Absence of Color

Jon Metzger

General Info

Year: 2011
Duration: c. 9:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Cost: Score and Parts - $38.00   |   Score Only - $0.00

Instrumentation

Narrator
Percussion 1 (Vibraphone, One-Shot Shakers, Bongos, Chimes)
Percussion 2 (Marimba [4-oct.], Claves, 2 Suspended Cymbals, Temple Blocks)
Percussion 3 (Marimba [4-oct.], Castanets, Log Drum [4 pitches], Bells)
Percussion 4 (Marimba [4.3-oct.], Bells, Tambourine, Crotales, Brake Drum, 2 Woodblocks)
Percussion 5 (Marimba [4.3-oct.], Crotales, Tambourine, 2 Toms)
Percussion 6 (Marimba [5-oct.], Slapstick, Bass Drum, Chains on Board)

Program Notes

The Absence of Color was written in the Winter of 2007 and received its premiere at Elon University (NC) in April, 2008. The music and the poetry came in response to two of my friends being pulled apart to different places because of work situations. Both the sadness of separation and the joy of reuniting color the sonorities.

Recent Performances

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Works for Percussion by this Composer

Percussion Solo Works

Double East - Marimba
Imageries - Vibraphone
Just Ask - Vibraphone
Riversong - Vibraphone
Spiral Passages - Marimba

Percussion Ensemble Works

Batterie Diabolique - 7 to 9 Players
Elephant Walk - 2 Players
Jazz Bis - Vibraphone, 5 Players
On Verchiel's Wings - Vibraphone, 3 Players

With Other Instruments Works

Absence of Color - Percussion Sextet, Narrator
Black Elk - Percussion Ensemble (11), Narrator
Four Flights - Multiple Percussion, Flute
Moral Compass - Percussion Trio, Soprano Voice, Alto Saxophone
Stories - Percussion Quartet, voice, Piano
Zoroastrian Thunder - Percussion Octet, Tenor Saxophone, Guitar, Bass