1/29/2023 - Mary Moody Northen Hall - Hien Doan Senior Recital
"This piece has often been mistakenly associated with African drumming. However the only overtly African thing about this piece is the title, which implies 'she who sleeps alone', ie. without a lover. I wrote it as a virtuoso showpiece for the player as well as a composition study for myself. After some interim versions I decided to limit the instrumentation to drums only, with a brief coda on marimba. I explored several different kinds of patterning, the principal one being cross-rhythms in triplets played with two sticks." - Kevin Volans
Implements:
Innovative Percussion Orchestral Series OS-1 Xylo/Glock Mallets
Timber Drum Company Soft Rubber Mallets w/ Birch Handles
Vic Firth Timbale Sticks
Artifact Apennine Timpani Mallets on custom oak handles
Malletech Leigh Howard Stevens LS1 - Very Soft