Surfacing
General Info
Year of Published: 2016
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Difficulty: Advanced
Duration: 00:07:20
Cost: $50.00
Instrumentation
Player 1: Crotales
Player 2: Glockenspiel
Player 3: Vibraphone 1
Player 4: Vibraphone 2
Player 5: Marimba 1
Player 6: Marimba 2
Player 7: Marimba 3 & Djembe
Player 8: Marimba 4
Player 9: Piano
Player 10: Rainstick & Spring Coil & Swish Knocker & Bongos & Tam-Tam
Player 11: Woodblock (High) & Ocean Drum & Bass Drum & China Cymbal & Bell Tree & Garden Weasel
Player 12: Woodblock (Medium) & Ocean Drum & China Cymbal & Ribbon Crasher
Player 13: Woodblock (Low) & Concert Bass Drum & Echo Chimes & Tam-Tam
Program Notes
Surfacing (2015) begins with a tumultuous introduction where several emerging pitch centers eventually coalesce into a three-note descending bassline. The bassline then fragments into different voices and occurs at multiple rates of speed on top of a relentless sixteenth note keyboard ostinato. During a more tranquil middle section, the descending bassline is gradually repurposed as the foundation of an ascending chord progression. After a short recapitulation and long delayed harmonic resolution, the dust settles and the piece concludes with a piano-led epilogue. In the end of the piece the ascending chord progression is all that remains, accompanied only by a few musical artifacts from the introduction. Surfacing was commissioned by Bret Hughes and the Park City (Utah) Educational Foundation. The piece is dedicated with love and gratitude to my daughter Ariadne.
Works for Percussion by this Composer
Solo
...ascends the sky - Marimba
Apocalyptic Etude - Marimba
Small Ensemble
Amorphous Solid
Archipelagos - Percussion Septet
Ascends the Sky
DisArchitecture - Percussion Quartet
Escape Velocity - Percussion Quartet
Entropy Variations - Percussion Octet
Innerludes
Pyroclastic Steam - Percussion Septet
res(pi)t - Percussion Septet
Skylight - Percussion Duet
The Persistence of Memory - Percussion Trio
Tilted Spheres - Percussion Quintet
Large Ensemble
Doors - Percussion 13
Liminality - Percussion 12
Slide - Percussion 16
Surfacing - Percussion 13