Dex moves through a myriad of textures, colors, and metric modulations to create a sort of “drumming fanfare” that is both fun to play and experience as a listener.
Dex moves through a myriad of textures, colors, and metric modulations to create a sort of “drumming fanfare” that is both fun to play and experience as a listener.
For vibraphone solo and three percussionists, this
piece, through its four movements, serves to both
fulfill the expectation of dynamic yet transparent
writing and set new ones with its textural and
compositional methods. The energy in this music
allows it to fit into many concert and recital
settings while the unique instrumentation serves as a
palette cleanser next to many solo keyboard settings.
For vibraphone solo and three percussionists, this
piece, through its four movements, serves to both
fulfill the expectation of dynamic yet transparent
writing and set new ones with its textural and
compositional methods. The energy in this music
allows it to fit into many concert and recital
settings while the unique instrumentation serves as a
palette cleanser next to many solo keyboard settings.
A multi-percussion trio inspired by three of the greatest rock and fusion drum set players.
A multi-percussion trio inspired by three of the greatest rock and fusion drum set players.
Scored for “four percussionists and tableware,” inspired by John Cage’s ‘Living Room Music’. As the composer explains, “Dining Room Music” uses Cage’s rhythmic structures, but in reverse order….
Scored for “four percussionists and tableware,” inspired by John Cage’s ‘Living Room Music’. As the composer explains, “Dining Room Music” uses Cage’s rhythmic structures, but in reverse order….
This percussion quartet won 2nd place in the 2004 Percussive Arts Society Composition Contest. It is sure to excite players and audiences around the globe and has already been performed by Northernwestern University and Rutgers University.
This percussion quartet won 2nd place in the 2004 Percussive Arts Society Composition Contest. It is sure to excite players and audiences around the globe and has already been performed by Northernwestern University and Rutgers University.
A percussion septet with bells, crotales, vibraphones and marimbas.
A percussion septet with bells, crotales, vibraphones and marimbas.
A novelty percussion quartet where everything played (and everything spoken) is made of glass.
A novelty percussion quartet where everything played (and everything spoken) is made of glass.
Home is dedicated to and commissioned by the internationally renowned percussion group Nexus. The piece is in three distinct movements and spans approximately 20 minutes.
Home is dedicated to and commissioned by the internationally renowned percussion group Nexus. The piece is in three distinct movements and spans approximately 20 minutes.
Kyti is based in constant dialogs between the five percussion groups, sometimes in distant opposition, and more often in very close imitative gestures. These musical gestures are mainly based on micro-canons that continuously overlap, and create a polyphony that allows the sound to displace itself in space with its own rhythm, in constant dialog with the physical rhythm of the percussive attacks.
Kyti is based in constant dialogs between the five percussion groups, sometimes in distant opposition, and more often in very close imitative gestures. These musical gestures are mainly based on micro-canons that continuously overlap, and create a polyphony that allows the sound to displace itself in space with its own rhythm, in constant dialog with the physical rhythm of the percussive attacks.
