a collage of bruises for percussion duo (2022)

 

Duration: c.a. 4'30" 

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Instrumentation: 

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 Percussion 1:

snare drum
2 tom toms bass drum,

1 crotale, any pitch (or any small, metallic object)

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Percussion 2:

suspended cymbal

triangle
gong

3 woodblocks

cowbell 

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Program Notes: 

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a collage of bruises was inspired by the poem Each Day I am Trying New Techniques to Make Myself Disappear by E.E. Scott, originally published online at Shabby Doll House Publishing. 

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"slipping on ice that I failed to notice in front of me 

it is too cold and I am becoming

a collage of bruises from constantly falling." 

- E.E. Scott, Each Day I am Trying New Techniques to Make Myself Disappear

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