Euonymus Alatus - Thom Hasenpflug [DIGITAL SCORE]

Euonymus Alatus (sp. "The Burning Bush") is a perfectly simple, classic, yet complex shrub found in home gardens and nurseries in many parts of the country. This work presents a reflection on the plant; Its classic form, its deceptive, mysterious, and brilliant colors, and the way the leaves from a short distance seemingly grow in families, but upon closer inspection reveal themselves to grow in tandem, on either side of the branch, as symmetrically opposing forces.

Genre: Percussion Ensemble | # of Players: 16
Level: Medium Difficult | Duration: 6:30

Instrumentation
Player 1 (opera gong, tam-tam, coffee can, 4.3-octave marimba)
Player 2 (opera gong, glass wind chimes, large book, 4.3-octave marimba)
Player 3 (triangle, bass drum, bongos)
Player 4 (Brazilian tambourim, African gankogui bell, suspended cymbal, large book, 5-octave marimba)
Player 5 (3 clay pots, 2 woodblocks, metal trash can lid, 2 Thai nipple gongs, glockenspiel)
Player 6 (3 glass salsa jars, concert bass drum, metal wind chimes, claves)
Player 7 (3 Pyrex-style mixing bowls, large floor tom, bowed suspended cymbal, large book, xylophone)
Player 8 (4 large bottles and/or vases, field drum, China splash cymbal, single egg shaker, vibraslap, large resonant metal)
Player 9 (4 graduated pieces of wood, bass drum, piccolo snare drum, China lion cymbal)
Player 10 (5 high Almglocken, high conga drum, 2 large drums, hand-held bell tree, gourd shekere)
Player 11 (5 low Almglocken, low conga drum, metal trash can, square point shovel blade, crotales (shared)
Player 12 (4 large concert toms, 4-pitch log drum, 2 standard China cymbals)
Player 13 (snare drum, djembe, brake drum, true cowbell, basket/caixi shaker(s), finger cymbals)
Player 14 (4 large concert toms, 3 stainless steel mixing bowls, splash cymbal, standard China cymbal, finger cymbals, whipstick)
Player 15 (2 large roto-toms, trash-type cymbal, sizzle cymbal, ice bell, 2-octave crotales)
Player 16 (timbales, concert bass drum, hi-hat)

Program Notes
Commissioned by the University of Texas at Austin (Dr. Thomas Burritt, Director), for premiere at the 2006 Percussive Arts Society International Convention.

Euonymus Alatus (sp. "The Burning Bush") is a perfectly simple, classic, yet complex shrub found in home gardens and nurseries in many parts of the country. A seemingly innocuous green clump of leaves in springtime, it turns a brilliant and fiery red late in the season. A hearty grower, it can be tough as nails in less than hospitable growing climates.

This work presents a reflection on the plant; Its classic form, its deceptive, mysterious, and brilliant colors, and the way the leaves from a short distance seemingly grow in families, but upon closer inspection reveal themselves to grow in tandem, on either side of the branch, as symmetrically opposing forces.