Onomatopieces (2017)
multi-percussion solo
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Doug Perkins, percussion
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PROGRAM NOTE
Onomatopieces was composed in 2017 for a commissioning consortium of 27 percussionists from the United States, Brazil, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, and Taiwan. The work has no specified instrumentation aside from onomatopoeia (a word formed from a sound associated with what is named: pop, sizzle, etc.) and invites the performer to select a unique set of instruments to represent the implied timbres and articulations. Each of the four pieces (Flutter, Om, Echo, and Toll) is scored for four instruments and is derived from the same four-voice formal structure, though each piece varies widely in the manner of realization and the rate of unfolding. Onomatopieces may be performed as a complete set, in suites of two or three, or individually.
COMMISSIONING CONSORTIUM
Frank Aarnink (Iceland Symphony Orchestra)
Timothy K. Adams, Jr. (University of Georgia)
Jeremy Brunk (Millikin University)
Michael Burritt (Eastman School of Music)
James Campbell (University of Kentucky)
Patti Cudd (University of Wisconsin–River Falls)
Tommy Dobbs (University of Arkansas–Fort Smith)
Lee Ferguson (Freiburg, Germany)
Erik Forst (Messiah College)
Nick Fox (Bowling Green State University)
Adam Groh (Western Carolina University)
Matthew Halligan (George Mason University)
Iowa/Hungary Percussion Project (Matthew Andreini, Gabor Palotas)
Tom Kolor (University at Buffalo)
Rick Kurasz (Western Illinois University)
Zeca Lacerda (Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Brazil)
Craig McNutt (Wellesley College)
Oliver Molina (Northwestern State University)
Tony Oliver (Augustana College)
Doug Perkins (Boston Conservatory)
Victor Pons (Georgia State University)
Luis C. Rivera (University of South Alabama)
Ryan M. Smith (Valdosta State University)
Garth Steger (Fort Myers, Florida)
Tai-Jung "FoFo" Tsai (University of Kansas)
Glenn Webb (Dixie State University)
Timothy K. Adams, Jr. (University of Georgia)
Jeremy Brunk (Millikin University)
Michael Burritt (Eastman School of Music)
James Campbell (University of Kentucky)
Patti Cudd (University of Wisconsin–River Falls)
Tommy Dobbs (University of Arkansas–Fort Smith)
Lee Ferguson (Freiburg, Germany)
Erik Forst (Messiah College)
Nick Fox (Bowling Green State University)
Adam Groh (Western Carolina University)
Matthew Halligan (George Mason University)
Iowa/Hungary Percussion Project (Matthew Andreini, Gabor Palotas)
Tom Kolor (University at Buffalo)
Rick Kurasz (Western Illinois University)
Zeca Lacerda (Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Brazil)
Craig McNutt (Wellesley College)
Oliver Molina (Northwestern State University)
Tony Oliver (Augustana College)
Doug Perkins (Boston Conservatory)
Victor Pons (Georgia State University)
Luis C. Rivera (University of South Alabama)
Ryan M. Smith (Valdosta State University)
Garth Steger (Fort Myers, Florida)
Tai-Jung "FoFo" Tsai (University of Kansas)
Glenn Webb (Dixie State University)