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orchestraed in a way to add
resonance. This is further en-
hanced with the use of mo-
tors, as it adds a pulsing ef-
fect which contributes to the
overall suspense and tension I was firstly inspired by
of the piece, whilst convey- the work Aria by Cage, which
ing the hard breath struggle has led me to opt to graphi-
mentioned previously. The cally notate my score. While
Thundersheet and Tam- researching for graphical
Tam provide interesting and scores and how composers
somewhat spooky texture, realized such, I came across
contributing to the overall the works of Penderecki. Pol-
nature of the piece. ymorphia and Threnody were
two major influential works
while I was writing the trio, as
I was surprised and amazed
with the realization and per-
formance of such scores.

J. Cage - Aria This was the first time
that I had written for per-
cussion trio as well as the
first time, in which I used
graphical notation. Although
Cage was my first inspira-
tion, the works by Penderecki
were my major influences
for this piece. Different from
Penderecki, my work is not
extremely dissonant as his
works, partially because of
K. Penderecki - Polymorphia the limitations of the instru-
mentation I was working with
(e.g microtonality is not an
option on my piece). This Per-
cussion Trio also allowed me
to experiment with the free-
dom of interpretating scores
with the use of graphical el-
ements; this composition was
very important, as I explored
new concepts which directly
influenced me in other later
K. Penderecki - Threnody works.