Treespeak

Chad Heiny

General Info

Year: 2022
Duration: 00:12:00
Difficulty: Advanced
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Cost: $60.00

Movements

1. Spring
2. Summer
3. Fall
4. Winter

Instrumentation

Player 1: Glockenspiel
Player 2: Chimes
Player 3: Vibraphone
Player 4: Xylophone
Player 5: Marimba 1
Player 6: Marimba 2
Player 7: Marimba 3
Player 8: Timpani
Player 9: Mark Tree / Wind Chimes / Glass Chimes & Sizzle Cymbal & 4 Concert Tom-toms & Woodblock (high) & Rainstick & Concert Bass Drum
Player 10: Mark Tree / Wind Chimes / Glass Chimes & Sizzle Cymbal & Large Triangle & Woodblock (medium high) & Ride Cymbal & Splash Cymbal & Suspended Cymbal & Tambourine
Player 11: Wind Gong & Cabasa & Ocean Drum & Triangle & Suspended Cymbal & 2 Brake Drums & Hi-Hat
Player 12: Mark Tree / Wind Chimes / Glass Chimes & Sizzle Cymbal & Woodblock (medium low) & China Cymbal & Cowbell & Sleigh Bells & Suspended Cymbal & Tambourine & Snare Drum
Player 13: Mark Tree / Wind Chimes / Glass Chimes & Sizzle Cymbal & Bongos & Rainstick & Woodblock (low) & Tam-Tam & Suspended Cymbal

Program Notes

The four movements of Treespeak, Spring(ing), Summer, Fall(ing), and Winter, are a cycle: a cycle of the seasons, or the “seasons” of a tree’s life span, which even parallels the life span of a human. The voice of the tree is spoken through the vibraphone, which brings this performer to the musical forefront throughout the work’s duration. The marimbas and xylophone are the bark, branches, and trunk; the timpani, chimes, and glockenspiel color the soul behind the vibraphone’s voice as the tree’s roots; and the percussion represent leaves: ever changing, falling, and blooming until the tree speaks no more. Treespeak was commissioned by Wilbrand van Norel to be used as a required piece in the 2019 Open Nederlandse Slagwerk Kampioenschappen (ONSK) in The Netherlands.

Works for Percussion by this Composer

Solos

Auroras
Chemical Songs (Volume 1)
Chemical Songs (Volume 2)
Mementos

Percussion Ensembles

Beacons of Light - Percussion Ensemble
Bad Juju - Percussion Octet
Canon Fodder - Percussion Quartet
Coming of Age - Solo Marimba and Percussion Quartet
Elements - Marimba Duo
Epoch - Percussion Sextet
Hydra - Percussion Octet
Panthera Pardus - Percussion Ensemble
Perched - Drumset & Multiple Percussion
Thundersnow
Treespeak - Percussion (13)
Tribe
Two Preludes - Mallet Sextet
Undisclosed - Percussion Nonet
Wanderlust - Percussion Septet