Cat Fight

Instrumentation: clarinet and percussion (marimba 4.3 octave, snare drum)
Duration: 9'
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2018

​Commissioned by the Goodchild Grady Duo

Video by the Goodchild Grady Duo

This piece was inspired by the commissioning ensembles' cats - Artemis and Xena. One of their cats has four legs, the other has three. For this reason, the piece juxtaposes 3/4 against 4/4. Cat Fight begins as a playful rondo, but then progresses to the calculated and impending fight, where the plotting swish of the cats' tails can be heard in the wire brushes on the snare drum.

Premiered June 2018 at Strata Festival of New Music, Saskatoon, SK by the Goodchild Grady Duo
​European premiere July 2018 at ClarinetFest in Oostende, Belgium ​