HAPTIC

Toccata for Two Percussionists

George Tsz-Kwan Lam

Instrumentation

Player 1

● Glockenspiel

● Five Triangles*

● Five Upside-Down Suspended Cymbals / Splash Cymbals*

● Wood Plank

Player 2

● Vibraphone (motor off)

● Five Triangles*

● Five Upside-Down Suspended Cymbals / Splash Cymbals*

● Bongos

* Triangles and Cymbals should be of different sizes, arranged from largest to smallest, and placed on a piece of foam on a raised table. Cymbals are placed upside-down, with the dome on the bottom.

Notes:

● In extended passages for triangles and cymbals, dynamics for both are placed between the two staves in the same style as a piano or marimba score, in order to clarify the notation

● “X” noteheads for cymbals indicate notes to be struck in the upside-down dome.

● In general, laisser vibrer throughout the entire piece; sixteenth notes and eighth notes are used interchangeably to clarify the notation, and do not imply a difference in note length.

Program Notes

Haptic is a toccata for two percussionists The work was originally developed for a workshop with Cisum Percussion in November 2019, and further developed in 2020 with percussionist Michael Compitello Haptic is built as a fast-moving work centered around the glockenspiel and vibraphone, augmented by a secondary “keyboard” of cymbals and triangles for each player

Please note:

Haptic is released as a “beta” version through February 2021 Parts are available as a free download if you are interested in reading and/or performing the work

If you are interested in obtaining the parts, please contact the composer at georgelam@gmail com