(b. 1980)
Anna Clyne uses acoustic and electro-acoustic music within her compositions that combine resonant soundscapes with propelling textures. She has collaborated with cutting-edge choreographers, film-makers, visual artists and musicians. Clyne has been commissioned by orchestras and ensembles throughout the US and around the world. Some recent honors include commissions from Carnegie Hall, Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Houston Ballet. Anna Clyne is currently the Chicago Symphony’s Mead Composer-in-Residence through the 2013–14 season with the orchestra performing several of her works, including the premiere of Night Ferry in 2012 under the baton of Riccardo Muti. An avid advocate for music education, Clyne teaches composition workshops for local young composers and incarcerated youths as part of this residency and has served as the Director of the New York Youth Symphony’s award-winning program for young composers “Making Score” from 2008 to 2010. Clyne was also recently a guest composer at the 2011 Mizzou New Music Summer Festival. Clyne's compostion "Masquerade" was commissioned and performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra for The Last Night of the Proms in 2013.
Anna Clyne Composition Timpani and Percussion Requirements
Abstractions
Timpani + 3 percussion
1) vibraphone, bass bow, whip, orchestral bass drum, large suspended cymbal, 2 sand blocks, large Tibetan singing bowl
2) 2 octaves crotales, bass bow, sizzle cymbal, metal rod, sand blocks, large wind machine, large Tibetan singing bowl
3) large tam tam, orchestral bass drum, large suspended cymbal, sand blocks, large Tibetan singing bowl
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Blush
No Timpani + 1 percussion
High octave crotales, 32" timpani plus large cymbal, vibraphone, bass bow x 2, large suspended cymbal, scrap metal, orchestral bass drum
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The Lost Thought (mvmt from As Sudden Shut)
No Timpani + 1 percussion
Vibraphone, bass bow, 32" & 28" timpani, tambourine
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Masquerade
Timpani (doubling tambourine) + 3 percussion
1) orchestral bass drum, sizzle cymbal, castanets, kazoo
2) snare drum, low cowbell, high cowbell, clash cymbals, motor high, kazoo
3) whip, tam tam, suspended cymbal (with brushes), sizzle cymbal, ratchet, vibraslap, triangle, kazoo
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This Midnight Hour
Timpani + 2 percussion
Int'l 32/32/29 Prem 32/32/28
1) orchestral bass drum, 2) vibraphone, bass bow, 2 octaves crotales + bow, large tam tam, sizzle cymbal
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Next.Stop
No Timpani + 2 percussion
1) vibraphone, bass bow x 2 2) large suspended cymbal, marimba
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Night Ferry
Timpani + 3 percussion
1) Glockenspiel, marimba, orchestral bass drum, suspended cymbal, small Tibetan singing bowl, large tam tam, vibraphone, bass bow, 2) orchestra bass drum, snare drum, suspended cymbal, 3) orchestral bass drum, small Tibetan singing bowl, snare drum, suspended cymbal, crotales, bass bow , small Tibetan singing bowl
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Postponeless Creature (mvmt 3 from As Sudden Shut)
No Timpani + 2 percussion
1) vibraphone, orchestral bass drum 2) timpani (32, 28, 25)
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Rift
Timpani + 3 percussion
Int'l 32/29/29/26/23 Prem 32/28/28/25/22.5
1) vibraphone, bass bow, large suspended cymbal, large Tibetan temple bowl, large tam tam (shared with P2), 2) orchestral bass drum, low tom tom, high tom tom, snare drum (with brushes), large Tibetan temple bowl, large tam tam (shared with P1), 3) marimba, snare drum (with brushes), large Tibetan temple bowl
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The Seamstress
Timpani + 2 percussion
Int'l 32/32/29/29 Prem 32/32/28/28
1) vibraphone, bass bow, snare drum (with brushes), sizzle cymbal 2) 2 octaves crotales, bass bow, orchestral bass drum, large tam tam, glockenspiel, sizzle cymbal
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See(k)
Timpani + 3 percussion
1) 2 octaves crotales, snare drum, 2) orchestral bass drum, tam tam, 3) vibraphone, large suspended cymbal
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Steelworks
No Timpani + 1 percussion
Orchestral bass drum, 2 octaves crotales, marimba, vibraphone
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A Wonderful Day
No Timpani + 1 percussion
Vibraphone
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