My concept for Desert Wood was to explore new combinations of sounds for the marimba in a
duo setting with instruments such as the doumbek, cajon, glockenspiel, and metal instruments
like cymbals and gongs, etc. The imagery of the music includes Middle Eastern inspired grooves
combined with a contemporary marimba vocabulary. The intended result was an earthy musical
dialogue with character, passion and drive.
Mark Ford
Desert Wood is published by Musicon Publications:
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Desert Wood was commissioned by Ryan Frost and Matthew Andreini.
In Memory of the Lives and Gifts of:
Frigyes Hidas, Hungary, 1928-2007
Karel Husa, Czech Republic/USA, 1921-2016
Kamilló Lendvay, Hungary, 1928-2016
This recording of Desert Wood was performed on May, 1, 2022 in the University of North Texas College of Music's Voertman Concert Hall by Yun-Chen Chou on marimba/toms and Mark Ford on Multi-Percussion/Glockenspiel.
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