with suns spoken as kin (2025)
percussion quartet · 5 minutes · advanced+

with suns spoken as kin was written for the New Music New Haven concert series at the Yale School of Music.

Instrumentation
with suns spoken as kin is written for percussion quartet, sharing a grand piano with additional percussion.

The piano must have a sostenuto pedal. This work was originally written using a Steinway Model ? piano. The internal frame on other grand pianos may make some techniques difficult or render them impossible. The techniques used for piano can cause long-term damage to the piano (such as slamming the wires with sticks). If you are a student looking to perform this, ensure that you have permission to use these techniques on the piano from the owner of the piano you are using, whether that is a school owned piano or somebody else's.

Percussion 1 (high side of piano)

Percussion 2 (high bench of piano)

Percussion 3 (low bench of piano)

Percussion 4 (low side of piano)

It feels odd that I've met so many percussionists and composers I used to admire when I was younger. These people have for the large part, been incredibly kind and welcoming towards my silly dreams. Some of these people have supported me a lot.

Sometimes it feels like I'm in the presence of stars considering myself one of their own, which is surreal.

with suns spoken as kin is largely influenced by math rock and jazz fusion, as well as works in the modern percussion repertoire.

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