Instrumentation: 2(1.Picc.) 2 2(1.B.Cl.) 2(1.CBsn) 4231 2 Perc (Drumkit.2) Timp Harp Str.

Percussion: Drum Kit, Crash Cymbals, Splash Cymbal, Xylophone, Sandpaper Blocks, Woodblock, Bongos

Head to the TSO Power Up webpage for free resources, score, and how-to body percussion videos.
Downloadable sample pages found at the link here. Listen here. If you'd like to arrange a hire of the score & parts of this product for performance, please use the form here.

POWER UP is a lively and energetic work with a strong rhythmic focus. Drawing inspiration from 80s rock, the body percussion imitates the drum kit heard in the orchestra, embracing the drummer inside each of us. POWER UP uses three recurring percussive patterns throughout, along with drum fills and simple hand actions. Keep an ear out for how the patterns change as different instrument families join in and how they match up with the orchestra over time, especially the brass. The final section accelerates rapidly towards the end - in this adrenaline-filled finale, I ask: can you keep up?!

POWER UP was commissioned as part of Holly’s Australian Composers’ School (ACS) residency with the TSO. It is a reduction of the full orchestra work Power Up: for Body Percussion and Orchestra (2021). This reduction without harp was made at the suggestion of Brendan Agnew, Music Librarian with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra [Te Tira Pūoro o Aotearoa] in March 2023.