Dietz-Rechargeable Light (SP)-B/C/2Cro (2 8va)/V/Alm/P/2 Synthesizers/Mallet Kat

Rechargeble Light received its premiere performance on August 4, 2000 at the Chautauqua Institute (Chautauqua, NY) with Michael Burritt as percussion soloist. It attempts to fuse electronic and acoustic sounds in a chamber music setting. Scored for percussion soloist playing non-pitched instruments accompanied by five percussionists playing mostly pitched instruments including two synthesizers and a MalletKat (a synthesizer comprised of triggers in the shape of a mallet keyboard).

Number of Players: 6
Difficulty: Grade 5
Instrumentation:

Player I: Solo percussion - 2 Bongos, 4 Tom-Toms, Bass Drum, Crash Cymbal, Splash Cymbal, Chinese Cymbals, Large Cowbell, Small Woodblock, Small Tambourine, Chinese Drum, and Amplified Udu.

Player II: Glockenspiel, Brake Drum, Almglocken (C, Db, Gb, Bb, Eb), Crotales (sub. glock)

Player III: Crotales (2 8va), Vibraphone, Alesis QS6 synthesizer*

Player IV: Alesis QS6 Synthesizer*

Player V: Marimba, Concert Bass Drum, Chimes

Player VI: MalletKat (using a KORG NS5R sound module)*, Tam-Tam, Suspended Cymbal

*Specific synthesizers may be substituted.

Brett William Dietz (b. 1972) is Assistant Professor of Percussion at the Louisiana State University School of Music. He is the music director of Hamiruge (the LSU Percussion Group). He earned the Bachelor of Music in Percussion and the Master of Music in Composition/Theory from the Mary Pappert School of Music at Duquesne University. In 2004, Dietz earned his Doctorate of Music from Northwestern University. He has studied percussion with Jack DiIanni, Andrew Reamer, Stanley Leonard, and Michael Burritt while his principal composition teachers include Joseph W. Jenkins, David Stock, and Jay Alan Yim.