Dog Dreams is a genre bending collection of instrumental and electronic works that were originally the product of collaborations with a diverse array of choreographers. Launched by his composition Chains (for Vibraphone and Piano) featuring performers from the Athens, Greece based ARTefacts ensemble, this album includes new, as well as revised, remastered, works from his pre-digitally distributed era CDs. Stylistically this album's first six works, which feature piano, guitars, percussion, and orchestral…
Read moreSuper Collider and Residency at University of California, Irvine
Events comprising my February 18-20 residency at the University of California, Irvine centered around the performance of my propulsive, noise-centric, sci-fi score to Super Collider choreographed by Chad Michael Hall in collaboration with his 25 energetic, athletic, dancers. I also presented Does it Really Work (see Workshops and Residencies) to choreography students and accompanied his first. live modern dance class since the onset of the pandemic. With the biggest cast that, I think, has ever performed to any of my music, spectacular lighting, and high impact, visually stunning choreography, this piece was a big success. Here's a link to a dress run through of Super Collider shot on Chad's iPhone from the seats at the Irvine Barclay Theater, University of California, Irvine. Hopefully a professionally shot video will become available at some point but, as this rehearsal was attended mainly by a boisterous audience of fellow cast members and friends, I sure do enjoy this audience's enthusiasm.
GHOST CHAIR by LA Dance Moves with Rachel Outsell features David's composition Without Words from his newest CD, Dog Dreams,
you can view Ghost Chair on YouTube via this link:
2023 ACDA SCREENDANCE PROMOTIONAL VIDEO
View this 2023 ACDA Screendance promotional video masterfully edited by Chad Michael Hall using a condensed version David's composition Leap Year - a track available on his Multiplex album.
Chains (for Vibraphone and Piano) Score and Score Revisions
In August 2020 the score to Chains (for Vibraphone and Piano) went out of print and the publishing rights were reverted back to David Karagianis. If you are interested in purchasing a copy of this score (for $20 US each) please make your request via the Contact page on this website.
Since the original printed publication of this score David made a few small, but important, revisions to this score. These changes may be heard in the recording of Chains (for Vibraphone and Piano) on David's album Dog Dreams performed by members of the Athens, Greece based ARTefacts Ensemble. Here are the downloadable links to these score revisions:
Chains Revisions Bar 40b: https://app.box.com/s/dryz70q6tmzyaqv1d2oy80sfeik3iaei
Chains Revisions Bars 55-56: https://app.box.com/s/ekkhlue8aicoocyc22v1l21l29u8v5v5