Files-see/change (SP)-P

see/change by Trey Files was written in an effort to facilitate collaboration between Ethos Percussion Group and student performers encountered by the ensemble as it tours the country. Scored as a double quartet, the four "Ethos" players (1-4) are flanked on either side by "guest" musicians (A-D). The solo pattern played by the triangle in the first two measures serves as source material for the entire piece, with each of the composition's three sections defined by its approach to this syncopated rhythm and its juxtaposition of resonant and dry sounds.

see/change was premiered on May 5, 2003 at Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theater.

Instrumentation:
Player 1 - large triangle, large tom-tom, tambourine
Player 2 - triangle, peking opera gong, small tom-tom, tambourine
Player 3 - triangle, peking opera gong, small tom-tom, tambourine
Player 4 - triangle, large tom-tom, tambourine

Player A - medium-large gong, bass drum, tambourine
Player B - medium suspended cymbal, ocean drum
Player C - medium suspended cymbal, ocean drum
Player D - medium-large gong, bass drum, tambourine