Live Recording - Meany Hall, University of Washington - 11/7/2012
Performed on original instruments invented and built by Harry Partch and Dean Drummond.

Congressional Record (1999) Dean Drummond

Robert Osborne - bass-baritone
Stefani Starin - electronic wind controller with microtonal synthesizer
Charles Corey - adapted guitar
David Broome - chromelodeon
Nate Liberty - harmonic canons
Jeffrey Irving - diamond marimba
Joe Bergen - zoomoozophone
Joe Fee - zoomoozophone
Jared Soldiviero - boo, juststrokerods
Dean Drummond - conductor

All texts for Dean Drummond's Congressional Record were excerpted by the composer verbatim from four different sections of The United States Congressional Record: (1) Jesse Helms 1997 speech against the National Endowment for the Arts, (2) the actual 1997 Senate Bill to eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts, (3) Kenneth Starr's Independent Counsel Report regarding President Clinton and Monica Lewinsky, and (4) and the introduction of the Plumbing Standards Improvement Act of 1999, delivered to the House of Representatives. Congressional Record was commissioned by Newband with support from Chamber Music America.


Newband was founded in 1977 by composer Dean Drummond and flutist Stefani Starin who continue as Artistic Directors. With Drummond's invention of the 31-tone zoomoozophone in 1978, Newband began to explore music using microtonality and alternative tuning systems. In 1990, Newband received custodianship of the original Harry Partch Instrument Collection and has since been involved with resurrecting Partch's great works while commissioning new works for what is now perhaps the most unique instrument collection in the world.
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