Program Notes by the composer:

Extreme Measures was completed in June, 2005. The piece was composed for, and is dedicated to, April McCloskey in recognition of her deep love for music and extraordinary musicianship.

Extreme Measures has been recorded by Tom Kolor  --Peter Jarvis

The Morning Dew For Solo Marimba, Chan Ji Kim

Program Notes by the composer:

The Morning Dew, for solo Marimba is about the moment just before dawn when dewdrops form. The music flows like the morning dew, forming suddenly but slowly and drying up in the morning light. This piece consists five episodes, structured in a theme and variation form. The various themes lead up to the statement of the main theme starting in the first measure of the final section, which is the end of the journey of the morning dew. The melody is weaved into the texture of the work, appearing in colorist transition. The clear melody finally appears at the very last moment.

Performance notes: Range of the instrument is 5-octave



Required mallets: soft yarn mallet and hard yarn mallet



Through A, Jeffrey Kresky

For Solo Marimba

Program Notes:

In Through A (2011) the marimba's low A is a constant backdrop against which all the other notes are experienced. The piece proceeds as a steady, uninterrupted flow of single eighth-notes whose dynamics and articulations are left to the discretion of the performer ­ who also controls the number of repetitions of certain small segments of the line. - Jeffrey Kresky