Distant Ringing (2023)

Preface

Distant Ringing is written for two players on one vibraphone. In conceptualizing the work, I wanted to find a way to highlight the pure, metallic ringing that defines the modern vibraphone, while also taking advantage of the possibilities of using multiple mallets and "dead strokes" to add color to the vibraphone's sound. I also included common permutation patterns from the English tradition of change ringing as part of the process for generating the pitch patterns. As a result, you will hear a piece where the two players continually find new ways to express a simple descending scale by gradually changing the sequence at each repetition.

Distant Ringing was commissioned Toolbox Percussion, and is written for Toolbox Percussion and the Percussion Department at the Arizona State University School of Music, Dance, and Theater.