Wax Wroth - for Solo Accordion and Percussion Ensemble - Full Score & Parts

Flute+Piccolo

Oboe

Clarinet(Bb)+Bass Clarinet(Bb)

Bassoon

French Horn

Multi-Instrument Percussion 1: Sound-Proof Box containing 3 separate live metronomes (with a natural tick sound, as opposed to beep), a piece of paper, a cup of water and a straw, an almost empty milkshake and straw, a backpack with loud zippers, an electric toothbrush, and a kazoo

MIP 2: Sound-Proof Box containing a live drone at A=440, a piece of paper, a cup of water and a straw, an almost empty milkshake and straw, a backpack with loud zippers, an electric toothbrush, a kazoo, and an upside-down bicycle

MIP 3: Sound-Proof Box containing a speaker (or mobile device) playing old radio soundbites on loop or audio from the Voyager Golden Records (Sounds of Earth), a piece of paper, a cup of water and a straw, an almost empty milkshake and straw, a backpack with loud zippers, an electric toothbrush, and a kazoo

Piano

Accordion

Harp

Violin I

Violin II

Viola

Cello

Double Bass 

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Wax Wroth is an exploration of extended techniques and sound networks. The idiom “wax wroth” means, “to speak or write in an angry, indignant, or wrathful manner”. The goal of this piece, however, is not wrathful sound, but a convergence of visual and auditory stimuli. The Accordion is to be featured prominently at the front of the stage, as a soloist, but will perform air sounds in lockstep with cues given to the ensemble. Wax Wroth aims to replace the Accordion’s reeds with the “reeds” of the full ensemble.