Composition362

Ron Coulter

General Info

Year: 2019 and revised in 2021
Duration: c. 5:45-6:45+
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Kreating SounD
Cost: Score and Parts - $0.00   |   Score Only - $0.00

Instrumentation

Player I: Multiple Percussion
Player II: Multiple Percussion
For 2 or more players

Program Notes

"Composition #362" for two or more percussionists, each with three woodblocks, one floor tom, one towel, one “idiomatic” sounding mallet, and one contrasting implement of any kind.

The composition was inspired by a solo drum set and electronics performance by Sean Hamilton.

Despite how the composition may sound, it is entirely composed with elements of variability and performer choice, no real improvisation. The compositional goal being to compose something that sounds improvised but is not, using a combination of traditional and text notation to provide exact musical materials and parametric controls, with options for performer choice. The duration is variable, approximately 5:45-6:45+. Recorded by the quartet of Filament (DeLane Doyle & Aaron Gochberg), Shilo Stroman, and Ron Coulter.

Commercial Discography

Toiling in Obscurity (the second volume of percussion chamber music by Ron Coulter) https://roncoulter.bandcamp.com/album/toiling-in-obscurity

Recent Performances

Wheeler Concert Hall, Casper College (Casper, WY), Filament Duo with Shilo Stroman & Ron Coulter, March 27, 2021 (World Premiere)

To submit a performance please join the TEK Percussion Database

Works for Percussion by this Composer

Los Seis Manos (1999) – Conga Trio
Duet for Vibes (2001, rev. 2019) – Duet for Vibraphones
Rock Etudes 1.0, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5 (2006) – Any Number of Performers Playing Rocks
Opportunity Lost (2006) – Solo Vibraphone
Marimba Peace (2006) – Marimba Quintet
Repose for Two Marimbas (2007) – Marimba Duo
JAM BOX: Cajon Trio for Nate #1 and Nate #2 (2007-08) – Cajon Trio
Vibolet (2008) – Solo Vibraphone
Marimba Trio No. 1 (Amadinda Meditation) (2007-08) – Marimba Trio
Boxes of Music (2008) – Solo Percussion & Live Electronic Processing
RE: the destruction of a life by a precious little flower (2009) – Solo Vibraphone & Live Electronic Processing
S P H E R E S (December 2010) – Percussion Quintet & Prepared Piano
Persistent Reflection on Opportunity Lost (2011) – Solo Bowed Vibraphone & Live Electronic Processing
Stars, Tears, and Ice Picks (2014) – 6-12 Percussionists
The Bleak, Disconsolate Pulchritude (2014) – Quartet for Spoxe & Optional Live Feedback
For Johanna Beyer (2015) – 9+ Percussionists & Speaker
System No. 1 (2015) – Solo Prepared Snare Drum
Seven Thoughts for Glockenspiel (2015) – Solo Glockenspiel/Multiple Percussion
Zzzerrrrrangatang! (2015) – Solo Snare Drum & 4 Graduated Elephant Bells
Disappointment in the smallness of humanity. (2015) – Solo Vibraphone & Live Electronics
LOST… (2015) – Bass Clarinet & 1-100+ Percussionists
Beautiful Waste (2015/16) – Solo Brake Drums & Live Electronics
Dark, True Center (2016) – Solo Manhassett Music Stand, Kalimba & Live Electronics
Joy! (of the beautiful ones) (2016) – Solo Friction Snare Drum
Areas 1: Voices…a dead person’s things (2016) – Solo for 2 Snare Drums & Controlled Feedback
Love Letter to a Liar (2016) – Solo Shona Mbira
Looking into a faded life burning out. (2007-2017) – Quartet for Glockenspiel/Crotales, Vibraphone, Marimba, and Bass Marimba
System No. 2 (2018) – Solo Snare Drum & Chinese Cymbal
…the laughter of the mutilated…, RE: Bukowski (2018) – Solo Shona Mbira, Snare Drum & Vibrator
…the tiny rooms of starvation and madness. (2018) – Percussion Octet
System No. 3 – Elaborations on Pendulum Music (2019) – Solo for 2 Snare Drums & 3 Mini-Guitar Amps with Hanging Microphones
bizzy lil’ buzzle (2019) – Beginner Percussion Quintet (1 of 3)
Composition362 (2019, rev. 2021) – Percussion Trio+
GO! Squirrel! (2019) – Beginner Percussion Quintet (2 of 3)
March for Bill & Johanna (2020) – Beginner Percussion Quintet (3 of 3)
CODE-20.vi (2020) – Solo for 2 Snare Drums & 1 Radio
High Fives for Eddie (2020) – Solo Drum with Optional Preparations
Spricey (2020) – Beginner Percussion Duet (1 of 3)
more metal than you(rs) (2020) – Percussion Duet
Barky’s Demise (2020) – Beginner Percussion Trio (1 of 3)
RatchetMusik #1 (amircantian) (2021) – 2+ Ratchet Performers
Ratchet Musik No.2 (2021) – Quartet for Ratchets
Ratchet Musik #3 (concentration) (2021) – Any Number of Ratchet Performers
Akaheze Folk Song (2021) – Solo for Controlled Feedback & 2 Wind Whistles
On the One (2022) – Percussion Quintet with Piano
Sensing 1 (2023) – 5 to 9 Percussionists
Hallucinations (2025) – 7+ Percussionists
Looka’ Choo (choo)! (2021/2025) – Beginner Percussion Trio (2 of 3)
Bim! Bim! Bim! (2025) – Beginner Percussion Trio (3 of 3)