It is Time

Steven Mackey

General Info

Year: 2010
Duration: c. 40:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Boosey
Cost: Score and Parts - $0.00   |   Score Only - $0.00

Instrumentation

Player I - IV: metronome/delay/organ/small bells/noah bells A & E/2 wine bottles/china cym on hi-hat stand/small water gong/vib with variable motor/chimes/4 cowbells/marimba/flexatone/steel drums/drum set with toys(wine bottle, 2wdbl, tgl, 4crot, fott pedal mounted on cowbell, 2 bongos)

Program Notes

It Is Time marshals the virtuosity of the individual members of So to speed, slow, warp, celebrate and mourn our perceptions of time. Each of the four sections of the piece is a mini concerto for one of the players. First Eric Beach leads the music in a multi percussion set up composed of metronome with delay, pump organ, bells, china cymbal on hi-hat stand and a few other assorted toys. Josh Quillen follows on Steel Drums, Adam Sliwinski on Marimba, and Jason Treuting on Drum Set.

The piece draws its inspirations from various sources including my admiration for So percussion, the inscrutable grooves of the Latin drummer, Horatio “el Negro” Hernandez, the rhythm of a bouncing ball and ultimately the fact that the last ten years went by much faster than the previous ten and there doesn’t seem to be anything I can do to slow that down. Sure there are timeless moments here and there but the decades speed by … or maybe I’m just more patient than I used to be.

Staging elements and video were created by Mark DeChiazza. —Steven Mackey

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Works for Percussion by this Composer

Busted - Multiple Percussion
It is Time - Percussion Quartet
Jango - Marimba, Guitar Quartet
Madrigal - Percussion Quartet, Soprano Voice
Micro-Concerto - Multiple Percussion, Mixed Chamber Quintet
No Two Breaths - Marimba, Violin, Percussion Quartet
See Ya Thursday - Marimba
Time Release - Multiple Percussion, Orchestra