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Spaces, for solo vibraphone, was composed in 2021 for percussionist Tony Oliver in celebration of more than thirty years of musical collaboration and friendship. The work is nearly 80 minutes in duration when performed in its entirety, but its eight 10-minute iterations (1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b) may also be programmed individually or in suites. Each iteration labeled "a" begins with a group of three pitch-classes that gradually combine with a second trichord to become a collection of six. At each movement's midpoint, the three original pitches begin to disappear one by one until, at the movement's conclusion, only the second trichord remains. Each Iteration labeled "b" is a retrograde mirror of its corresponding "a" movement, retracing its harmonic trajectory in reverse. Rhythmically, each of the eight iterations comprises three strands of regularly occurring pulses that interact and intersect while unfolding at slightly different speeds in a ratio of 9:10:11. Palindromic rhythms generated by ratio-cycles combine with commonalities between the work's four distinct hexachordal pitch-class collections to create a contrapuntal web of cross-reference and near-repetition that blurs lines between present, past, and future. Listeners are invited to experience each musical moment as both an intimation of events that lie ahead and a dream-like memory of what has been heard before.

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released January 6, 2023

All music by James Romig
www.jamesromig.com

Score published by Parallax Music Press (ASCAP)

Performed by Tony Oliver
www.tonyoliver.com

Tony Oliver is an Artist for Pearl/Adams Percussion

Recorded October 8, 2022
COFAC Recital Hall, Western Illinois University
Engineer: James Romig
Producers: Ashlee Mack, Laura Nickols,
Tony Oliver, James Romig

Executive Producer, Kory Reeder
Sawyer Editions, 2023
sawyereditions.bandcamp.com
sawyereditions@gmail.com

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