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a spunky twenty-eight | |
Date Completed: | December 15, 1998 |
Duration: | 2 minutes |
Instrumentation: | percussion: snare drum and three toms |
First Performance: | Jeffrey Gram gave the first performance on December 7, 1999 on a concert of the Music on the Edge Ensemble at the University of Pittsburgh, Frick Fine Arts Auditorium |
Program Notes: | a spunky twenty-eight was written for Jeffrey Gram in celebration of his twenty-eighth birthday. Scored for three toms and a snare drum (for easy portability), it employs a complex numerical scheme calculated to express the sheer joy of being alive. |
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PDF Score Excerpt: | a_spunky_28.pdf (89 kb) |