by "Blue" Gene Tyranny Schtyx is scored for 3 dog whistles, piano, prepared piano, harmonica, bass drum, 2 violins and percussion. VSTO is for string quartet. Companies etc Recorded At – Mills College Concert Hall Recorded At – Center for Contemporary Music, Mills College Credits Art Direction – Ladi Odeku Artwork By [Cover Art], Design – Cecelia Smith Composed By, Liner Notes – Alvin Curran Engineer [Remix] – Tim Walters Recorded By – Tom Erbe Notes Schtyx was commissioned by and for the Abel • Steinberg • Winant Trio in 1991, was first performed at Mills College March 6, 1992 and recorded in the Mills concert hall in May 1993. VSTO (1993) is the third in a series of collaborations between Trisha Brown and Alvin Curran. The work had its premier at Zellerbach Hall in Berkeley in April 1993. This recording was made at the Center for Contemporary Music at Mills College.