Three Songs for Soprano and Percussion

Three Songs for Soprano and Percussion

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Soprano, nonpitched perc, marimba/bells
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1) Moment of Brain
Percussion: bodhran (played with tipper) and bells (only E-flat, F and C pitches, all played with tipper).


2) Interlude: February
Percussion: 4 singing bowls, nipple Gong, marimba. Nipple gong and marimba both played with medium soft marimba mallets, the singing bowls with traditional wooden strikers.


3) To Brain on Brain’s Last Day as Brain
Percussion: 1 suspended cymbal (played with marimba mallet), 2 cowbells, marimba and bells. Mallet changes specified between 2 traditional bell mallets and 4 medium soft marimba mallets.

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 In Memory (2009) for soprano and percussion. Three songs on poems by Robin Behn. Finalist in the Aurora Borealis Composition Competition, 2009.

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on poems by Robin Behn
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solo voice(s)+2 to 6 instruments
voice(s)+ 1 inst or tape playback non-keyboard
percussion featured
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Music by women
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Soprano , marimba
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