Color Fields in Vector SpaceWritten for 18 performers, Color Fields in Vector Space is an exploration of percussive timbre and space, utilizing small ensembles of similar instruments (metals, woods, drums) placed around the audience. Color Fields in Vector Space was conceived originally as an exploration of timbre and space utilizing multiple small ensembles of like instruments (metals, woods, drums) placed around the audience. However, despite my best efforts, accounting for

he shared some very intimate life experiences with us which became the inspiration for Aegean and which - after utterly stopping us in our tracks emotionally - completely changed the way we were playing the piece

Immediately upon starting Corybas

I knew that its infectious rhythmic energy and unique groove would immediately lend itself to the addition of non-pitched percussion instruments

Arranged here for percussion ensemble by Omar Carmenates

maybe a piano riff or two

particularly in the second movement

Simply put

the other being Corybas

- from piano trio to percussion quartet in this case)

There is a fifth element of inspiration functioning here also

This will be the perfect closer for a percussion ensemble concert to leave audiences uplifted and humming a catchy melody

This arrangement of Zambra by the Spanish group Ojos de Brujo was commissioned by the Florida State University Percussion Ensemble and premiered at their 2023 PAS International Percussion Ensemble Competition Winner’s Showcase Concert