to Artists Award, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Formed in 1983 as the "Michael Gordon Philharmonic" and renamed the "Michael Gordon Band" in 2000, Gordon's own ensemble has performed across Europe and the United States at venues as diverse as Alice Tully Hall and the punk mecca CBGB, on the Contemporary Music Network Tour, and at the Almeida Festival in London. In September 2016 Gordon was named the first-ever composer-in-residence of the Young People's Chorus of New York City. List of works Thou Shalt!/Thou Shalt Not! (1983) clarinets, percussion, keyboard, electric guitar, violin and viola (18') The Low Quartet (1985) for any four low instruments (8') Strange Quiet (1985) for clarinets, percussion, keyboard, electric guitar, violin and viola (14') Acid Rain (1986) for flute, clarinet, organ and string quintet (8') Four Kings Fight Five (1988) for oboe, clarinet, percussion, electric guitar, violin, viola, and cello Paint It Black (1988) for solo double bass (11') Van Gogh Video Opera (1991) (1h 5') live opera with video Romeo (1992) for chamber orchestra (8') Yo Shakespeare (1992) for large ensemble (Icebreaker) (11') Industry (1992) for solo cello and electronics XVI (1993) for chorus of sixteen singers (15') Chaos (1994) opera (1h 20') Trance (1995) for large ensemble (Icebreaker) (50') acdc (1996) for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano (10') I Buried Paul (1996) for clarinet, percussion, keyboard, electric guitar, cello, double bass (Bang on a Can All-Stars) Love Bead (1997) for large ensemble (Ensemble Modern) (10') Weather (1997) for 16-piece string orchestra and video Weather One (1997) for string sextet (20') XY (1998) for solo percussion vera, chuck, and dave (1998) for large ensemble Music for Airports (1998) (with David Lang and Julia Wolfe) arrangement for small ensemble (48') Link (1998) (with David Lang) for large ensemble (Icebreaker) (11') Sunshine of Your Love (1999) for large orchestra (10') The Carbon Copy Building (with David Lang and Julia Wolfe) (1999) opera with video Lost Objects (with David Lang and Julia Wolfe; libretto by Deborah Artman) (2000) oratorio with video Decasia (2001) for orchestra with film (1h 7') Potassium (2001) for string quartet (15') Tinge (2004) for three violins and audio playback (4') Gotham (2004) for chamber orchestra (30') Who By Water (2004) for large ensemble (Alarm Will Sound) (18') Light is Calling (2004) studio album, version for band also Sonatra (2004) for solo piano (25') Idle (2004) for three violins and