As the Wind Colors

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Composer Name

Michael Udow

General Info

Year: 1980
Duration: c.30:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Equilibrium
Cost: Score and Parts - $19.60   |   Score Only - $0.00

Instrumentation

Player I - IV: gongs(4), canoes(4), paddlers

Program Notes

This THEATER/MUSIC composition was commissioned and premiered by The Random Aesthetic Ranch in Minneapolis and is composed for 4 gong players each in a canoe paddled by two canoeists in each of four boats; detailed costume and canoe art designs are given; with the continuing need to allow cultural diversity with greater global communication, this work of new mythology has it's creative roots in First Nation rituals.

Recent Performances

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Works for Percussion by this Composer

A Bird Whispered, ""Your Children Are Dying"" – Percussion Quintet
Acoustic Composition No. 1 (Solo) – Multiple Percussion; Tape
Acoustic Composition No. 1 (Ensemble) – Percussion Duo; Tape
Acoustic Study No. 1 – Multiple Percussion
African Welcome Piece – Percussion (12)
As the Wind Colors – Percussion Quartet
Barn Burner – Multiple Percussion; Trombone; Piano
Bog Music (Solo) – Multiple Percussion; Percussion Ensemble
Bog Music (Ensemble) – Percussion Quartet
Concerto for Percussion with String Quartet – Multiple Percussion; Strings
Coyote Dreams – Percussion Trio; Marimba
Cycle, Retrace, Progress, Be Still – Vibraphone; Dance
Dance for J.P.C. – Percussion Quartet
Dinosaur Dance (Solo) – Timpani
Dinosaur Dance (Ensemble) – Percussion Quartet; Timpani
Dreams from A Bayou - Long Ago but not Forgotten - – Vibraphone; Flute
Duet (Udow) – Multiple Percussion; Dance
Flashback – Percussion Quartet
Flashback with MIDI – Percussion Quintet; Tape
Four Movements (Udow) – Percussion Quartet
Fracture – Multiple Percussion
Illusion I – Solo Percussion - Claves; Conductors (5)
Inside - Out with a Secret P.S. – Snare Drum
Lightning II – Percussion Trio; Oboe; Saxophone
Limits – Percussion Trio
Music for Cross-Cultures, No. 1 – Percussion (12)
Reality I – Percussion Quintet
Remembrance (Udow) – Multiple Percussion; Wind Ensemble
Sandsteps I – Percussion Duo
Shadow Songs I – Percussion (12)
Shadow Songs IV (Sextet) – Percussion Sextet
Shadow Songs IV (Ensemble) – Percussion Ensemble; Marimba
Suite for Jazz Drums and 4 Handclappers – Drum Set
Tennei-Ji – Marimba
The Contemporary Percussionist – Multiple Percussion
The Enchanted Land – Percussion Duo; Oboe
The Shattered Mirror –
Thoughts from Almost Near Somewhere – Percussion Sextet
Threnody – Multiple Percussion; Tape
Timbrack Quartet – Percussion Quartet
Token City – Multiple Percussion; Video
Two Transparent Structures for Percussion Quintet (Ensemble) – Percussion Ensemble; Marimba
Two Transparent Structures for Percussion Quintet (Quintet) – Percussion Quintet
Understanding – Percussion Octet; Tape
Vistas – Multiple Percussion; Bass Clarinet
Zig-Zag – Percussion Duo