Suggestions of Three Glass Objects for Percussion Ensemble

I. - Falling Upwards, Through a Barrier

II. - Lifting the Lid of a Music Box; Three Figurines

III. - Lens Dance

This was the second of two pieces I wrote in the composition class I took sophomore year. I bought a one-year Sibelius subscription (big step!) to write it, since MuseScore's percussion sample library was a lot more limited than Sibelius's. I learned a lot in writing it -- the parts are sometimes less than idiomatic and difficult to coordinate, which made sight-reading hard. I've tried to be more aware of instrument/player capabilities in the music I've written since. There is a cool nested structure where the 2nd movement is foreshadowed in the 1st (via glockenspiel accompanied by marimba), and the 3rd is foreshadowed in the 2nd (via vibraphone accompanied by marimba).