composer
Ross James Carey is a composer and pianist. Born in Lower Hutt, New Zealand in 1969, he has been teaching at universities in Malaysia since 2010. As both a composer ...
related works
Hommage à Haydn : for piano / Ross James Carey
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Scoring:
pf
Mis in C gr t : voor mannenkoor / Israel Olman
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Male voice choir
Scoring:
MK
Rising the scale : invention for piano solo, 1984 / Jurriaan Andriessen
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Scoring:
pf
Het Psalter (Deel VI) : voor koor a cappella / Jan van Dijk
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Vocal Ensemble (2-12)
Scoring:
GK4/VK/MK
composition
Two Pieces : for three gamelan players / Ross James Carey
Description:
In these pieces for a chamber grouping of just three gamelan instruments, I used as the basis for composition a combined scale made up of notes from the pelog and slendro modes. The first piece combines a repeated ostinato and melody in a laid-back ‘bluesy’ kind of way. The second piece is a wholly serial composition consisting of a repeated cycle of notes; the three performers play each note on their instrument once only (making a complete cycle) before again the notes are played in the same order, although the ensemble (the interlocking pattern) can be varied in the subsequent repetition.
Saron barung in slendro, saron barung in pelog, demung in slendro.