Ojo' (evil eye)
General Info
Cost: $50.00
Program Notes
Ojo (evil eye) was written for the UTRGV Percussion Ensemble in the fall of 2018 for their performance in the PAS Concert Chamber Percussion Ensemble Competition. The quick passages, rhythmic variety, and timbre changes are meant to grab the attention of the audience and keep them engaged throughout the duration of the work; giving the performers "ojo" because there is no other option but to watch and listen intently.
Instrumentation
Player 1: Vibraphone & Suspended Cymbal (Small) & Concert Tom-tom
Player 2: Vibraphone & Suspended Cymbal (Small) & Concert Tom-tom
Player 3: Xylophone & Suspended Cymbal (Small) & Concert Tom-tom
Player 4: Xylophone & Suspended Cymbal (Small) & Concert Tom-tom
Player 5: Bongos & Conga & Sizzle Cymbal & Bass Drum
Recent Performance
"Ojo" by Joe W. Moore III, performed by Stephen F. Austin State University Percussion Ensemble
"Ojo" by Joe W. Moore, III, for percussion quintet, performed by the UNCG Percussion Ensemble.
Works for Percussion by this Composer
Solo Works
3 drums (congas)
A Day in the Studio (vibraphone)
Agape (IP) (marimba)
A Glimpse of Life (marimba)
Autumn (marimba)
A Wind Sketch (marimba)
Bound (multi-percussion)
Celestial Dreams (IP) (multi-percussion w/tape)
Chant (marimba + tabla)
Dawn (marimba)
Eclipse (vibraphone)
Epoch (multi-percussion)
Faith (marimba)
Five Pieces for Solo Glockenspiel
Finding Meaning (vibraphone)
Fuse (cowbell)
Halley's Comet (marimba)
iDrum (marching snare drum)
juNO (rudimental snare drum)
Kindled Fire (multi-percussion)
Lemniscate “8 is strength” (marimba)
No wind, no rain, just a subtle mist. (vibraphone)
Of the Moon (marimba)
Pantocrator (marimba)
Parable (timpani)
Platform (snare drum)
Pulsar (multi-percussion)
Release (marimba)
Redemption (marimba)
Reveries (marimba)
Ritual (tambourine)
Still Waters Run Deep (multi-percussion)
The Piece that Passes All Understanding (marimba)
Thick Skin (djembe)
Thunder (timpani)
Treading Lightly (timpani)
Visible Light (crotales)
Wavelengths (crotales)
Duets
Apex (two percussionists)
Astronomically Speaking (alto saxophone + percussion)
A yearning (horn + marimba)
Bad Vibes (Bb trumpet + vibraphone)
Beijos (violin + percussion)
Barbaric Passages (two percussionists)
Constellations (alto flute + marimba)
Dimension 5 (two percussionists)
Even - keel (horn + percussion)
Geaux (snare drum + timpani)
Leoce (IP) (two marimbas)
Luna (IP) (marimba + vibes)
Omojo (two percussionists)
Pattern Music ( marimbas)
Purple Mist (IP) (marimba & vibes)
Sapphire (flute + Bb clarinet)
Secrets We Keep (2 percussionists)
Space Grey (electric guitar + vibraphone)
The Colour Suite (IP) (violin + percussion)
The Jackal’s Wedding (saxophone + percussion)
Percussion Ensembles
Above the Clouds (percussion ensemble 12 players)
At a Distance (percussion ensemble 4+ players)
Bon Temps (percussion quartet)
Burning Coal (percussion ensemble 8-12 players)
Celestial Bodies (marimba quartet)
Crescent (percussion quintet)
Dark Matter (IP) (percussion quartet)
Denkyem (percussion ensemble 6 players)
Entourage (percussion quartet)
Genesis (percussion ensemble 8 players)
Halo (percussion trio)
Marimba Quartet (IP)
Mosaic (IP) (percussion quintet)
Northeastern Relic (IP) (percussion ensemble 9 players)
Nova (percussion ensemble 10 players)
Sweet Bread (beginning level percussion ensemble)
Projection (percussion ensemble 13 players)
Spiritual Gifts (percussion quartet)
Strobes (percussion quartet)
Tempered Glass (percussion quintet)
with liberty... (percussion ensemble 14+ players)
Chamber Works
Trio for flute, clarinet and Bells (originally titled Newton's Laws)
Wooden Alloy (trumpet + two percussionists)
Concerto
Concerto No. 1 for Marimba and Orchestra(IP)
Cucuy (percussion ensemble with solo snare drum)
Fede di Volare (Faith to Fly) (marimba w/percussion trio)
Landscapes (IP) (solo timpani w/percussion ensemble)
Primary Source (solo marimba w/percussion sextet)
Seconds Away (solo marimba w/percussion duo)
Unchained (solo marimba w/percussion trio)
Unforeseen Problems (solo marimba w/percussion trio)