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	Publisher: [[Australian Music Centre]]<br/>		Publisher: [[Australian Music Centre]]<br/>
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[[Nigel Westlake]]
== General Info ==
Year of Published: 2004 
Publisher: [[Australian Music Cdentre]] 
Duration: 00:07:29 
Difficulty: Advanced 
Cost: $50.00 

== Instrumentation ==
Player 1: [[Marimba]] 1 & [[Log Drum]] & [[Splash Cymbal]] & [[Wood Block]] 
Player 2: [[Marimba]] 2 & [[Log Drum]] & [[Splash Cymbal]] & [[Wood Block]] 
Player 3: [[Marimba]] 3 & [[Cowbell]] & [[Splash Cymbal]] & [[Wood Block]] 
Player 4: [[Marimba]] 4 & [[Cowbell]] & [[Splash Cymbal]] & [[Wood Block]] 

== Program note ==
Kalabash for four percussionists, was composed as part of the HC Coombs Creative Arts Fellowship for the ANU School of Music’s student percussion ensemble Drumatix & was premiered by them at the National Art Gallery in July 2004. Two [[marimba]]s & a selection of [[splash cymbal]]s & [[log drum]]s are shared amongst the four players who engage in a virtuosic interplay reminiscent of the [[balofon]] music of West Africa. The [[balofon]] is the forerunner of the modern [[marimba]] & shares many physical characteristics with its modern counterpart, the main difference being that the wooden bars (or notes) are suspended above a collection of different sized kalabash gourds instead of aluminium resnonators. In some instances these gourds have spiderwebs stretched over their openings which create a fantastic buzzing resonance when the bars are hit with mallets. The traditional music of West Africa frequently features the [[balofon]] & there are many accomplished exponents of dazzling virtuosity amongst the tribes of Northern Ghana. It is the musical gestures & celebratory nature of this folk music which in some ways informs the language of Kalabash & though there is no direct borrowing of musical themes or techniques, this exotic sound world has become a departure point for the compositional process.

== Recent Performance ==
<embedvideo service="youtube"> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGP4h0wwelw </embedvideo>

== Works for Percussion by this Composer==
{{Westlake, Nigel Works}}

== Reference ==

[[Category: Percussion Ensemble Works]]
[[Category: Percussion Quartet Works]]

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Publisher: Australian Music Cdentre
Duration: 00:07:29
Difficulty: Advanced
Cost: $50.00..."