Bounce!! (2014)
1121/1110/2Perc pno/20111
7 minutes
written for and premiered by Alarm Will Sound as part of 2014 Mizzou International Composer Festival
7/26/2014 the Missouri Theatre, Columbia, MO USA
7 minutes
written for and premiered by Alarm Will Sound as part of 2014 Mizzou International Composer Festival
7/26/2014 the Missouri Theatre, Columbia, MO USA
Program Note
To me, summer 2013 is rather special in that I went to the gym almost every day. The first thing I heard with getting into the gym is the sound of bouncing basketballs on the floor, mixed with sound of shoes squeaking and occasional huff and puff. “It would be fun,” I thought, “to write a piece about this.” And I did.
That's about it: this piece is, as its title might suggest, all about “bounce” – those of bows and mallets on the strings and percussion, bouncing musical figurations, and acoustic, harmonic, and even structural bounces. Let’s bounce together!!
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To me, summer 2013 is rather special in that I went to the gym almost every day. The first thing I heard with getting into the gym is the sound of bouncing basketballs on the floor, mixed with sound of shoes squeaking and occasional huff and puff. “It would be fun,” I thought, “to write a piece about this.” And I did.
That's about it: this piece is, as its title might suggest, all about “bounce” – those of bows and mallets on the strings and percussion, bouncing musical figurations, and acoustic, harmonic, and even structural bounces. Let’s bounce together!!
close program note