Composer – Ian Rashkin

Cartographic Etude No. 1

This piece is a study in the imaginary tradition of navigating by means of melodic lines. I heard a story… Read Article →

For piano, contrabass, mezzo soprano, and baritone. I was not familiar with Conde de Villamediana (Juan de Tassis), but I… Read Article →

“Windsor Blue Number Seventeen” Three Spaces uses percussion to explore three different types of space as they relate to composition…. Read Article →

Deep in the forest life is good and the cares of the world are far away. But trouble is brewing… Read Article →

This piece was originally sketched – as the main title suggests – as a tribute to a friend who had recently… Read Article →

In 1990-91, bassist Ian Rashkin and pianist Todd Harper played together in “The Seekers of Beauty”, a Minneapolis based jazz… Read Article →

A short fantasy for woodwind quintet played here by the Patagonia Winds, January 2020. If you’ve read the Odyssey, you… Read Article →

A nice arrangement/interpretation for solo piano by George Spicka, recorded live at An Die Musik on Oct. 16, 2016. Here… Read Article →

I did a few recordings of some of my jazz tunes with various friends back in 2004 – here they… Read Article →

A cantata, for lack of a better term, for soprano and chamber ensemble, premiered in 1997 by soprano Thomasa Eckert… Read Article →

Conceived in the ominous first days of the Jewish year 5762, September 2001 and brought to the stage by the… Read Article →

Soundtrack from the 1994 film Sleeping with Beasts. Recorded at Jack Straw, Seattle, and funded by a grant from King… Read Article →