Kaleidoscope
Complete Work Title:
Kaleidoscope
Performance Medium:
guitar ensemble (6 players)
Duration:
c.6:00
Dedication:
to my friends in the Cal Poly Guitar Ensemble and their director, Peter Yates
Date Composed:
March 1982
Performance Information:
- This graphic score includes improvisational elements and extended techniques.
- The work may also be performed with a larger complement of guitarists (preferably in multiples of 6).
Additional Information:
The sonic and notational materials used in this work were the basis of Peter Yates' 1994 composition Color Wheel for guitar ensemble.
Performance/Broadcast History:
- 12 April 2019; California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Cal Poly Guitar Ensemble; Peter Yates, director
- 11 April 2019; University of California, Los Angeles
UCLA Guitar studio; Peter Yates, director
- 27 February 2007; California State University, Los Angeles
CSULA Guitar Ensemble; Matthew Elgart, director
- 27 April 2001; Punahou Music School (Honolulu, HI)
Sacred Heart Academy Guitar Ensemble; Darin Au, director
- 2 June 1994; California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
- 17 May 1990; California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
- 31 May 1984; California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
- 22 May 1984; California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
- 3 June 1982; California State Polytechnic University, Pomona [premiere]
Cal Poly Guitar Ensemble; Peter Yates, director
