CorybasArranged here for percussion ensemble by Omar Carmenates, Corybas is the first of two companion works Psathas wrote for piano trio, the other being Aegean, which Psathas has described as a postlude to Corybas. Psathas describes Corybas as dynamic, willful, playful, in contrast to the calmer, more serene, Aegean. The rhythmic foundation of Corybas is based on an odd metered pattern found in some forms of Eastern European dance music. Corybas is the

Opoku’s excerpted interview to a MIDI controller while also learning

no matter how much I try to prepare for before writing

glockenspiel

I found this process to be very similar to how this piece was created and so

the piano part requires periods of sustained rhythmic intensity in all registers of the instrument

The result is a highly idiosyncratic and varied blend of human mappings of birdsong

I immediately thought of this singer’s cover version and was excited to get to writing it but

The musical composition brings together current research on avian biology

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Originally commissioned by Dame Evelyn Glennie for drum kit and piano

and it has been masterfully arranged for percussion ensemble by Omar Carmenates

This arrangement of Zambra by the Spanish group Ojos de Brujo was commissioned by the Florida State University Percussion Ensemble and premiered at their 2023 PAS International Percussion Ensemble Competition Winner’s Showcase Concert