Udow-Topsy-Turvy (SP)-P

Topsy-Turvy by Michael Udow is an eight minute percussion quartet commissioned by Kang-Ku Lee. Lee and the Akademie Percussion Ensemble of Seoul requested an exciting drumming work to close the percussion ensemble's spring concert touring program. This piece is a rhythmically energized work that continually subverts the comfort zone common in most of the world's popular dance music.

Instrumentation:

1. Three pair of Chinese opera cymbals, 5 high piccolo woodblocks.
2. Four drums with thick skin heads, 6 almglocken (C, D, E, Gb, Ab, Bb).
3. Four thick skin heads, 6 almglocken (Db, Eb, F, G, A, B).
4. Five woodblocks, 5 Korean gongs.