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.
Head to the TSO Power Up webpage for free resources, score, and how-to body percussion videos.
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Federation Concert Hall, 1 Davey Street,
Nipaluna / Hobart,
Lutruwita / TAS 7000, Australia
GPO Box 1450 Nipaluna / Hobart,
Lutruwita / TAS 7001, Australia
TSO Box Office
10am–4pm Monday to Friday
1800 001 190 — boxoffice@tso.com.au
Located in the Hotel Grand Chancellor foyer
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