Premiered by James Taylor
An Alms" is a piece for solo percussion and electronics. The work uses an amplified tam-tam, singing bowl, 50 coins as well as performer controlled electronics. The piece creates a rich harmonic space with the pure sharp sounds of the tam-tam and singing bowl. As more an more coins are added to the tam-tam and bowl, the pure sounds created by these objects become more and more distorted.
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