Moon of Eris

Mendel Lee

General Info

Year: 2011
Publisher: Title Publisher
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Duration: c.
Cost: Score and Parts - $0.00   |   Score Only - $0.00

Program Notes

Moon of Eris was commissioned by the Portland Percussion Group in 2012.

During my graduate composition studies at the University of Oregon, I became great friends with a lot of the percussion department and its members, performing as a guest member in some of the concerts and recitals. It was after one of these concerts that the percussion department head at the time, Charles Dowd, gave me an open invite to write a piece for his ensemble. I started sketching a piece soon after, but it went unfinished as I had to focus on my studies and my thesis.

Even though I had only written the opening gesture in that sketch, something about what I was trying to achieve with it continued to resonate with me even as my musical voice continued to evolve, and ten years later when the Portland Percussion Group asked me to write them a piece in which three members were my colleagues during my time at the University of Oregon, it felt like the right opportunity to take that initial unfinished sketch and offer them a complete rendition as a tribute to our time and history together.

Moon of Eris is a representation of the subtle and gradual rise and fall of chaos coupled with the instability and imperfection of memory.

Recent Performances

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Works for Percussion by this Composer

Percussion Solo Works

Timpani Forces - Timpani

Percussion Ensemble Works

The Spaces Between - 4 Players
Moon of Eris - 4 Players

Mallet Percussion Ensemble Works

Polarities - 2 Players

With Other Instrument Works

Remnants of the Sunken Cathedral - Electric Guitar & Marimba
Remembrance - Alto Voice; Vibraphone & Piano
The Other Path - Clarinet; Cello; Piano; Chimes; Glockenspiel & Vibraphone