissioned by Cheltenham Festival with support from Hargreaves and Ball Trust solo piano, electronics, chamber ensemblec. 30′ Listen ▸
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- solo piano, electronics, chamber ensemble
- Duration
- c. 30′
- Premiered by
- Dave Maric with members of the Goldfield Ensemble and students of the Guildhall School of Music
- Venue
- Parabola Theatre, Cheltenham Festival
- Date
- 9 July 2016
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2015 História FuturaSolo percussion and fxCommissioned by Pedro Segundo, funded by City Music Foundation solo percussionc. 10′
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- solo percussion
- Duration
- c. 10′
- Premiered by
- Pedro Segundo
- Venue
- St James Theatre, London
- Date
- 25 September 2015
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- six pianos, MIDI keyboard drums
- Duration
- c. 15′
- Premiered by
- Piano Circus
- Venue
- Bush Hall, London
- Date
- 2 July 2015
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2014 Trophic CascadesCommissioned by De Doelen concert hall, Rotterdam and Capital University, Columbus, Ohio two pianos, two percussionc. 30′ Listen ▸Score
Dave Maric (1970) was commissioned to write a new work...He passed with flying colors. In the six-part Trophic Cascades he makes an ecological statement which places him in the company of composers such as Murray Schafer and John Luther Adams.
Willem Jan Keizer, Cultuurpers, 27 February 2015 · Full articleTrophic Cascades by Dave Maric is based on the British composer’s interest in biodiversity and ecosystems but the work is best appreciated for the enticing sound world that mixes high avant garde classicism with populist vernacular music. Mallet…
Lawrence Budmen, South Florida Classical Review, 29 March 2015- Press →
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- two pianos, two percussion
- Duration
- c. 30′
- Premiered by
- Ralph van Raat, Maarten van Veen, Benjamin Ramirez, Colin Currie
- Venue
- De Doelen, Rotterdam
- Date
- 25 February 2015
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- For sale
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A trilling, buzzing, partly melodic thing that will cut right through the cacophony of your day and demand to be heard.
Ian Sherred, The Sound Projector, 25 March 2015 · Full articleThe sound is oddly gothic, the howls and scratches of of Masing’s strings rubbing strangely along with Maric’s synth. I rather like it; I hear something of both Radulescu and 80s synth-pop in it (among much else), a combination of avant garde and…
Tim Rutherford-Johnson, The Rambler, 10 December 2014 · Full article- All 4 press quotes →
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- album recording
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2014 AutophonicaCommissioned by Care in the Community Recordings pianolac. 5′
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- pianola
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- c. 5′
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- album recording
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2014 A Greek TragedySolo percussionCommissioned by Tom Sherwood for the May 2014 Modern Snare Drum Competition, Atlanta solo snare drum, audio recordingc. 6′ Listen ▸Watch ▸Score
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- solo snare drum, audio recording
- Duration
- c. 6′
- Venue
- Modern Snare Drum Competition, Atlanta
- Date
- May 2014
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- For sale
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2013 Habitual Behaviour vibraphone, synths, piano, bass, drumsc. 10′
**** Composer Dave Maric cleverly developed the Phronesis sound with pre-composed electronica
Mike Hobart, Financial Times, 8 April 2013 · Full article**** Dave Maric triggers bell-like arpeggios on a synth module, providing the basis for some fiendishly complex compositions.
John Lewis, The Guardian, 8 April 2013 · Full article- Press →
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- vibraphone, synths, piano, bass, drums
- Duration
- c. 10′
- Premiered by
- Phronesis with Jim Hart and Dave Maric
- Venue
- Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
- Date
- 5 April 2013
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2012 Forgotten LandsTrumpet concertoCommissioned by the Norwegian Radio Orchestra for Ole Edvard Antonsen solo trumpet, orchestrac. 22′ Listen ▸
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- solo trumpet, orchestra
- Duration
- c. 22′
- Premiered by
- Ole Edvard Antonsen, Norwegian Radio Orchestra conducted by Pascal Rophé
- Venue
- Domkirken, Oslo
- Date
- 28 September 2012
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2012 Towards Future’s EmbraceChamber percussion concertoCommissioned by Iain and Elizabeth Currie, the Chamber Orchestra of Lapland and the Luosto Classic Festival solo percussion, chamber orchestrac. 24′ Listen ▸Score
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- solo percussion, chamber orchestra
- Duration
- c. 24′
- Premiered by
- Colin Currie with the Chamber Orchestra of Lapland conducted by John Storgårds
- Venue
- Luosto Classic Festival, Luosto, Finland
- Date
- 12 August 2012
- Score
- On request
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2011 Run ChimeCommissioned by Colin Currie and the Miró Quartet solo percussion, string quartetc. 4′ Listen ▸Score
full of vitality and rhythmic and textural invention
Jonathan Russell, Bachtrack, 11 November 2013 · Full articleRun Chime was a great, cleverly-crafted, curtain-raiser.
Andrew Patner, Chicago Sun-Times, 27 Februrary 2013 · Full article- Press →
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- solo percussion, string quartet
- Duration
- c. 4′
- Premiered by
- Miró Quartet and Colin Currie
- Venue
- Bates Recital Hall, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA
- Date
- 22 February 2011
- Score
- For sale · £15
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2010 Blood WeddingOrchestral ballet scoreCommissioned by the foundation of the Finnish National Opera symphony orchestrac. 48′ Listen ▸
The doom-laden musical score by Dave Maric, with wonderful percussion flavours, carries the action and highlights major turning points.
Jussi Tossavainen, Helsingin Sanomat, 31 October 2010 · Full articleDave Maric's music paints a complex soundscape that gives structure to the drama.
Jan-Peter Kaiku, Hufvudstadsbladet, 31 October 2010- All 4 press quotes →
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- 2+picc, 2+cor, 2+bass, 2+contra - 4, 3, 2+bass, 2 perc, 2 harp, piano, 14/12/10/8/6
- Duration
- c. 48′
- Premiered by
- Orchestra of the Finnish National Opera conducted by Pietro Rizzo
- Venue
- Finnish National Opera House, Helsinki
- Date
- 29 October 2010
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2010 And our faces vanish like waterContemporary dance scoreCommissioned by Stadttheater Bern for Bern Ballett soprano, human beatboxc. 13′
in the experimental piece [And our faces vanish like water], in which the movements of the ensemble meet the sung statements of classical soprano (Mélanie Adami) and the Bern Beat boxer Steff La Cheffe, you feel a sudden crackle. Like fragments from…
Marianne Mühlemann, Berner Zeitung, 1 February 2010 · Full article- Press →
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- soprano, human beatbox
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- c. 13′
- Premiered by
- Mélanie Adami (soprano) and Steff la Cheffe (beatbox)
- Venue
- Vidmarhalle, Bern, Switzerland
- Date
- 29 January 2010
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2009 27m²Feature film score feature film score
Film of the Festival
European Independent Film Festival, April 2011 · Full article- Press →
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- feature film score
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2009 AmaranthineContemporary dance score electronicsc. 5′30″
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- electronics
- Duration
- c. 5′30″
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- Vidmarhalle, Bern, Switzerland
- Date
- 11 June 2009
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2009 Sturmhöhe (Wuthering Heights)Contemporary dance scoreCommissioned by The Cathy Marston Project contrabass, samplerc. 70′ Watch ▸
David Maric's score, for electronics and live double bass, is a meterological marvel with its high, sighing melodies and rumbling climaxes that threaten to burst into heavy rock but never do.
Jenny Gilbert, Independent On Sunday, 31 May 2009 · Full articleDavid Maric’s score - a blend of electronic sounds and live double-bass solos, played with concentrated passion by Mich Gerber - is hauntingly evocative, brilliantly echoing the vastness and menacing presence of Bronte’s infamous moors.
Sarah Wilkinson, The Stage, 28 May 2009- All 10 press quotes →
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- contrabass, sampler
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- c. 70′
- Premiered by
- Mich Gerber (contrabass) and Dave Maric (laptop)
- Venue
- Stadttheater Bern, Switzerland
- Date
- 28 March 2009
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2008 A Tale of Two CitiesOrchestral ballet scoreCommissioned by Northern Ballet Theatre orchestrac. 90′
In collaboration with David Maric, whose score artfully soundpaints the action, Marston finds some clever choreographic routes through Dickens' tortuous chronology, staging simultaneous scenes from past and present and doubling the moves so that…
Judith Mackrell, The Guardian, 04 September 2008 · Full articleDave Maric’s fine original score provides the show with a sometimes suspenseful, unexpectedly delicate pulse.
Donald Hutera, The Times, 04 September 2008 · Full article- All 12 press quotes →
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- orchestra
- Duration
- c. 90′
- Premiered by
- Northern Ballet Theatre Orchestra conducted by John Pryce-Jones
- Venue
- West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds, UK
- Date
- 30 August 2008
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2006 Five Movements for ArcanaContemporary dance scoreCommissioned by the Cathy Marston Project two violins, piano, percussionc. 20′
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- two violins, piano, percussion
- Duration
- c. 20′
- Premiered by
- Fiona McNaught (Violin) and Dave Maric (Piano/Percussion) (Audio recording)
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- Truro Hall for Cornwall, Truro, UK
- Date
- 7 September 2006
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2006 Lucid IntervalsCommissioned by the Borletti-Buitoni Trust for Colin Currie and Håkan Hardenberger flugelhorn/trumpet, mallet percussionc. 10′ Score
In Dave Maric's Lucid Intervals, the process was reversed, with Hardenberger initiating a sequence of commanding, almost baroque solos while Currie stooped over his instruments as if in acquiescent subservience. Enthralling stuff, every second of it.
Tim Ashley, The Guardian, February 2007Lucid Intervals was written for Currie and Håkan Hardenberger for the Verbier Festival in 2006. ...the sound is unified and both percussion and trumpet are deployed both melodically and to maintain the rhythmic flow....There is a strong rhythmic…
Carla Rees, Music Web International, 28 November 2007- All 3 press quotes →
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- flugelhorn/trumpet, mallet percussion
- Duration
- c. 10′
- Premiered by
- Colin Currie and Håkan Hardenberger
- Venue
- Verbier Festival
- Date
- 31 July 2006
- Publisher
- Norsk Musikforlag
- Score
- For sale
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2006 ShoreContemporary dance scoreCommissioned by Dance City and the Northumberland Arts Forum voice, tenor sax, Northumbrian smallpipes, choirc. 45′
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- voice, tenor sax, Northumbrian smallpipes, choir
- Duration
- c. 45′
- Premiered by
- Olivia Chaney (voice), James Allsopp (tenor sax), Andrew Watchorn (pipes), Dave Maric (percussion), and the SHORE chorus directed by Martin Fisher
- Venue
- Bamburgh Castle sand dunes, Northumberland
- Date
- 27 September 2006
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2005 IncantationCommissioned by BBC Radio 3 violin, electric guitar, piano, drums, electronicsc. 15′
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- violin, electric guitar, piano, drums, electronics
- Duration
- c. 15′
- Premiered by
- Viktoria Mullova, Fred Frith, Katia Labèque, Marque Gilmore, Dave Maric
- Venue
- Leeds College of Music, UK
- Date
- 9 November 2005
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- electric guitar, drums, electronics
- Duration
- c. 12′
- Premiered by
- Fred Frith, Marque Gilmore, Dave Maric
- Venue
- Leeds College of Music, UK
- Date
- 9 November 2005
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- violin, piano, drums, synth
- Duration
- c. 15′
- Premiered by
- Viktoria Mullova, Katia Labèque, Marque Gilmore, Dave Maric
- Venue
- Leeds College of Music, UK
- Date
- 9 November 2005
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2005 GhostsContemporary dance scoreCommissioned by the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London wind/string/percussion quintet, audio recordingc. 60′ Watch ▸
An original score by Dave Maric for five musicians - strings, harp, clarinet and marimba - in a moody minimalist, percussive style, augmented by dark electric sounds...punctuates the action like a rapier and layers on the doom that surrounds all on stage.
Bruce Marriot, Ballet.co.uk, 23 September 2005 · Full articleDave Maric's score avidly played by a small ensemble, jabbing through the sticky atmosphere like a knife or marking the domestic tedium with a ticking pulse.
Jenny Gilbert, The Independent on Sunday, 2 October 2005 · Full article- All 7 press quotes →
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- wind/string/percussion quintet, audio recording
- Duration
- c. 60′
- Premiered by
- Julia Knight (viola), Zoe Martlew (cello), Pete Whyman (bass clarinet), Sam Walton (marimba) and Serafina Steer (harp). Conducted by Thomas Blunt
- Venue
- Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
- Date
- 22 September 2005
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2004 You, CubaContemporary dance score for TVCommissioned by Channel 4 and MJW Productions violin, piano, percussionc. 12′ Watch ▸
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- violin, piano, percussion
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- c. 12′
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- First broadcast: Channel 4, UK
- Date
- 7 February 2005
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2004 SpellboundConcerto for band and orchestraCommissioned by Radio France and l’Orchestre National de Montpellier piano, synths, drum kit, orchestrac. 25′ Score
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- piano, synths, drum kit, orchestra
- Duration
- c. 25′
- Premiered by
- The Katia Labèque Band with L'Orchestre National de Montpellier
- Venue
- Opéra Berlioz / Le Corum, Montpellier, France
- Date
- 5 June 2004
- Publisher
- Norsk Musikforlag
- Score
- For sale
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**** Pianist Katia Labèque's current band brings together acoustic and electronic music in an inspired collaboration with New York percussionist Marque Gilmore and British composer Dave Maric. Their 2003 album, Unspoken, moves seamlessly between…
David Lasserson, The Guardian, 30 November 2005 · Full article… moody avant-fusion. The compositions by Dave Maric are extremely sophisticated and highly effective on their own terms.
BBC Music Magazine, April 2004- All 9 press quotes →
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- album recording
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- cello, percussion
- Duration
- c. 10′
- Premiered by
- Matthew Barley and Sam Walton
- Venue
- Concertgebouw Brugge, Belgium
- Date
- 5 February 2004
- Publisher
- Norsk Musikforlag
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- For sale
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Classical CD of the week. "Music by Dave Maric", the CD cover admits in faint print beneath Colin Currie's name and the title of his disc, Borrowed Time. (It is even more discreet on the back of the CD.) This unusually modest admission as to the…
Matthew Rye, Daily Telegraph, 15 September 2007 · Full articleSCOTS percussionist Colin Currie has long been a champion of Dave Maric's music. Both men met through their shared connections with the Steve Martland Band, and there are shared allusions, too, in Maric's jazz/rock-driven music which Currie performs…
Kenny Matheson, The Scotsman, 2 November 2007- All 9 press quotes →
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- solo percussion, organ
- Duration
- c. 10′
- Premiered by
- Colin Currie and Clive Driskill-Smith
- Venue
- Westminster Abbey
- Date
- 10 June 2003
- Publisher
- Norsk Musikforlag
- Score
- For sale
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The opening work is Predicaments...From the outset, we are taken on a journey into Dave Maric’s captivating sound-world. Even the slower paced opening of the first movement has energy and momentum which maintains the listener’s interest. The…
Carla Rees, Music Web International, 28 November 2007The opening work, 'Predicaments', is another of the album's highlights. Maric, on piano, adds subtle nuances with poignant chords beneath a responsive vibraphone. But the bombardment of sound(s) perhaps points to a broader problem: will the listener…
Caroline Dromey, Musical Criticism.com, 19 October 2007- Press →
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- piano, percussion
- Duration
- c. 11′
- Premiered by
- Colin Currie and Dave Maric
- Venue
- Salle Olivier Messiaen, Maison de Radio France, Paris
- Date
- 6 February 2003
- Publisher
- Norsk Musikforlag
- Score
- For sale
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2002 ExileCommissioned by Katia and Marielle Labèque two pianos, percussion, samplerc. 18′ Listen ▸Score
Exile is an ingenious layering of subtle percussion over obsessive, inexorable piano rhythms. Maric cleverly uses core live electronics (eg sampled bowed vibraphone, gong scraped with metal, echoing eerie piano), which incidentally help link the…
Maggie Cotton, Birmingham Post, 31 October 2002Exile is a lively, evocative, complex piece that incorporates the sounds of music from around the world and the styles of Western art music. It works chronologically backward, starting with minimalist gestures and moving to a stately, Bach-like…
Chris Pasles, Los Angeles Times, 25 January 2003- Press →
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- two pianos, percussion, sampler
- Duration
- c. 18′
- Premiered by
- Katia and Marielle Labèque, Colin Currie and Dave Maric
- Venue
- Birmingham Symphony Hall, UK
- Date
- 29 October 2002
- Publisher
- Norsk Musikforlag
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- For sale
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2002 Sense & InnocenceCommissioned by the Lucerne Festival solo percussion, audio recordingc. 10′ Watch ▸Score
the most all-embracing was Dave Maric’s Sense and Innocence
Richard Fairman, Financial Times, 8 April 2014 · Full articleCurrie for spare and spooky “Sense and Innocence”...melds well with Maric’s moody electronic sampling, and it was a crisp, thoughtful work.
Luke Quinton, Austin 360, 24 February 2011 · Full article- All 4 press quotes →
- Scoring
- solo percussion, audio recording
- Duration
- c. 10′
- Premiered by
- Colin Currie
- Venue
- Marianischer Saal, Lucerne, Switzerland
- Date
- 5 September 2002
- Publisher
- Norsk Musikforlag
- Score
- For sale
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2002 Lifetimes 12 strings, solo percussionc. 12′ Score
- Scoring
- 12 strings, solo percussion
- Duration
- c. 12′
- Premiered by
- Rococo Strings with Adrian Spillett
- Venue
- Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, UK
- Date
- 18 June 2002
- Publisher
- Norsk Musikforlag
- Score
- For sale
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...This was set to music by Dave Maric, played live here by the ensemble Between the Notes (onstage). The instruments were an interesting mix (including cello, percussion, piano, electric guitar). Live music in this venue was a real plus, and it was…
Lynette Halewood, Ballet Magazine, December 2003- Press →
- Scoring
- five players
- Duration
- c. 11′
- Premiered by
- Between the Notes
- Venue
- Bush Hall, London
- Date
- 23 February 2002
- Publisher
- Norsk Musikforlag
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- For sale
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Commissioned by Mullova and Labèque, this three-movement work is a bold and imaginative take on the potential of each instrument, bonding them close together in discourse which is compelling for the audience. Static works out cunning and stark…
Hilary Finch, The Times, 28 June 2002On Friday night, the Russian violinist Viktoria Mullova played a recital at Carnegie Hall, with the French pianist Katia Labeque...."Falling to the Sky."...has three movements: Static, Endless, and Hyper. Mr. Maric is true to his descriptions, in…
Jay Nordlinger, New York Sun, 18 April 2005- Press →
- Scoring
- violin, piano
- Duration
- c. 13′
- Premiered by
- Viktoria Mullova and Katia Labèque
- Venue
- Siena, Italy
- Date
- 1 February 2002
- Publisher
- Norsk Musikforlag
- Score
- For sale
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Dave Maric's Shapeshifter was a typically challenging, inventive piece for marimbas and percussion, bursting with ideas, protean in its moods-from laid-back and easygoing to huge outbursts of driving energy-all put together with real brain-power and…
Michael Tumelty, Glasgow Herald, 18 October 2003Shapeshifter is a standout track, an extremely impressive example of putting percussion to experimental use, creating complicated rhythms and, through their combination, teasing out structural references.
Caroline Dromey, Musical Criticism.com, 19 October 2007- Press →
- Scoring
- percussion duo
- Duration
- c. 7′30″
- Premiered by
- Colin Currie and Sam Walton
- Venue
- Raven Theatre, Leighton Buzzard, UK
- Date
- 13 October 2001
- Score
- For sale
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- Scoring
- solo piano
- Duration
- c. 3′
- Premiered by
- Katia Labèque
- Venue
- Ruhr Festival, Theater am Marientor, Duisburg, Germany
- Date
- 18 July 2002
- Score
- On request · Any donation
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- Scoring
- violin, piano
- Duration
- c. 5′
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The virtuosic Currie, catalyst for so many new works, was mostly to be seen behind a construction of marimba, vibraphone, kick drum, gongs and all kinds of arcane objects, sounding extraordinary and no doubt identifiable only to members of the inner…
Fiona Maddocks, The Observer, 16 November 2014 · Full articleMaric’s piece pitted a solo percussionist against a dancing pre-recorded track of percussion sounds, so dense and full it could almost have stood on its own – which isn’t to deny Colin Currie astounding virtuosity, spinning on his heel from the…
Ivan Hewett, The Telegraph, 12 November 2014 · Full article- All 7 press quotes →
- Scoring
- solo percussion, audio recording
- Duration
- c. 13′
- Premiered by
- Colin Currie
- Venue
- Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow
- Date
- 1 December 2000
- Publisher
- Norsk Musikforlag
- Score
- For sale