Ovalle-Echo Funk (SP)-Solo DS/P

Echo Funk by Jonathan Ovalle for solo drumset and percussion octet. Using a creative array of mostly drums and metal instruments (often found objects), the piece features a drumset soloist backed by eight multi-percussionists. Throughout the work, various "echo" motifs are used as a defining element while producing varying degrees of polyrhythmic tension and conversational activity between the drumset soloist and the eight percussionists.

Instrumentation:
Solo Drumset
Percussion 1 - concert bass drum, high pitch resonant metal, large cowbell
Percussion 2 - floor tom, brake drum, large China cymbal, large coffee can
Percussion 3 - 2 snare drums, bongos, low pitch semi-resonant metal, 2 opera gongs
Percussion 4 - 4 high concert toms, higher "trashy" metal, 2 woodblocks
Percussion 5 - 4 low concert toms, lower "trashy" metal, 2 woodblocks
Percussion 6 - timbales, 2 congas, high pitch semi-resonant metal, 2 cookie tins
Percussion 7 - very small snare drum (firecracker), brake drum, small China cymbal
Percussion 8 - kick drum, low pitch resonant metal