In the End… (2015)
Percussion Requirements:
Drum Set (piccolo SD), Bongos, Tambourine, Flexatone, 2 Splash Cym, 5 Cup Gongs (or mixing bowls), Cajon, 1 Timpano, Ratchet, Djembe, Castanets, Timbales, Tam Tam, China Cym, Siren, 2 Woodblocks, Concert BD, 2 Metals (somewhat resonant), and 6 hand-held resonant pitched instruments (C#)
- Performed by
The Iowa State University Percussion Ensemble
Recorded in Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall at Iowa State University, Ames, IA.
Commissioned by the University at North Carolina at Pembroke Percussion Ensemble, Dr. Joseph Van Hassel, director.
This percussion sextet combines live performance and pre-recorded electronics in a colorful way - highlighting elements of groove, color, and unique instrument combinations. The use of lighting effects adds a mild theatrical element, which accentuates certain aspects of the program.
With much of today’s pop-culture fixated on a “zombie apocalypse," this work presents a musical soundscape that captures an abstract depiction of the “final moments." To place the events in present time, I decided that the pre-recorded material should mainly consist of musical representations of current pop culture (such as dance/house music, dubstep, etc) as well as typical sounds often associated with the zombie culture.