Tsakapa Chatashu
for tenor saxophone (or bass clarinet) and percussion
Instrumentation: tenor saxophone (or bass clarinet) and percussion
Percussion Instruments: Cajón, Vocalizations
Duration: ca. 5 minutes
Year Composed: 2014
Commissioned by Musiqa (Houston)
Premiered November 8, 2014
Score and parts measure 8.5" x 11".
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Program Notes
Tsakapa Chatashu was commissioned by Musiqa for its outdoor concert in Market Square Park in Houston. The title is a combination of a few of the nonsensical but percussive syllables the percussionist performs in addition to playing the cajón. The entire work can be understood as an attempt by the percussionist to keep the saxophonist under control, with varying degrees of success.
— Charles Halka
James Sterling, saxophone
Brandon Bell, percussion
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