Powder Keg by Caleb Pickering

Composed for the 2019 World Percussion Group, directed by Maraca2, Powder Keg (2019) is a high energy keyboard quartet scored for two vibraphones and two marimbas. This work is an amalgamation of some of my biggest compositional influences; such as the music of Casey Cangelosi, Joseph Schwantner, and heavy metal music to name a few. The work is explosive in nature (pun intended) and shifts between rhythmic and harmonic stability and instability throughout, with the main motives remaining mostly intact and as a common thread throughout.