Facets

A percussion quartet built note by note out of a single blooming chord.

Part of the Bloom family

2013 · for percussion quartet · 8-10'

Premiere — Conor Hanick · Private Metropolis Ensemble event · 2014-05-05

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A percussion quartet across vibraphones, marimbas, glockenspiel, and crotales. I built it with a method from the bloom family I call .pivot — taking a slow blooming chord and threading its notes into a fast, interlocking surface across four players. It’s the most beautifully constructed piece I’ve written.

It started as a solo piano piece for Conor Hanick and became this quartet, premiered at the So Percussion Summer Institute in 2014. I later expanded its material into the orchestral Well of Whales.

Performances

6 performances since 2014

  • 2019-04-29 Boston Conservatory Percussion Ensemble Boston Conservatory Theater
  • 2017-11-04 Citywater Ensemble Festival of New American Music, Sacramento State CA
  • 2016-10-29 Brianna Matzke Clifton Cultural Arts Center, Cincinnati OH
  • 2015-05-24 BLOW UP Roma Percussion No Go Festival, Rome
  • 2015-05-20 BLOW UP Roma Percussion Festival Le Forme Del Suono, Latina, Italy
  • 2014-05-05 Conor Hanick Private Metropolis Ensemble event

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