Memory (2012) – Evan Chapman

Instrumentation 4 players:

  • One octave of pitched toy deskbells
  • Electronic tape

Composer’s note:

This piece is dedicated to the memory of my mother, Leslie Trone Chapman.  I have converted her name into a sequence of arrows; vowels and consonants being a or , depending on the player.  Each player will play the arrow sequence according to their individual specifications on the key.

-Evan Chapman

 

Annotated by John Stapleton