Udow-Shadow Songs I

This work is for twenty-one performers playing 6 timp., xylo, 3 marimbas (4o C - C), 1 marimba(4 1/3), 2 glocks. chimes, bongos, timbales, 4 toms, bass dr., 2 susp. cyms., 2 tams.; the melodic material is derived from the work, Over the Moon, (composed from images of Japanese Haiku), as well as from West African and North Indian drumming; for a director who conducts several groups, the 9 keyboard players can be rehearsed as one group while the remaining 12 players can form another ensemble with both groups coming together for final rehearsals.