Chou Wen-chung's Echoes From The Gorge
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- Chen Yi
- Date Posted
- 02/11/2020
Dear Mr. Steve Weiss: Thank you for sending me the score of Prof. Chou's percussion quartet Echoes From The Gorge so quickly. The score arrived in time for my classroom teaching this semester. I am grateful. This work is absolutely a textbook for percussion writing, in terms of composition concept and advanced performing technique. The analysis of the score will be very inspiring and practical for young composers in their study and creation. I have helped Prof. Chou to deliver his score pages after he finished writing the first portion of the piece from his country house to NYC, for New Music Consort musicians to rehearse the piece before the premiere concert in 1989. It's meaningful for me to introduce the piece to my students at UMKC. Thank you! Dr. Chen 2/11/2020