For solo trombone and tape with optional percussion, includes score, parts, and tape (CD). This composition my be performed by solo trombone, or by trombone and percussion and/or tape; i.e., either a solo, one of two possible duos, or a trio. Also, a grand piano with raised lid is used as an additional sound source. Duration: ca. 8' 11"
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Review from Percussive Notes:
Elliott Schwartz – Options I
While this eight-minute work primarily features the trombone, it offers a nice opportunity for a percussionist to interact with a wind player in a chamber setting, as well as to stretch his or her improvisational chops on non-pitched instruments. Written in 1971 and recently published, the piece requires the trombonist to cycle through a variety of performance techniques (with and without a mute, gliss up and down to undefined notes, and even play on the strings of an opened piano), while the percussionist interacts and responds to these moments by performing from a series of 10 “events” on the printed page. The percussion events consist of a mixture of notated rhythms, improvisatory gestures from graphic notation boxes, performing with fingers on instruments, and the incorporation of shouts and hums.
—Joshua D. Smith
