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Sandbox Percussion Premieres Douglas J. Cuomo's Proverb at the Tippet Rise Art Center in Montana

Sep. 20, 2023

Sandbox Percussion performed the world premiere of Douglas J. Cuomo's Proverb at the Tippet Rise Art Center in Montana on September 2. Cuomo notes,

"Commissioned to be performed under the monumental Mark di Suvero sculpture Proverb, the music draws inspiration from the 60 foot high, bright red steel sculpture, which is set in a vast plain in the Montana Rocky Mountains. The four players are arrayed around the four legs of the sculpture, with the audience free to move about the sculpture throughout the performance. Like the sculpture, the music contemplates man's relationship to nature. As though arising from the plains, the piece envelopes the audience, evoking the sound of a giant, shimmering wind chime. Over time energetic rhythms appear and are passed around all from four directions, eventually forming a swirling mass and reaching a climax. The sound then begins to dissolve back into the natural world, ending with a hushed moment of audience participation, then silence, leaving only the natural sounds from which the music initially emerged."

Listen to Douglas J. Cuomo's Seven Limbs (2020):

Seven Limbs/Douglas J. Cuomo/Nels Cline, guitar/Aizuri Quartet

To learn more about Douglas J. Cuomo, visit schott-music.com.

Douglas J. Cuomo
Proverb (2023)
for percussion quartet
15'

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