by BoCoPerc Database | Aug 28, 2020 | Percussion Database
Quartet, when mentioned in the context of concert music, is generally assumed to mean string quartet. In my case, the quartet that has played a central role in many of my pieces (besides the string quartet) is that of two pianos and two percussion. It appears like...
by BoCoPerc Database | Aug 28, 2020 | Chamber Music
alphabeta takes the shape of three introductions and three episodes. In each introduction, an “alphabet” is defined by matching a limited number of percussion sounds with their piano “equivalents” (a low-resolution copy of the pitch content of the percussion sound,...
by BoCoPerc Database | Aug 28, 2020 | Chamber Music
Charles Wuorinen’s Percussion Quartet was written in 1994 for The New Music Consort, New Jersey Percussion Ensemble, and the Percussion Group Cincinnati. It was premiered in 1995 by The New Jersey Percussion Ensemble. Wuorinen’s Percussion Quartet is true to his...
by BoCoPerc Database | Aug 28, 2020 | Keyboard Solos, Percussion Database
For solo marimba, written as a commissioning project lead by Payton MacDonald. The work isan extremely atonal piece in sets of variations, though not strictly 12-tone. The variations of thepiece are hard to discern, although there are many varied homophonic and...