[Co]Valence IIIb: Battling a Diversion of Thought [SOLO PERCUSSIONIST] (2016, AMH) SCORE

Composer: Alannah Marie Halay (2016)

Instrumentation

solo percussionist

The percussionist requires: 1 x stop watch, 1 x marimba, 1 x 25” timpani, 2x soft-headed mallet, 2x hard-headed mallet, 2x timpani mallet.

[Co]Valence IIIa for solo percussionist is an overall schizophrenic dichotomy between expressive moments and percussive accents: deadstrokes (cross-headed notes outlined in boxes) present sudden interruptions to the otherwise ‘flowing’ melodic line. The overall desired effect is of a solo performer playing a melody whilst being distracted by other divergent thoughts (denoted by the desruptive deadstrokes). Despite these distractions (which the audience will never know the details of), the performer tries very hard to stay focused on the matter at hand (the melody they are trying to perform).