Volume
General Info
Year: 2006
Duration: c. 10:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: G. Shirmer
Cost: Score and Parts - $17.00 | Score Only - $0.00
Movements
Instrumentation
Player I - II: 2 Vibraphone, 2 Kick Drums, 5 Glass Bottles Of Water
Program Notes
For two percussionists. Volume was inspired both by the inventiveness of the musicians of Trinidad and by the badass playing of percussionists James Deitz and Joshua Quillen. Drumming was banned in Trinidad in the late 19th century, since it was used as a form of communication between slaves. Enslaved musicians were forced to improvise, using whatever materials they could find to construct instruments. Prototypes of the steel pan were made of biscuit tins, paint cans and oil drums, and bottles were struck with spoons to provide a high percussive accompaniment. Volume is a raucous work and joyful work, an homage to the steel pan tradition and the spirit of innovative music making.[1]
Review
Errata
Awards
Winner of the 2008 ASCAP Young Composers Award
Commercial Discography
Online Recordings
Recent Performances
December 13, 2007 by James Deitz and Joshua Quillen at the Ico Gallery, New York City
To submit a performance please join the TEK Percussion Database
Works for Percussion by this Composer
Millennium Canticles - Percussion Quartet
Volume - Percussion Duo
Additional Resources
References