Elim

Julie Spencer

General Info

Year of Published: 1994
Duration: c.
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Norsk
Cost: Score and Parts - $0.00   |   Score Only - $0.00

Instrumentation

Marimba

Program Notes

When Emilo Radocchia, the studio percussionist, jazz vibist and composer known professionally as Emil Richards, showed me his newly designed mallets, he explained that the slap mallet idea had been used for jazz vibes years ago, and that the rattle mallet gave back a world music sound to the western marimba. He took the mallets and improvised for a moment on the marimba there in his studio, with his usual odd meter, bitonal, fiery flare, saying that he wanted a piece with this kind of feel to it, jazz and world music together. I went home and immediately wrote the beginning theme for “Elim.” Premiered for solo marimba at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention in Atlanta, Georgia, 1994, “Elim” also has a forthcoming version for marimba concerto with orchestra. It was meaningful to have this opportunity to give something back through the music to a friend and mentor who has shared so much of his inspiring creativity with me. The title, an anagram of Emil’s name, is also a location in the Biblical story of Moses, where the people found an oasis in the middle of the desert. There is so much in life to be grateful for.

Recent Performances

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Works for Percussion by this Composer

Solo Marimba Works

After The Storm
Almost 5 A.M.
Bamboo Leaf
Brothers In Peace
Chelsea Window
Color Suite
DJ Dog Demockracy
Ecstatic Sunlight on the Mountain Snow
Ecstatic Sunlight Suite
The Emperors New Clothes
Elim
Everybody Talk About Freedom
Fire Elves
Glowing Horizon at Dawn
Gomer in the Desert
Ice Cream
Mountain Spring
Soulhouse Suite
Summer Music
Swirling Light in the Mist by the Sea
Waterfalls
White Squirrel
Wild Heron

Solo Vibraphone Works

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Tranquility

Solo Percussion with Ensemble Works

7 Souls X a Billion - Multiple Percussion and Orchestra
Before The Beginning - Marimba; Marimba Quartet
Pink Elisa Spring - Marimba; Marimba Duet
Tree Song - Marimba Duo and Orchestra - Marimba Duo and Orchestra
Tribeca Sunflower - Marimba; Marimba Quartet; World Music Ensemble
Waterfalls Concerto (Orchestra Version) - Marimba and Percussion Ensemble
Waterfalls Concerto (Percussion Ensemble Version) - Marimba and Percussion Ensemble
Zalan-Zalan - Concerto for Percussion & Orchestra - Multiple Percussion, Orchestra

Percussion Ensemble Works

Grateful Metamorphosis - 13 Players
Stronger Every Day - 4 Players
When You Hear The Soft Roar When There Is No Sound - 4 Players

With other instrument Works

If You Don't - Women Voice, Marimba, Vibraphone
Hot Chai - Marimba Duet; Marimba, Bass Clarinet
Peace of Mind - Marimba, Piano
Tree Song - Marimba, Flute Duo; 2 Marimbas; Marimba, Piano
Voices for Peace - Flute and Marimba with Vibes and Percussion