Cheung-Ballade for Eriko Daimo-M

Ballade for Eriko Daimo was written in May 2005. Cheung met Eriko in 2003 at the Zeltsman Marimba Festival and was immediately captured by her playing. Since then the two have grown to be very close friends. This piece was written for Eriko as a piece that describes her personality in the way she has reflected herself to Cheung. Structurally, this piece consists of two contrasting subjects, first of which is slow, mellow and in major, second of which is fast, dramatic, and in minor (based on Eriko Daimo's initials D# E). Written for 5 octave marimba.