Jing Marimba

For marimba.  First Edition.  This piece uses characteristic melodic phrases from traditional Beijing opera, building an overall musical structure carefully based on Golden Mean proportions, with a structural map provided in the composer's preface to illustrate the carefully-planned ratios in the musical form.  Commissioned by ZMF New Music, a project of Zeltsman Marimba Festival, Inc.  Premiered by Gordon Stout in Appleton, WI on July 5, 2009.  Duration: ca. 4'.  Score, 7 p.