TRANSMIGRATION Phillip Richardson INSTRUMENTATION Marimba 1 (4.3-octave) Marimba 2 (4.3-octave) Marimba 3 (4.3-octave) Marimba 4 (4.5-octave) PROGRAM NOTES Written for marimba quartet, this work focuses not on the individual performers’ chythm or melody, but inst the composite lines and harmonic rhythms that result from their interplay. The melody is consistently divided amongst the four players. These layered entrances overlap, creating dense sonorities that highlight the resonant quality of the instrument. This piece was conceived after reading the following quote: Schopenhauer believed that art, in particular music, had - has - the power to cause the will, the irrational, striving will, to somehow turn back onto and into itself and cease to strive. He considered this a religious experience, although temporary. Somehow art, somehow music especially, has the power to transform man from an irrational thing into some rational entity that is not driven by biological impulses, impulses that cannot by definition ever be satisfied. - Philip K. Dick, “The Transmigration of Timothy Archer” Transmigration is meant to exemplify the reflective nature of music, and its ability to (at least temporarily) transform us into rational beings. -PR COMPOSER BIO. Phil Richardson (b. 1986) is currently completing his coursework at Texas Christian University (TCU) where he is studying both Music Composition and Music Education. His works have received numerous regional performances, with recent highlights at the University of Oklahoma, Texas Christian University, and St Stephen Presbyterian. Hi work for marimba quartet, Transmigration, won the 2009 Jonathan Durington Award for composition at TCU. Mr. Richardson also received a grant from the TCU Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Initiative for his composition Love Bade Me Welcome, a new work for a capella choir. As an active percussionist, Mr. Richardson has appeared in various ensembles in the DEW area, including the TCU PASIC Champion Indoor Drumline, Phantom Regiment, the Fort Worth Sinfonietta, as well as the TCU Wind Symphony and Symphonic Orchestra. At TCU, he studied composition under Dr. Blaise Ferrandino, Dr. Till Meyn, and Dr. Martin Blessinger. His percussion instructors include Dr. Brian A. West, Dr. Richard C. Gipson, Paul Rennick, Jocy Carter, and Tom McGil Richardson is a member of SCI, PAS, and ASCAP. . ‘www.philmuse.comTRANSMIGRATION Whitten for the Texas Christian University Percussion Ensemble Phillip Richardson Copyright © 2010 C. Alan Publicatoins ALL RIGHTS RESERVEDNN a at NN ee | . TRANSMIGRATIONTRANSMIGRATION| a ehh) ee a ee | oe ee ee "| Pee ee ee eev TRANSMIGRATIONTRANSMIGRATION105 Maintain Tempo Reserved TRANSMIGRATIONTRANSMIGRATION35 Undulating 140 TRANSMIGRATION