(quintet), 1995 [6'00"]
This piece was selected by the Spring 1996 Contemporary
Music Festival of the Taiwan Composers League and
world-premiered at the National Taiwan Arts Education Center
on March 18, 1996. It was also selected by the Asian Composers
League 18th Annual Conference and Festival and performed at
the University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines on January
23, 1997. The ensemble was consisted of Berly Garcia (flute),
Ariel Sta. Ana (clarinet), Ma. Cielo del Carmen (xylophone),
Cenen Carpio (glockenspiel), Noel Crisostomo (percussion),
Houdini Rontas (percussion), and Arnel Feliciano (conductor).
Program notes
The idea of this piece came from the practice of the Chinese
calligraphy. Each character is formed by writing one stroke at
a time; the strokes follow a specific sequence and are
structurally related. The composer believes that the form and
style of a Chinese character is merely the appearance, while
the "inner characteristics" of every stroke is the core of the
art. This emphasis on "a stroke" is the main theme of this
piece. The composer attempts to connect the color of the
sounds - developed from pitches, dynamics, and changes in
rhythm - to the art of Chinese calligraphy.