The Labyrinth

for Vibraphone

A dazzling, kaleidoscopic, award-winning work for solo vibraphone.

Excerpt (studio recording):

Complete (studio recording):

Duration: 8-9 minutes.
Difficulty: Advanced. Suitable for conservatory students and professionals.

Commissioned by Jay Rosenthal

Awarded First Prize in the Percussive Arts Society Composition Contest (2004)

The piece opens with several different musical ideas presented in quick succession, which are then explored, combined and transformed. These ideas take a tangled journey through juxtapositions of chromaticism and diatonicism, density and sparseness, thick harmonies and quick melodies, and widely varying moods, requiring great virtuosity and creative interpretation from the performer.

Performances:

May 2002 — College Park, Maryland
Jay Rosenthal, vibraphone

November 2004 – PASIC (Percussive Arts Society International Convention), Nashville, Tennessee 
Performed by the winners of the Solo Vibraphone Competition, including Annie Stevens and I-Jen Fang