Shimmering Harmonics

for percussion trio

Robert Lunn
2010
 Performance Notes for Shimmering Harmonics

Player 1 Player 2 Player 3

Tam Tam 2 Cymbals (large and small) Timpani (2)
Mallet Scratching Stick #1, B-flat2-F3
Bow #2, E2-A2

Duration: 5 Minutes

Program Note

Most people know that the gong can make quite a racket. When played softly the gong produces a lovely, shimmering sound. I decided to start
and end this piece with that sound. In the middle, the piece builds to a climax that culminates with several large gong strokes, before returning
to the softer sounds of the opening. Shimmering Harmonics was premiered at Lake Michigan College on February 20th, 2011.

Biography

Robert Lunn received his Doctorate of Musical Arts from The Ohio State University in June of 2010. Winner of the 2008 Ruth Friscoe Award for
his Sonata for Guitar, Lunn was a three time recipient of the Donald and Marilyn Harris Scholarship at Ohio State.
He received a BA from Hope College and a Masters in Music Theory and Composition from The Pennsylvania State University.

Lunn studied guitar with Larry Malfroid at Hope College and has participated in master classes with Christopher Parkening, Paul ODette, and
Paul Vondiziano. Composition teachers include Marc Ainger, Paul Barsom, Will Gay Bottje, Russell Floyd, Donald Harris, Jan Radzynski and
Thomas Wells.

From the fall of 2000 to the spring of 2007 he was on the faculty at Hope College and Lake Michigan College teaching guitar, composition and
music theory. Lunn currently teaches at Lake Michigan College teaching music theory, guitar, and music technology.

Recent compositions include Constellations for electric guitar, voice, percussion and Max/MSP, Shimmering Harmonics for percussion trio, and
The Lazy Virtuoso on an Imaginary Piano, an interactive work for video and Max/MSP. Please visit www.robertlunncomposer.com for more
information.
 Shimmering Harmonics
Score
Robert Lunn (2010)

Mysterioso
45 sec.
q
44

Tamtam

( ) 44
small cymbal

Cymbals
large cymbal
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Timpani
? tuning
b 44 b
( ) p

T.T.

Scratch Cymbal mallet

Cym.
p
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Timp.
?w b b w
p
 Shimmering Harmonics
2
11

T.T.

Scratch Cymbal

Cym.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Timp.
? b n b b b n w
p p
17

T.T.
mallet

Cym.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Timp.
? w bw
p
Let the sound die
bow
U U U
22 out completely

T.T.
f
Scratch Cymbal
U U
Cym.
f
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
?
w w
Timp.

 Shimmering Harmonics
3
U
27

T.T.
f f
U
Cym.
f
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
?
Timp.
w w
p p
32

T.T. .
f
f
Cym.
f f
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
?
Timp.
w w #
p
38 mallet
T.T.
f p

Cym.
f
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
?
Timp.
w # w
f
 Shimmering Harmonics
4
42

T.T.
f
mallets
Cym.
f
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
?
Timp.
b b b nw w
p f

U
47

T.T.

U
Cym.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
?U
Timp.
w w w w w w
f p
53
about 20 sec.
T.T.

Cym.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
?
w w w
Timp.