For Voices and Snare Drums

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for voices and snare drums:

Set-up: At least two snare drums (with snares on) are


to be placed in the center of a room, hall, or chosen
environment. If the room is a concert hall, the snare drums
should be in the center of the stage.
At least two vocalists should be in diagonally opposite
corners of the room. If the room is a concert hall, the
vocalists should be on opposite sides of the stage, or the
back of the concert hall.
Performance: While walking very, very, slowly
towards the snare drums, one of the vocalists is to sing a
tone. The tone is be to preformed on any vowel (a,e,i,o,u).
The tone should be preformed very quietly, crescendo, and
then decay softly. Once the tone has been sounded by one of
the vocalists, the other vocalist is to sing the same tone
on a different vowel, but with the same dynamic contour.
While walking very, very, slowly towards the snare drums,
each vocalist is to sound the same initial tone with
different vowels, and separate entrances (though one must
start as the other is either in the middle, or end, of
sounding their tone). As the two vocalists get closer to the
snare drums, the rate between each of the vocalists
entrances is to increase. Once the two vocalists have
approached the snare drums, they are to very, very, slowly
lower their heads over the snare drums while singing the
tones. The vocalists are to slowly start approaching the
same vowel, and begin to very, very, slowly perform the same
dynamic shape. Very, very, slowly fading to silence.
Nathan Corder, 2013

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