The Ceiling is Alive by Brad Dutz

The title: “the ceiling is alive” was inspired by aNATIONAL GEOGRAPHICspecial on BATS in a cave. A clump of bats slightly moving in the dark, create the mirage that the rock ceiling of a cave is alive…

The piece is scored for sixChinese cymbals [three for each player], laid upside down on a soft surface, or ideally, on pieces of foam rubber. As the work progresses, the cymbals are flipped over, both players “crossing” to the other’s set-up – each playing on the other’s cymbals.