仪式 Yí Shì (2006)     for percussion quartet: 8 Chinese toms, 2 simantras, wind chimes, 2 sets of Indian bell strands, 5 woodblocks, 2 log drums, tam tam, Chinese cymbal and 3 temple bells NOTES      Yí Shì means "ritual" or "ceremony" in Mandarin Chinese.  I saw the instruments above as a collection of "ethnic" instruments from very different parts of the world looking for a way to form some kind of coherent whole.  The work I came up with uses the bells, wind chimes and cymbals as instruments of invocation.  The other instruments are used in the so-called ritual itself before being replaced by the sounds of the opening to end the work.      Yí Shì was written for the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival and the So Percussion Quartet. LISTEN:      complete work           featuring:                    Adam Sliwinski (So)                    Lawson White (So)                    Kevin Dufford                    Michael Zell back to compositions