2024

Invisible Museum, web app installation
Adam Vidiksis and Sam Wells, co-creators
April 7, 2024 | Zou-no-hana Terrace, Yokahama, Japan

Aurascope, web app performance work
Adam Vidiksis and Sam Wells, co-composers
February 16, 2024 | Arts and Quality of Life Conference, Temple University

2023

Glass Mountain, electronic music ensemble and video
Adam Vidiksis and Sam Wells, co-composers
November 6, 2023 | Cybersounds, Temple University

Now Time is Made Sound, trumpet, banjo, and electronics
Per Bloland and Sam Wells, co-composers
June 29, 2023 | SPLICE Institute, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

The Night of the Falling Stars, electronic score for dance production [75 minutes]
Annalee Traylor, Conception, Direction, & Choreography
Sam Wells, Composer
Drew Sensue-Weinstein, Sound Design
March 17–18, 2023 | Sharon Disney Lund Dance Theater, CalArts, Valencia, CA

The Blue of Time, tuba and fixed media [9 minutes]
Commissioned by Patrick Yeh
April 19, 2023 | Faculty Recital, William Jewel College, Liberty, MO | Patrick Yeh, tuba

2022

The Road and the Stars, trumpet, double bass, and fixed media [9 minutes]
Commissioned by Kenken Gorder
May 26, 2023 | Solo/Duo, The Rosette, Austin, TX
April 8, 2023 | SEAMUS National Conference, DiMenna Center, New York, NY
May 22, 2022 | NüToots, Density 512, Draylen Mason Music Studio, Austin, TX
Kenken Gorder, trumpet; Will Yager, double bass

Through the dust..., fixed media [5 minutes]
May 21-28, 2022 | Release: Heard in LA. James Irvine Japanese Garden, Japanese American Cultural & Community Center, Los Angeles, CA

The Cottonwood Florilegium, trumpet, bassoon, drum set, two pianos, interactive electronics, and lighting design [70 minutes]
Music by Sam Wells, Lighting Design by Alejandro Melendez, Direction by Joshua Sobel
March 12, 2022 | Roy O. Disney Music Hall, CalArts
June 27, 2022 | Dalton Recital Hall, Western Michigan University
Sam Wells, trumpet; Dana Jessen, bassoon; Adam Vidiksis, drum set; Keith Kirchoff, piano; Vicki Ray, piano

2021

Loom Telling, single channel video and audio [10 minutes]
Commissioned by Jeonghyeon Joo and the Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture
Video by Maximillian Harper, Audio by Sam Wells
December 1, 2021 | Virtual release on https://joo.work

The Fig and The Wasp, electronic score for CalArts Theater Production [90 minutes]
December 3-10, 2021 | Walt Disney Modular Theater, CalArts

Four Winds: Environments, audiovisual installation
November 7-13, 2021 | WaveCave, CalArts

Translucent Cartography, audiovisual installation
Co-created with Adam Vidiksis
April 23-25, 2021 | Virtual Installation: 2021 SEAMUS Virtual National Conference
April 22, 2021 | Virtual Installation: Earth Day Art Model
March 29, 2023 | Cybersounds, Temple University

2020

mimenrosp, haegeum, vibraphone, drum set, electric guitar, accordion, and video [12 minutes]
November 18, 2020 | CalArts, DMA Ensemble, DMA Showcase, Virtual Concert, CalArts

a moment indicative of a possibility, piano 4-hands, toy piano & melodica [90 seconds]
Commissioned by Hocket
August 7, 2020 | HOCKET, Virtual Concert, YouTube

Four Winds, trumpet and audiovisual electronics [60 minutes]
June 25, 2020 | Samuel Wells, SPLICE Institute, Virtual Concert

part and parcel, SSAATTBB choir, a cappella [14 minutes]

2019

Tramontana, trumpet and live electronics [9 minutes]
October 16, 2019 | Samuel Wells, trumpet, DMA Showcase, CalArts

2017

The Lacuna, piano four-hands and electronics [35 minutes]
Commissioned by HOCKET (Jerome Fund)
September 30, 2017 | HOCKET, People Inside Electronics, Pasadena, CA

Anamnesis, horn and electronics [9 minutes]
Commissioned by Lin Foulk
March 23, 2019 | Julia Brooks, horn, SEAMUS National Conference, Boston, MA
June 13, 2017 | Lin Foulk, horn, SPLICE Institute, Western Michigan University

Paul (Rudy), trumpet and two violins [3 minutes]
Commissioned by Arcus Collective
April 14, 2017 | Arcus Collective, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
April 13, 2017 | Arcus Collective, DiMenna Center, New York, NY

2016

Strange Pilgrims: Light is Like Water, trumpet and live electronics [6 minutes]
November 3, 2018 | Samuel Wells, trumpet, Electrobrass Composition Competition, Brooklyn, NY
July 20, 2018 | Samuel Wells, trumpet, New York City Electronic Music Festival, New York, NY
April 12, 2018 | Samuel Wells, trumpet, APNM Electronic Music Concert, New York, NY
September 22, 2017 | Samuel Wells, trumpet, Electronic Music Midwest, Kansas City, KS
April 22, 2017 | Samuel Wells, trumpet, SEAMUS National Conference, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN
November 11, 2016 | Samuel Wells, trumpet, Electroacoustic Barn Dance, Fredericksburg, VA
June 28, 2016 | Samuel Wells, trumpet, SPLICE Institute, Western Michigan University

The Leaf Has Turned to Stone, two trumpets and electronics [10 minutes]
February 9, 2018 | Samuel Wells and Geoffrey Wood, trumpets, Electroacoustic Barn Dance, Jacksonville, FL

2015

Mo42, trumpet and electronics [6 minutes]
April 26, 2015 | Samuel Wells, trumpet, CECM Recital, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

Fallingwater, clarinet, vibraphone, piano and live electronics [9 minutes]
July 10, 2015 | David Wetzel, clarinet; Adam Vidiksis, vibraphone; and Keith Kirchoff, piano, SPLICE Institute, Western Michigan University

2014

Hoeing, baritone and cello [6 minutes]
Commissioned by Jonathan Carbin and Chris Carbin
August 18, 2015 | Jonathan Carbin, cello and Chris Carbin, baritone, Silver Lake Chamber Music Festival, Barnard, VT

stringstrung, guitar and digital media [6 minutes]
Commissioned by Benjamin Wedeking
July 20, 2016 | Benjamin Wedeking, guitar, Image & Resonance IV, Mar del Plata, Argentina
September 27, 2015 | Benjamin Wedeking, guitar, 41st International Computer Music Conference, University of North Texas
November 13, 2015 | Ulisses Rocha, guitar, SCI National Conference, University of Florida, Gainsville, FL
November 7, 2015 | Benjamin Wedeking, guitar, Third Practice Electroacoustic Music Festival
June 27, 2015 | Benjamin Wedeking, guitar, NYCEMF, New York, NY
March 26, 2015 | Benjamin Wedeking, guitar, SEAMUS National Conference, Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA
November 15, 2014 | Benjamin Wedeking, guitar, Electroacoustic Barn Dance, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA
October 18, 2014 | Benjamin Wedeking, guitar, Electronic Music Midwest, Romeoville, IL

Castle Rock, band and electronics [4 minutes]
February 9, 2014 | Montana State University Wind Symphony, Nathan Stark, conductor, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT

2013

Self-Drawn, dancers, Eb trumpet, and fixed media [5 minutes]
April 9-10, 2019 | Samuel Wells, trumpet, Hammer & Nail, Buskirk-Chumley Theatre, Bloomington, IN

Leander’s Swim, piano and live electronics [7 minutes]
June 22, 2020 | Keith Kirchoff, piano, SPLICE Institute, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
July 10, 2015 | Keith Kirchoff, piano, SPLICE Institute, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
March 28, 2014 | Kari Johnson, piano, SEAMUS National Conference, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
October 26, 2013 | Kari Johnson, piano, Electronic Music Midwest, Kansas City, KS

2012

A Step Ahead, cello and trumpet [7 minutes]
August 18, 2015 | Kludge, Silver Lake Chamber Music Festival, Barnard, VT
March 23, 2015 | Kludge, Old Wood New Sounds, Lancaster, PA
March 20, 2015 | Kludge, Western Michigan University

minong, piccolo trumpet, video, and live electronics [9 minutes]
February 13, 2017 | Samuel Wells, piccolo trumpet, Neue Forum No.5, ShapeShifter Lab, Brooklyn, NY
February 13, 2016 | Samuel Wells, piccolo trumpet, SEAMUS National Conference, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA
January 3, 2016 | Samuel Wells, piccolo trumpet, Radical Brass, Spectrum, New York, NY
September 10, 2015 | Samuel Wells, piccolo trumpet, Root Signals Electronic Music Festival, Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL
July 8, 2015 | Samuel Wells, piccolo trumpet, SPLICE Institute, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
November 7, 2013 | Samuel Wells, piccolo trumpet, Electroacoustic Barn Dance
March 23, 2013 | Samuel Wells, piccolo trumpet, Ball State University New Music Festival
March 14, 2013 | Samuel Wells, piccolo trumpet, EMM Mini Festival, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

2011

(dys)functions, trumpet and electronics [6 minutes]
April 1, 2017 | Samuel Wells, trumpet, SCI National Conference, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
February 13, 2017 | Samuel Wells, trumpet, Neue Forum No.5, ShapeShifter Lab, Brooklyn, NY
January 3, 2016 | Samuel Wells, trumpet, Radical Brass, Spectrum, New York, NY
July 22, 2015 | Samuel Wells, trumpet, Bang on a Can Summer Festival, MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA
July 8, 2015 | Samuel Wells, trumpet, SPLICE Institute, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
May 30, 2015 | Samuel Wells, trumpet, June in Buffalo, University of Buffalo (SUNY), Buffalo, NY
June 6, 2014 | Anna Garcia, trumpet, New York City Electronic Music Festival, New York, NY
February 22, 2014 | Geoff Wood, trumpet, National Student Electronic Music Event, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA
April 18, 2013 | Samuel Wells, trumpet, SEAMUS National Conference, McNally Smith College of Music, Saint Paul, MN
November, 8 2012 | Samuel Wells, trumpet, Electroacoustic Barn Dance, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA
October 12, 2012 | Samuel Wells, trumpet, Electronic Music Midwest, Lewis University, Romeoville, IL
July 9, 2012 | Fulcrum Point Discoveries 2012, Darton and Hersh Violins, Chicago, IL
June 29, 2012 | Sam Wells, trumpet, 20/20 Foresight, Chosen Vale International Trumpet Seminar, Enfield, NH
November 12, 2011 | Kansas City Electronic Music & Arts Alliance, Kansas City, MO

2010

Cameron, fixed media [9 minutes]
February 11, 2012 | SEAMUS National Conference, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI