“Oct Up’s tight loops forming circles in which the marvelous percussionists’ polyrhythms pulsed.” San Francisco Weekly

Instrumentation

4 vln.2 vla.2 vlc

Availability

Score and parts for hire

Programme Notes

Oct Up for double string quartet was commissioned in 2004 for the Pacifica Quartet and Quorum by the Fontana Chamber Music Festival in Kalamazoo. The piece is a short, lively romp through a collage of syncopated rhythms.