Archipelagos by Dave Hall is a percussion ensemble piece written for 7 players. This short interlude was inspired by the music of Indonesia, specifically Balinese and Javanese gamelan. The music is buoyant and aggressive at times and delicate and austere at others. The piece features unique textures, timbres, and instruments like flowerpots and tuned aluminum pipes to emulate the sounds of the gamelan. This piece was commissioned by the Shadow Ridge Middle School Honors Winds under the direction of Chris Meredith and Alicia DeSoto for their performance at the 2012 Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago, IL. Duration: 2 minutesInstrumentation:Percussion 1 (bells, ceramic flower pot tuned to E, tam-tam)Percussion 2 (xylophone, ceramic flower pot tuned to D, rainstick, tam-tam)Percussion 3 (chimes, ceramic flower pot tuned to G#, 7 pitched aluminum piipes [G#, A, C#, D, E, G#, A])Percussion 4 (vibraphone)Percussion 5 (4.3-octave marimba)Percussion 6 (muted tenor drum, kick drum, log drum)Percussion 7 (opera gong, China cymbal, splash cymbal, suspended cymbal, triangle)
