Dietz-Damaged Goods (SP)-P

Damaged Goods by Brett Dietz is a percussion sextet that was commissioned by and dedicated to Chad Heiny and the Kiski Area High School Percussion Ensemble (Vandergrift, PA). The entire composition was written in an Opera District café in Paris. The piece's structure utilizes a variation of themes drawn from rhythmic permutations.

Instrumentation: crash cymbal, ride cymbal, china cymbal, hi-hat, high & low splash cymbal, low-medium-high tom, snare drum, high & low kick drum, low-medium-high metal, low-medium-high wood, high & low maracas, high & low afuce, high & low sand paper, high & low tam tam, high & low wind gong, & high & low opera gong