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Kami
Subtitle: For Solo Marimba and Three Percussionists
General Info
Year: 2006
Duration: c. 12:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Canadian Music Centre
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $75.98; (digital) - $49.99 | Score Only (print) - $18.99; (digital) - $14.99
Instrumentation
Full Score
Solo Marimba
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Almglocken
- Bender Gong (small)
- China Cymbal
- Chinese Opera Block (high)
- Crotales
- Cuíca Drum
- Miya-daiko (listed as "medium skin drum")
- Okedo-daiko (listed as "large skin drum")
- Shime-daiko (listed as "high skin drum")
- Slapsticks
- Suspended Cymbals (3; small, medium, and large)
- Tam-tam (medium)
- Temple Blocks (5)
- Temple Bowls (or Temple Bells)
- Vibraphone
- Woodsticks
- Wood Blocks (2)
Players vocalizing
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Kami is Japanese for gods or spirits of nature.
In Japanese mythology, the world was created by two divine beings: Izanagi (male) and Izanami (female). Their descendants become other gods or spirits. Various characters or tales in this Japanese folklore have inspired me to create a composition that evokes images of “popular” mischievous sacred spirits, namely: Hiruko (watery child), Amaterasu (incarnation of the sun), Tsukiyomi (incarnation of the moon), Yamata-no-orochi (eight-forked serpent), and the famous Momotarou-san (the peach boy). The nature of this work is “folk based”, bright and energetic, evolving around forceful conversations between the marimba solo and the drum ensemble. Besides displaying the instrumentalists’ great virtuosity and musicality, musicians are challenged to vocalize as part of the ritualistic and theatrical aspect of the piece.
This piece is written for Canadian marimba virtuoso Beverley Johnston.
- Program Note by composer
Commercial Discography
- MP3 Download: University of Toronto (Canada) Percussion Ensemble (Beverley Johnston, percussion) – 2012
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Fringe Percussion Quartet (Canada) (Beverley Johnston, percussion) – 3 March 2018
- TorQ Percussion Quartet (Canada) (Beverley Johnston, percussion) – 11 January 2018
- TorQ Percussion Quartet (Canada) (Beverley Johnston, percussion) – 7 August 2016
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Coquette (1998/2013)
- Dark Waters
- Doubles (1984)
- Kami (2006)
- TorQ Machine (2010)
- Wind Octet (1982)
Resources
- Alice Ping Yee Ho website Accessed 2 September 2020