SMALL CHAMBER ENSEMBLE - Oct Up (1995) - double string quartet
Duration - 8:00
double string quartet (4 violin, 2 viola, 2 violoncello)
Commissioned by Merkin Hall.
“Oct Up’s tight loops forming circles in which the marvelous percussionists’ polyrhythms pulsed.”
Score & Parts REntal
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Program Notes
'Oct Up' for double string quartet was commissioned in 2004 for the Pacifica Quartet and Quorum by the Fontana Chamber Music Festival in Kalamazoo. The piece is a short, lively romp through a collage of syncopated rhythms.