“Hocket Sandbox started as a summer project based off a progression of sixteenth-note block chords for solo marimba. Upon the near immediate realization that seven minutes of sixteenth-note block chords would be physically and aurally exhausting for solo marimba, the piece became a duo. The duo, as a result, often functions as members of a single voice, developing phrases and melodies together. The title comes from the rapid trading of sixteenth notes between the two players, similar to a hocket, and the nature of free-flowing counterpoint all using the same tonal language and central motive, much like a child terraforming grains of sand in a sandbox. In that sense, the piece intends to display childhood imagination through the lens of a young adult.”
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Marimba Duo
Duration: ca. 7 minutes
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