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Death Wish

for mallet percussion quartet

Year:  2017   ·  Duration:  7m
Instrumentation:  two 5-octave marimbas

Year:  2017
Duration:  7m
Instrumentation  two 5-octave marimbas

Composer:   Gemma Peacocke

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Gemma Peacocke: Death Wish ...

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Gemma Peacocke: Death Wish ...

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Sample Score

Sample: pages 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 of full score

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To borrow items or hire parts please email SOUNZ directly at info@sounz.org.nz.

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

12 Apr 2021: Performed by South Dakota State University Percussion Ensemble at Larson Memorial Concert Hall at the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center on the campus of South Dakota State University, 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

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