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
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and piano
Scoring:
voc pf
Spleen et idéal III : opus 27, pour trompette et marimbaphone, 1986 / Leo Samama
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-11 players)
Scoring:
trp mar
Cinq poèmes de Jacques Prévert : voor koor a capella, 1964 / Wim Franken
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir
Scoring:
GK4
Still the Stones Stand : Version for bassoon and string orchestra / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Bassoon and string orchestra
Scoring:
fg-solo str
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.