The University of Iowa
Center for New Music
 Twentieth-Century American Music
William Albright   Abiding Passions
Mario Davidovsky   Flashbacks
Bernard Rands   Concertino
Noel Zahler   Agarttha*
Michael Daugherty   Sinatra Shag
David K. Gompper   Don't Go There!
David K. Gompper   Finnegan's Wake

2006 Capstone (CPS-8762)
Cover Design of Don't Go There
Don't Go There
for viola, double bass, horn, bassoon, piano, harp and percussion

Don't Go There (1998) was written specifically for the Center for New Music East Coast Tour, November 13-22, 1998, to provide music for instruments--and players on the tour--that were used less frequently than others. Three percussion instruments--harp, piano and percussion--are contrasted against two sets of pairs--horn/bassoon and viola/double bass.

The title actually comes from a scribble initially trying to decide how to parse the instruments (looking much like a European street sign indicating Do Not Enter). Of course, the music does 'go there,' with some of the consequences implied by the title.

Performances
-Texas Christian University, February 21, 2000
-Alea III, Boston University, March, 1999
-Center for New Music, Levitt Center, February 21, 1999
-Connecticut College, New London, Conn., November 20, 1998
-Harvard University, Boston, Mass, November 18, 1998
-Merkin Concert Hall, New York City, November 17, 1998
-Yale University, New Haven, Conn., November 16, 1998
-University of Iowa, November 13, 1998