music & Sound
Operas. Albums. Dance.
opera
- narrative experiments
in sound
and image
Untitled Opera (in-progress)
Love. Telegraphy. Paranormal. Signal. Noise. Whales. Water. Waves.
Sam Genovese: Concept, Libretto, Music, Visual Imaginings
DOUBLE HARMONIC
Chamber opera for two voices and generative electronic music
Odd Harmonic: Leila Weefur
Even Harmonic: Sam Genovese
Libretto and Music: Sam Genovese
2021
ENTANGLEMENTING — An American Ending (Electronic Opera for Solo Voice)
This opera inhabits many forms: Live Performance, Album, Film.
Sam Genovese: Concept, Libretto, Music, Voice, Live Performance (Staging, Video, Lighting), Film Production (Direction, Camera, Editing).
Full credits for all forms available in Album and Film sections.
2016-2020
album
- Solo
STUBBORNDEATHSTUBBORNSTEEL
Lyrics, Composed, Performed, Programmed, Sung, Produced, Mixed: Sam Genovese
Vocals Recorded & Produced, Mixed, Mastered: Cory Gehrich, Sisterly Silence Studios, Portland, OR
2023
SKYMYTH
Composed, Performed, Recorded, Mixed: Sam Genovese
Mix, Master: Cory Gehrich, Sisterly Silence Studios, Portland, OR
2021
ENTANGLEMENTING: Electronic Opera for Solo Voice
Libretto, Composition, Vocal Performance, Production: Sam Genovese
Production, Mix, Master: Cory Gehrich, Sisterly Silence Studios, Portland, OR
July 4, 2019
Signal in the Sky is Just a Shadow
Composed, Programmed, Recorded, Mixed: Sam Genovese
Mastering: Shawn Hatfield, Audible Oddities, Oakland, CA
2017
HIVE CRUSH
Saxophone (Yellow In, Blue Out): Tom Weeks
Composed, Recorded, Mixed: Sam Genovese
2016
This Thing That Thought It Was Becoming
Composed, Performed, Recorded, Mixed: Sam Genovese
Mastering: Shawn Hatfield, Audible Oddities, Oakland, CA
2015
Night Path
Composed, Performed, Recorded, Mixed: Sam Genovese
Mastering: Taylor Deupree, 12K Mastering, Pound Ridge, NY
2014
The Locust in Your Mouth
Composed, Performed, Recorded, Mixed: Sam Genovese
Mastering: Shawn Hatfield, Audible Oddities, Oakland, CA
2013
album
- guest
Blood of the Wolf (Tom Weeks & Ero Guro)
Sam Genovese guest vocals & electronics (tracks 2, 4, 6, 10, 12, 15)
Full credits and streaming
All compositions by Tom Weeks & Harry Gibbons
Ero Guro:
Tom Weeks- Alto saxophone, Flute, Shofar, Guitar
Harry Gibbons- Drums, Electronics
Robbie Pruett- Drums
Michael Srouji- Bass
Guests:
Sam Genovese- Vocals, Electronics (Tracks 2, 4, 6, 10, 12, 15)
John McCowen- Contrabass clarinet (Track 9)
Bergrún Snæbjörnsdóttir- Vocal (Track 1)
Isaac Otto- Alto saxophone (Track 7)
Produced by Harry Gibbons
Associate Engineer- Chris Wood
2017
music
for dance
Rites of Egression
Butoh Dance
Choreography and Dance: Judith Kajiwara
Music: Sam Genovese
with SF Jazz Poet Laureate Genny Lim, Marshall Trammell (percussion)
SAFEhouse Arts, San Francisco,CA
March 8-9, 2017
Still Here
Choreography: Zackary Forcum
Dancers: Casondra Bueche, Zackary Forcum, Tarin Griggs, Rachel Hocking, Alexis Jimenez, Bhumi B. Patel, Brynn Ogilvie
Music: Sam Genovese
Mills College, Oakland, CA
April 22, 2016
The Locust in Your Mouth Trilogy
Butoh Dance
Choreography: Judith Kajiwara
Dancers: Judith Kajiwara, Ruth Ichinaga, Judith Kajiwara, Kiyono Kishi, Nina Moore, Keiko Nobusada
Music: Sam Genovese
Lighting Design: Kallan Nishimoto
Guest Artist: Unity Nguyen
Royce Gallery, San Francisco,CA
Premiered as part of the 18th Annual United States of Asian America Festival
May 9, 2015
Dance 1: Beings of Light
Butoh Dance
Part 1 of The Locust in Your Mouth Trilogy
Choreography: Judith Kajiwara
Dancers: OnenessButoh Ensemble
Music: Sam Genovese
Flytrap Studio, Oakland, CA
November 1, 2014
August 30, 2014
October 5, 2013 (Preview, Mary Sano Dance Studio, San Francisco,CA)
The Mourners
Contemporary Dance
Choreography and Dance: Judith Dancer
Music: Sam Genovese
April 6, 2012 (St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church, San Francisco, CA)
November 30, 2011 (World AIDS Day Interfaith Service, St. Mark’s Church, San Francisco, CA)