Breaking the Four Chambers (2012, AMH) FULL SCORE

Alannah Marie Halay (2012)

Four Instrumentalists

Instrumentation:

Vibraphone, harp, piano, and violin

Vibraphone player requires a vibraphone with motor of slow, medium and fast speeds; 4x soft mallet;

4x medium mallet; 4x hard mallet; 2x double bass bow; 2x plectrum

Harpist requires 2x piano hammer; several rosined violin bow hairs that have been removed from the

wood of the bow and secured together at both ends.

Pianist requires 2x hard mallet; a weight to depress piano pedals; rosined nylon fishing wire (approx.

1m at least); 2x plectrum; the piano lid must be removed.

Violinist requires 1x piano hammer; 1x hard mallet.

Four Movements:

I. The First Chamber

II. The Second Chamber

III. The Third Chamber

IV. The Fourth Chamber