Dr. Brad Meyer, percussion

"clear and calm pools of tremendous depth" is a phrase I found in the park map of Yellowstone National Park describing the park’s signature hot springs. When visiting the springs, I was struck by the vivid turquoise color of the water and how deep these springs went down; seeing the surface triggered my imagination about what the channel looked deeper into the earth. This piece depicts submerging oneself into the clear blue spring and sinking down into the bottom, hundreds or thousands of feet down. Improvisatory percussion grooves and gestures integrate freely with samples from hot springs, boiling water, mysterious, unidentified deep ocean sounds, and other found sounds from the park.

Video available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHQl2Yn_x8Q

clear and calm pools of tremendous depth

Ben Morris is a composer whose music tells unconventional stories and crosses genre boundaries. He is Assistant Professor of Composition at Stephen F. Austin State University.