Featured Compositions
I dream of instruments obedient to my thought
and which with their contribution of a whole new world of unsuspected sounds,
will lend themselves to the exigencies of my inner rhythm.— Edgard Varèse
Lift Up Your Eyes (2024), for SATB chorus and fixed media {Notes}
Melancholia (2024), for fixed media {Notes}
Genetic Variations (2022), for fixed media {Notes}
I. SINEs
II. Transposable Elements
III. Microsatellite
IV. Chain
Erasure (2021), for flute, bassoon, violin and
cello
Double Helix (2019), for fixed media {Notes}
I. Major Groove
II. Biological Clocks
III. Seed{YouTube}
IV. Minor Groove
Totality (2017), for bassoon and piano {Notes; Apple Music | Spotify | Naxos}
I. Shadow
II. Bite - Baily's Beads - Diamond Ring
III. Corona
IV. Reappearance
Constellation (2015), for flute and interactive electronics {Notes}
Images (2014), for oboe and piano {Notes}
I. Chaconne
II. Partita
III. Canon
IV. Aria
Stained Glass (2014), for vibraphone and interactive electronics {Note}
When Particles Collide, (2013, rev. 2026),
for fixed media {Notes}
I. Cloud Chamber
II. Quantum Noise
III. String Theory
IV. Time Warp
V. Radiant Energy
Harmony (2013), for solo piano {Note}
I. Tetrahedron
II. Array
III. Permutation
IV. Imaginary Number
Iteration (2012), for alto saxophone, marimba and fixed media {Note; Spotify}
Frieze (2011), for cello and piano {Note}
I. Molecular Presentation
II. Mosaic
III. Constructed Resonance
IV. Identify
V. Lattice
Dark Energy (2011), for amplified viola quartet {Note}
A Mathematical Offering (2010), for oboe and
bassoon {Note}
I. Minimal Perterbation
II. The Stepping Stone Analogy
III. Cube Dance
IV. Partitions
V. Strange Loops
VI. Waterfall
VII. Hyper-Hexatonic Blues
VIII. Splitting and Fusing
IX. Ascending and Descending
X. Ladder Canon
Pi Day (2009), for fixed media {Note; YouTube | Spotify
| Naxos}
Tiling (2009), for viola and piano {Note}
Chaos Game (for Nancarrow) (2009), for fixed media {Note; YouTube | Spotify | Naxos}
When Inspiration Came (2009), for fixed media {Note; You Tube | Spotify | Naxos}
Jovian Images (2008), for soprano saxophone and interactive electronics {Note; YouTube | Spotify}
Luminescent (2007), for alto saxophone and marimba {Note; YouTube; Spotify}
The Music of the Primes (2006), for fixed
media {Note;
YouTube | Spotify
| Naxos}
A Primal Point of Balance (2006), for soprano
saxophone
On the Horns of Dilemma (2005), a
computer-generated composition
When I Consider the Heavens (2005), for SSATTB chorus and electronic sound {Note} - *
Illuminations (2005), for alto saxophone and piano {Note; Spotify}
May the Angels Take You Into Paradise (2004),
for assembly, solo voice, liturgical choir and piano
Degrees of Accuracy (2002), from trombone and
fixed media
Strange Attractors & Logarithmic Spirals (2001), for fixed media {Note; YouTube | Spotify | Naxos}
God Does Not Play Dice (1998), for fixed media {Notes; Naxos}
I. The Uncertainty
Principle {YouTube;
Spotify}
II. Schrodinger's Cat {YouTube; Spotify}
III. Sum Over Histories {YouTube; Spotify}
Two Voyagers (1998) for soprano voice, alto
voice, and piano
on two poems by Emily
Dickinson
The Language of the Angels (1996), for fixed media {Notes; Naxos}
I. Whether one angel talks
to another {Spotify}
II. Whether a lower angel speaks to a higher one {Spotify}
III. Whether an angel talks to God {Spotify}
IV. Whether distance has an effect on the angels' speech
&
Whether all the angels know what one says to another {Spotify}
The Butterfly Effect (1994), for fixed media {Note; YouTube | Spotify | Naxos}
The Echo of His Cry (1993), for saxophone
quartet
I. Introduction
II. Fugue
Piano Variations (1993), for solo piano
Not Speaking (1993, rev. 2004), for soprano saxophone, alto saxophone and vibraphone {Note} - *
Is/Ought (1991), for trumpet ensemble
Deus Canticum (1989), for organ
Ite Missa Est (1989), for two alto saxophones and organ
Ornament and Crime (1988), for woodwind quintet
In the Presence of Angels (1989), for
soprano voice and piano
on Psalm 138, text adapted by
Reginald F. Bain, Sr.
The Seventh Trumpet (1988), for flugelhorn and fixed media
Mirrors in the Mind (1987, rev. 2026), for fixed media {Note}
Retreat from Quiescence (1987, rev. 2013), for fixed media {Note}
Sepulchre Masque (1987), for saxophone quartet
The Way of the Cross: According to the Gospel of Mark (1986), Adaptation and Lyrics by: Georgia Weber Bain and Reginald F. Bain, Sr., Music by Reginald F. Bain, Jr.; for soloists, chorus, and chamber ensemble {NDTC}
Serious Actualism (1986), for brass quintet and fixed media
From Ritual to Romance (1985), for solo piano
MUSIC FOR THE THEATRE
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Original incidental music and songs for:
- Shakespeare's As You Like It (1998) {NDTC}
- Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream
(1997), USC, Department of Theory and Dance,
directed by Ethan McSweeny
- Shakespeare's Othello (1995), USC,
Department of Theory and Dance, directed by David
Wiles
- Shakespeare's Twelfth Night (1992), USC,
Department of Theory and Dance, directed by Richard
Jennings
- Shakespeare's King Lear (1992) {NDTC}
- Bertolt Brecht's The Good Woman of Setzuan
(1991), directed by Frederic Syburg {NDTC}
- Moliere's Tartuffe (1989) {NDTC}
- Shakespeare's Macbeth (1987) {NDTC}
- Sophocles' Electra (1985) {NDTC}
- Sean O'Casey's Cock-a-Doodle-Dandy (1984)
{NDTC}
- June Havoc's Marathon ‘33 (1983) {NDTC}
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Original music featured in:
Unless otherwise stated, the plays above
were produced at the University
of Notre Dame
under the direction of my father Reginald F. Bain, Sr.
(1934-2026).
NDTC - University of Notre Dame Theatre Chronology
- A
full-length recording of a live performance is available
* - A brief excerpt from a live
performance is available
