Work
Death Wish
for mallet percussion quartet
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About
I wrote Death Wish after watching a short film featuring New Zealand survivors of sexual assault. One of the survivors, Hinewirangi Kohu-Morgan, spoke about the out-of-control spiralling of her life for many years and how she developed what she called a death wish. In the piece I thought about the spooling and unspooling of energy and how we are all bound and driven by forces both within and beyond ourselves.
With the greatest of respect for Hinewirangi Kohu-Morgan who has used her life to create art and music and to help survivors of abuse and those who have perpetrated abuse.
I ōrea te tuātara ka patu ki waho. Aroha nui.
Performance history
17 Jun 2018: Performed by Third Coast Percussion at Constellation, Chicago, IL, USA
03 Dec 2018: Performed by University of Kansas Percussion Group - KUPG at Swarthout Recital Hall at KU, Lawrence, KS, USA
03 Apr 2019: Performed by Third Coast Percussion at Herbst Theater, San Francisco, CA, USA
05 Apr 2019: Performed by Third Coast Percussion at Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Costa Mesa, CA, USA
13 Apr 2019: Performed by Third Coast Percussion at Beckmann Auditorium, California Institute of Technology, USA
31 Jul 2019: Performed by Third Coast Percussion at Bravo Vail Music Festival, Vail, CO, USA
01 Oct 2019: Performed by Third Coast Percussion in Santa Fe, USA
05 Oct 2019: Performed by Third Coast Percussion in Medilliín, Colombia
05 Oct 2019: Performed by Third Coast Percussion in Bogotá, Colombia
17 Oct 2019: Performed by Third Coast Percussion at GAIDA Festival, Lithuania
11 Nov 2019: Performed by Truman State University Percussion Ensemble at Truman State University, Kirksville, MO, USA
14 Nov 2019: Performed by Third Coast Percussion at PASIC, Indianapolis, IN, USA
17 Nov 2019: Performed by Third Coast Percussion at University of the Pacific, CA, USA
18 Nov 2019: Performed by Eastman School of Music Percussion Group at Kilbourn Hall 26 Gibbs St, Rochester, NY, USA
21 Nov 2019: Performed by UWM Percussion Ensemble at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, WI, USA
22 Nov 2019: Performed by Third Coast Percussion at Pittsburg State University, KS, USA
06 Jan 2020: Performed by Third Coast Percussion at Toolbox International Creative Academy Festival, Hong Kong
15 Jan 2020: Performed by Third Coast Percussion in Harrisburg, PA, USA
10 Feb 2020: Performed by Third Coast Percussion in Greenville, SC, USA
03 Mar 2020: Performed by Third Coast Percussion in Ogden, UT
08 Mar 2020: Performed by Third Coast Percussion at WoCo Festival, Washington DC, USA
13 Mar 2020: Performed by Third Coast Percussion at Al Larson Prairie Center for the Arts, Schaumburg, IL, USA
20 Mar 2020: Performed by Third Coast Percussion via live-stream — www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU5q20IrgEQ&feature=youtu.be
10 Sep 2020: Performed by Third Coast Percussion via livestream
27 Sep 2020: Performed by Third Coast Percussion at Swarthmore College, PA, USA
18 Oct 2020: Performed at Bowling Green New Music Festival
23 Nov 2020: Performed by Third Coast Percussion at Sanat Yapim Productions, Istanbul, Turkey
05 Dec 2020: Performed by Third Coast Percussion at Eesti Kontserts in Tallinn, Estonia
08 Dec 2020: Performed by Third Coast Percussion at Klaipeda Concert Hall, Klaipeda, Lithuania
20 Jan 2021: Performed by Third Coast Percussion in a livestreamed performance — https://youtu.be/DoZR2Ys26qI
02 Apr 2021: Performed by Vanderbilt Percussion Group at Blair School of Music, Nashville, TN, USA
25 Apr 2021: Performed by Third Coast Percussion at Nichols Concert Hall, Music Institute of Chicago, USA
10 Jul 2021: Performed by Third Coast Percussion at Newport Music Festival, Newport, RI, United States