Characteristic Signs of Stress
General Info
Year of Published: 2004
Publisher: Keyboard Percussion Publications
Difficulty: Intermediate
Cost: $45.00
Instrumentation
Player 1: Xylophone & Vibraphone
Player 2: Marimba
Player 3: Marimba
Player 4: Marimba
Player 5: Chinese cymbal (Small and Large) & Opera Gong & Temple Blocks & Slap stick & Shekere & 6 pitch Log Drum & low Floor Tom
Player 6: Glockenspiel & Chimes & Cowbell & large mixing bowl & concert Snare Drum & Timbales & Floor Tom
Player 7: Splash Cymbal & Suspended Cymbal (Medium) & Hi-hat & afuche & Bell Tree & 4 Brake Drums
Player 8: Suspended Cymbal (Medium and Large) & Hi-hat & Gong & Bell Plates (large and medium) & Vibraslap & Flexatone & Concert Snare Drum & Concert Bass Drum
Player 9: Suspended Cymbal (Medium and Small) & Sizzle Cymbal & 6 Roto-Toms & Slap stick
Player 10: splash cymbal, small trash cymbal, medium Chinese cymbal, wind gong, claves, glass jar, bongos, medium floor tom
Player 11: large suspended cymbal, wind chimes, slide whistle, 5 concert Tom Toms
Player 12: tuned gongs (F, A, B, C, Db, D, Eb, E), five aluminum pipes, large concert bass drum
Description
Characteristic Signs of Stress, composed for PASIC 2004, is four minutes of non-stop playing by all players. The motivation behind this piece comes from the sheer stress resulting from the logistics of assembling and preparing for a showcase performance, combined with only five hours of sleep a night, no days off from the rehearsal hall, and no strenuous gym workouts. Not only does this piece sound stressed but as you watch each performer execute their part you should see signs of stress in their movements, both between and around the instruments. This piece is not for the tame at heart!
Works for Percussion by this Composer
Small Ensemble
Xpu-Ha Experiment - Percussion Quartet
Large Ensemble
Characteristic Signs of Stress - Percussion (12)