Catching Shadows - Ivan Treviño

Justin Persichetti, marimba
Jarryd Elias, marimba
Colleen Bernstein, vibraphone
Emily Park, vibraphone
Sean Lowery, percussion
Max Kanowitz, percussion
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Catching Shadows (2013) is a mallet and percussion sextet commissioned by Michael Burritt and the Eastman School of Music percussion studio. The work’s instrumentation includes one 5.0 marimba, one 4.3 marimba, two vibraphones, and two percussion parts. The middle section of the piece also includes optional vocal parts for the players to sing.
Michael Burritt and I have become good friends and collaborators over the years, and on a recent road trip to a gig, he said, “I’m in charge of the tunes!” Honestly, I didn’t know what to expect! He plugged in his iPod, and the first thing to play: Radiohead, then Dave Matthews, then Earth, Wind & Fire. That’s when I discovered something cool about Mike: he’s as much a rock musician as classical musician. It just so happens he plays marimba. Sometimes, I feel the same way. I thought about our road trip and decided to write a rock tune inspired by Mike’s playlist.
~ Ivan Treviño
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This piece was premiered at Eastman in October of 2013, as well as at the 2013 Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC) in November by Eastman’s Percussion Studio’s class of 2015. This piece I feel is the heart and soul of my senior class that I have become to love as my brothers and sisters: to whom the performance of this piece is dedicated to. To Emily, Max, Sam, Sacha, and Sean: We’ve been through so much, and it all went by so fast, so let’s make this last month and a half a good one. I will never forget you guys. Ever.
~ Jarryd Elias
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