Flowerpot Music No. 1

A piece for two players and eight tuned flowerpots.

2016 · for two players and eight flowerpots · c. 5'15"

Premiere — Coventry High School · Coventry, CT, premiere · 2016-04-16

A short, fully notated piece for two players and eight flowerpots. It is ‘pitch agnostic,’ meaning you choose your own set of flowerpots that you like the sound of.

The canonical recording is on my album Nightflower, played by Jake Harpster and Matt Penland.

Listen / Watch

Jake Harpster & Matt Penland — from the album Nightflower

Performances

36 performances since 2016

2024-10-27 Toronto Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto CANADA
2023-07-21 Unknown performer Lincoln Center, NYC
2023-05-20 Kyle Acuncius Sun Symphony Orchestra, Hanoi VIETNAM
2022-04-30 Louise Devenish Bankisa Garden, Canberra AUSTRALIA
2020-10-09 Charles Settle Art Gallery of Ontario
2019-11-21 Rice University Rice University
2019-04-26 Divesh Karamchandani + Elizabeth Hall 405 Shrader, Los Angeles CA
2019-04-07 Chicago Youth Symphony Percussion Ensemble Chicago, IL
2019-03-23 Southern Illinois University Percussion Ensemble Southern Illinois University
2019-03-23 Chicago Youth Symphony Percussion Ensemble Chicago, IL
2019-03-15 Thea Rossen Underground car park, Melbourne
2019-03-07 Divesh Karamchandani + Elizabeth Hall The Sub, San Francisco CA
2019-03-03 Southeastern University Lakeland, FL
2019-02-20 University Ensemble University of Wisconsin-Madison
2018-05-07 NYU Percussion Ensemble Frederick Loewe Theater, NYC
2018-04-28 Frameshift Duo Oregon Fringe Festival, Ashland OR
2018-04-14 Gabriella Mayer Boston Conservatory at Berklee
2018-04-08 College of South Idaho Northwest Percussion Festival, Salem, OR
2018-04-07 University of Oregon Northwest Percussion Festival, Salem, OR
2018-04-07 University of Western Washington Ensemble Northwest Percussion Festival, Salem, OR
2018-04-05 University Ensemble Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
2018-04-02 University Ensemble University of West Florida
2018-03-04 University Ensemble Lawrence University, Appleton WI
2018-02-25 University of Oregon University of Oregon
2018-02-04 Troy University Percussion Ensemble Troy University
2018-02-02 University Ensemble UNC-Pembroke
2018-01-14 beyond this point Emporium Arcade Bar, Chicago IL
2018-01-13 Student Ensemble Waubonsie Valley High School, Aurora IL
2017-12-07 University Ensemble Dixie State University
2017-11-20 University Ensemble University of Akron, OH
2017-02-18 Melanie Voytovich Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle WA
2017-01-28 Melanie Voytovich New Music Northwest, Seattle WA
2017-01-26 Melanie Voytovich The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle WA
2016-10-15 Melanie Voytovich Wayward Series, Seattle WA
2016-04-27 University of Tennessee-Martin Martin, TN
2016-04-16 Coventry High School Coventry, CT, premiere