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Fire Wire

A third-place winner in 2002 PAS composition contest for solo multiple percussion. The title is taken from the new form of USB, a high data-transfer cable which is the interface for today’s digital audio and video devices (allowing the user to send more than a CD’s worth of data every 10 seconds). In the piece, the performer becomes the Fire Wire, relaying information to the audience at a high rate of speed.

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Brett Dietz

Brett William Dietz (Assistant Professor, Percussion). Dietz is a composer and percussion instructor at Louisiana State University.

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Hymns for Ninkasi

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Ninkasi is the Sumerian goddess of beer and brewing. This collection is inspired by the original Hymn to Ninkasi, which was first written down in c. 1800 BCE. The eight hymns written for four players can be played separately, or in entirety.

Ninkasi is the Sumerian goddess of beer and brewing. This collection is inspired by the original Hymn to Ninkasi, which was first written down in c. 1800 BCE. The eight hymns written for four players can be played separately, or in entirety.

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NEW from Marimba Productions!

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Solo timpani (5 drums) and 4 percussionists – vibraphone/bass drum/opera gong, marimba (5.0)/field drum, 2 congas/2 cowbells/tom-tom/sus. cym./glockenspiel. 2 bongos/2woodblocks/closed hi-hat/ribbon crasher/kickdrum/crotales. Premiered at PASIC 2004 by the Victoria Memorial Percussion Ensemble (for whom the piece was written) with John Beck playing the solo timpani part.

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Rechargeble Light received its premiere performance on August 4, 2000 at the Chautauqua Institute (Chautauqua, NY) with Michael Burritt as percussion soloist. It attempts to fuse electronic and acoustic sounds in a chamber music setting. Scored for percussion soloist playing non-pitched instruments accompanied by five percussionists playing mostly pitched instruments including two synthesizers and a MalletKat (a synthesizer comprised of triggers in the shape of a mallet keyboard).

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A third-place winner in 2002 PAS composition contest for solo multiple percussion. The title is taken from the new form of USB, a high data-transfer cable which is the interface for today’s digital audio and video devices (allowing the user to send more than a CD’s worth of data every 10 seconds). In the piece, the performer becomes the Fire Wire, relaying information to the audience at a high rate of speed.

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