Refrakt for Marimba Quartet

In the marimba quartet, performers share registral and harmonic roles, while motives are passed around the ensemble within a homogenous texture and similar range. Despite moments of specific, maintained musical color, spatial motion is generated, as if light is bouncing off a surface and abruptly changes direction, yet remains contained in a perceivable way to the listener.

In other instances, musical lines are presented and then repeated with a different character by another player, with more distinct soloistic focus.

Instrumentation:
3 4.3 Marimbas + 1 5.0 Octave marimba. Only 2 mallet technique is required by each player for this piece. Refrakt for Marimba Quartet