Absence of Color
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
Movements
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.
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Works for Percussion by this Composer
Absence of Color - Percussion Sextet, Narrator
Batterie Diabolique - Percussion Ensemble (7-9)
Black Elk - Percussion Ensemble (11), Narrator
Double East - Marimba
Elephant Walk - Percussion Duo, Marimba&Vibraphone
Four Flights - Multiple Percussion, Flute
Imageries - Vibraphone
Jazz Bis - Vibraphone, Percussion Quintet
Just Ask - Vibraphone
Moral Compass - Percussion Trio, Soprano Voice, Alto Saxophone
On Verchiel's Wings - Vibraphone, Percussion Trio
Riversong - Vibraphone
Spiral Passages - Marimba
Stories - Percussion Quartet, voice, Piano
Zoroastrian Thunder - Percussion Octet, Tenor Saxophone, Guitar, Bass
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