Pine Meadow

Pine Meadow For Pine Meadow Ranch Center for Arts and Agriculture For

Percussion Quartet

Composed by Christina Rusnak

ã Copyright 2021 Christina Rusnak Rusnak Music Press All rights reserved Internationally Photo by Christina Rusnak © 2021

Acknowledgements Commissioned by the Roundhouse Foundation; created, in part, at the Pine Meadow Ranch Center for Arts and Agriculture Artist Residence Program.

Rusnak Music Press (BMI)

Pine Meadow - Notes Duration: ~ 6:00 Pine Meadow Ranch is, and has been, a part of the rural Oregon landscape for over 100 years. For the last several decades, the 260-acre ranch was ranched, farmed and cared for by aviatrix and rodeo stalwart Dorro Sokol. Sold in 2017, the ranch was acquired by the Roundhouse Foundation, which is dedicated to supporting programs that inspire creativity, connect people with each other and their sense of place, and ensure sustainability for the long-term economic success of Oregon’s rural communities. Pine Meadow Ranch continues to operate as a working ranch and is developing and expanding arts, agricultural and ecological projects using the assets of the property.

As an Artist in Residence at Pine Meadow Ranch, I spent two weeks listening to the sounds and cadence of the ranch. My studio overlooked the pastures, and the mountains. I awoke to the sounds of the roosters, the creek, and ranch hands who start work very early. I learned about the mountainous high desert community and its history in more depth.

I chose to focus on the rhythms and timbres of this place, of rural life in a western state. The piece begins with the forest, and its historical inhabitants. Followed by the arrival of the settlers, who clear land and build homes and farms to prove their homesteads. The rhythms of this place are set into motion. Fences are constructed; barns are raised; pastures are watered. Wool is woven, cows are milked, bottles are delivered. All against the rhythm of the forest, the rivers and the mountains.

- - Christina Rusnak, January 2022

Instrumentation: Long Board with hard rubber mallet (2) Short Board with hard rubber mallet (2) Floor Tom (2) with mallets, rute, and wire brushes Snare Drum (2) – no snares with wire brushes Sand Paper Blocks (3 sets) Guiro High Hat with stick (nearly closed) Brake Drum (stick) 5 unused paint cans (2 sets) with varying water levels (mallets) (Balter Green if available) Marimba with soft yarn mallets Large Metal Pipe with dredlock Grasses (2) Shaker - percussive - (wild rice or corn in a closed tupperware bowl works well) Cowbells: 1 high, 1 mid; 2 mid-low and 1 low Wood Blocks (1 set) High, Medium, Low 5 unused glass milk bottles (2 sets) with varying water levels (yarn mallets)

Performance Notes: 1. Boards are open beneath. Think of MG’s Timber set up. Alternately, they could be secured at one end with the remaining board open. Use hard rubber mallets.

2. Low Tom and Snare (no snares) are mostly straight forward.

- Wire Brush Whisk B/F – with the ends of the wire brush (about last 3/4 inch) , whisk the brush back and forth across the drum head (whisk represents sprinklers).

- Rute is to be a lighter touch than mallet.

- Section D, Rute strikes the side of the drum.

- Wire Brush – Scrape Circles – continuous sound; also Scrape Across – this is one long motion across the drum head.

- Slap – this is a HIT with the wire brush – a different sound than the Whisking.

3. Sand Paper Block sets to not have to be identical; in fact probably better if not. (at least one set should be coarse.

4. Guiro – (wooden preferable) 5. High Hat ~ nearly closed - (stick) 6. Brake Drum as two functions: - when it first appears on pg. 4, it represents the metal stake driven by a hammer into the ground; - Section D, it is struck lightly in combination with a shaker and board to represent milking into a metal bucket.

7. Two sets of new, empty paint cans filled with 5 levels of water – struck with mallets 8. The marimba is the creek – the sustainer of life in the high desert plateau, from which the fields will be irrigated. It is primarily background. Instead of notating the dynamics of the flow of water, the player has the latitude to vary the dynamics, while maintaining its background function.

9. The large metal pipe is the conduit of the water to the fields. It is a low metallic brushing sound.

Use dredlock back and forth.

10. From hobby/craft store two sheaths of grass stalks flowing softly.

11. Shaker - wild rice in a closed tupperware bowl works well – shaken down for percussive sound in combination with a shaker and board to represent milking into a metal bucket.

12. Cowbells: 1 high, 1 mid; 2 mid-low and 1 low – four pitches – mid low is played by two performers, thus the need for 2 mid-low. No Almglocken.

13. Wood Blocks - low, medium and high – normal 14. Two sets of new, empty milk bottle filled with 5 levels of water – struck with yarn mallets.

Percussion KEY and Map Percussion 1 Long Board with mallet Snare Drum – no snares (2) with wire brushes Guiro Brake Drum (stick and wire brush) 5 unused paint cans (mallets)

Percussion 2 Long Board with mallet Snare Drum – no snares (2) with wire brushes Brake Drum (stick) Sand Paper Blocks Large Metal Pipe with dredlock Cowbells: 1 high, 1 mid-low 5 unused glass milk bottles with varying water levels (mallets)

Percussion 3 Short Board with mallet (2) Floor Tom (2) with mallets, rute, and wire brushes Sand Paper Blocks High Hat with stick – nearly closed 5 unused paint cans (mallets) Cowbells: 1 mid; 1 mid-low and 1 low Wood Blocks (1 set) High, Medium, Low 5 unused glass milk bottles with varying water levels (mallets)

Percussion 4 Short Board with mallet (2) Floor Tom (2) with mallets, rute, and wire brushes Sand Paper Blocks Marimba Grasses (2) Shaker - percussive

Pine Meadow Percussion Map See Perfomance Notes Percussion 1

!

Long Board Hard Rubber Mallets

Snare Drum Wire brushes

~~~~~~~~~ !"

1

Guiro

x x

--

Sheathed if possible

Brake Drum Sticks Brushes

Paint Cans Sticks

5 5 555

5

Drag..............hit

filled with 5 levels of water

Percussion 2

!

Long Board Hd.Rub. Mallets

x

Brake Drum Sticks

5

xxx

g g ggg

w #

Brush Across

~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1 ! !"

0 0

Cowbells

high, mid

Drag.....................hit

Percussion 3

!

Large Pipe Dreadlock

Sheathed if possible Snare Drum Wire brushes

!

Sand Paper Blocks

Floor Tom Mallet

Floor Tom Wire brushes

œ œ

!

11

Paint Cans Sticks

5 5 œ œ 5

Brush Across

high. mid, low

filled with 5 levels of water

Sand Paper Blocks

g g ggg

x xxx x x x

filled with 5 levels of water

X #

Short Board Hd.Rub. Mallets

Wood Blocks

$ $ $ $ $ %

Mallet Milk Bottles (Balter Green)

Large Pipe Wire brushes

High Hat 1/2 O

xxxx 3

Cowbells

0

0 0

low, mid-hi, mid

$ $ $ $ $ %

Milk Bottles

Mallet (Balter Green)

filled with 5 levels of water

Shaker

Percussion 4 + Marimba

!

Floor Tom Mallet

Floor Tom Wire brushes

œ œ

!

11

Long Board Hd.Rub. Mallets

x x

Sand Paper Blocks

ggggg

Grasses

T# T#

Shake back & forth

Shaker

3 3

Shake down

Pine Meadow Score

Composed for the Pine Meadow Ranch Center for Arts and Agriculture; Made possible by the Roundhouse Foundation

Percussion 2



 

     mallet off stage Floor Tom

Percussion 3

 

off stage





    3

P. 3

P. 4





P2 enters



PE R

P. 2



 

    



3

E

 





   

    

  

 

Long Board

h.r. mallet

       

  





        3         

  

O





7 P. 1

   



U SA

Percussion 4



Floor Tom mallet







R

off stage



     





  

Long Board

  

h.r. mallet

LY

 



Christina Rusnak

SC O

Percussion 1

P1 enters

L

 

off stage



N

Timber!  = 120



©2021 Christina Rusnak, Rusnak Music Press (a BMI Company) All Rights Reserved Internationally







  

  

  

3

 



P3 enters brng drum



P. 4





    

P. 3

P. 4







 

  

 

Short Board

P. 1

P. 2

P. 3

P. 4

   

 



 





 

 





                            

 3 Wire Brush          3

3

PE R

3



3

      3 3      

23



                      

Short Board     



L

P. 2



P4 enters brng drum

U SA

P. 1

                                                

3

18

                            

E

P. 3

     



  

R

P. 2



 





3



 



           3

                                        3 3   

 

3

   

  

 





 



   



  









  

        













    



N

P. 1

3

LY



SC O

  

13

Pine Meadow

O

2

Guiro





   





        

     Sand  Blocks   B&F  

  Sand Blocks B&F    



P. 2

P. 3

P. 4





                          

 

   

PE R

36

 

P. 1

P. 2

P. 3

P. 4





                     

  





     

         





 





 

E









 

   

       

     







   









   



               









     

    

          

       

  

 

   





                           



   

         

LY

P. 1



        



N



32

   

    



 

SC O



  

            

O

P. 4



   





L

P. 3



U SA

P. 2

            

3

R





28 P. 1

Pine Meadow

                 



   

    





 



45 poco rit.

P. 2

P. 3

P. 4





 







 

   







  

 

                 

A Fences  = 108

   



 

PE R

Brake Drum

P. 1

P. 2

P. 3

P. 4

   

     



                      

  

    





 



                      

   









  

 

3

sim.







                                                               3 3    3  Rute Floor Tom                      





H.H.(almost closed )







 

Fence Stake (brake drum-mid)

 3     



  

3

 



 = 90



 



 

 





  



 

  

3

                      3         

N

P. 1

 

       

E



 



SC O

P. 4



O

P. 3

 

U SA

P. 2

         

             

R



L



41 P. 1

Pine Meadow

LY

4

3



3

   



T. Bl.

P. 4

T. Bl.

P. 4

3

           

  



3



sim.

E

             3      

R

                    3              

Sand Blocks

                                               3    3

PE R P. 2









    

3

                H.H.(almost closed )             3 3 Paint Cans mallet                              Brush B&F                     

63 P. 1







L

P. 2





                              

59 P. 1

3



                    

LY

P. 4

                      3          



N

P. 3





 









                        3   

O

P. 2



U SA

P. 1

5

SC O

 

55

Pine Meadow

6

     

P. 4



3

T. Bl.

P. 4



 





  



                                         







3

3

 



   



                                  



      

3                                                            3    P4 to Marimba                  3     

 

          

PE R P. 2



E

    

 

                            74

T. Bl.



LY

T. Bl.





 





N

P. 2





 

SC O

 

70 T. Bl.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

O

P. 4

L

T. Bl.



U SA

P. 2

   

R

67 T. Bl.

Pine Meadow

                                                                    

Paint Cans mallet



81

P. 3

Mrb.

  

 

85

P. 2

P. 3

Mrb.

 















     



  

    



 

  











       

         

                         



Short Board





E

 



 



PE R

P. 1



Freely Ebb and Flow dynamics





  

 









     





Short Board

        

LY

P. 2

         

    



             Long Board

        

N

P. 1

  

SC O

Mrb.



   



    



  





                          3                                  

O

T. Bl.



L

P. 2

                

U SA

T. Bl.

7

R

Pine Meadow

B Water

P. 3

Mrb.

       3

  

3

 

93

P. 3

Mrb.



 







3



  











        

Lg. Pipe







 

Dredlock Brush B&F



Wire Brush Drag....hit Floor Tom



 

                                      



  Brush   B&F    sim

!!!!!!!!!!   

S.D. Wire Brush

Drag....hit









Sand Blocks



 



Wire Brush S.D.

Brush B&F

!!!!!!!

Drag....hit



           !!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!     sim   3                                 

U SA

P. 2

 

                                             3

P. 1



SC O

P. 2

  

L

P. 1

E



89

Pine Meadow

R

8

Drag....hit

3

P. 2

P. 3

Mrb.

    



 

3

 

!!!!!



3

            sim         3

sim.

        3

!!!!!!!!!



 



      



LY

PE R P. 1

       

Brush B&F



 

N





3

O



97

 





  

3



 

 

!!!!!!





     

 

Pine Meadow

       

!!!!!!!!           

P. 2

P. 3









     





PE R

P. 4

 

Mrb.

         







U SA

P. 1

  

3

105









E





  !!!!!!!!!  

  

  





 

!!!!!!!!!!!









 

          !!!!!!!!!!!    sim   

         

     





         





LY



        !!!!!!!!!!   sim  

N

Mrb.

 

SC O

P. 3



O

P. 2

 

L

P. 1

            sim.

Sand Blocks           3  3

!!!!!!!!!!!   

R

   !!!!!!!!             !!!!!      3   3

101

9





   

Short Board

 

  



Pine Meadow

P. 4

Mrb.

    



3

 





Marimba to P4

C Cow Choir

P. 2











P. 4





 







 

  

Grasses - Shake

Playfully



   

  

PE R

P. 3



 

Long Board

 

   









 

  















 





                     3  3  







                 3            



U SA

P. 1











E





 







 













  



 

   

LY

P. 3

 







N

P. 2

  

           

SC O



O

P. 1

L

  

109

R

10





    

 



118

P. 4

P. 3

P. 4











E





      

   





  



  











      

  

 





 

















 











   









     

 



 









      3           

 





     3         3

3

  

      3   





                       3 3 3 

PE R P. 2





R

  

126 P. 1





 

LY

P. 3



N

P. 2



11

                           3 3                                              3 3  122

P. 1



SC O

P. 4



O

P. 3





L

P. 2



U SA

P. 1

Pine Meadow













    



 







 





Pine Meadow

P. 1

P. 2

P. 3

P. 4



 = 112-116 134 a little faster

    



 

   

    



 

PE R



P. 2

P. 3

P. 4







    

 









            







 



         

   

















   

E



          

138 P. 1





 







        

 

 





         

 

Brake Drum or Bucket Brush

    



Shaker

 

 

 

 

    



  

ShortBoard                           



 

  



 

 

 



 







 





    W.B.

 

 



  



LY

P. 4







  



N

P. 3





O

P. 2







SC O



U SA

P. 1

D Milk

L



130

R

12



 







 

  

   

BX

P. 3

P. 4

 

Sticks



  

 

 

 







 





   

            

               



 

  









 

      



   





 

  



      

 

 





 

 





 

 



 

  











 



         



               

Glass Sticks Milk Bottles



 





      













  !!!!!!

N

                                                             Scrape across

P. 4

 

O

BX

 

 

PE R BX

 

     Shaker                         

E Life P. 1

      



13

E





  

                           

146 P. 1



Glass Milk Bottles



LY

P. 4





SC O

P. 3

 



L

BX



U SA

P. 1

R



142

Pine Meadow

Rute Side of Drum

 



Wire Brush Brush B&F

      





!!!!!!!

 



      

14





P. 4

 

!!!!!!

  

P. 1

BX

T. Bl.

P. 4









!!!!!!!



  

    

    







      

                      Paint Cans                                         Short Board                      

   

PE R

162



      

 



 

  





 







    

           Wire Brush Drag....hit S.D. !!!!!!!!!!       3 3                   3

                        3



LY

BX



   

N

BX



 

R

E

                   

158 P. 1

!!!!!!!



SC O



O

P. 4

3

L

BX

U SA

BX



                                                                             

154 P. 1

Pine Meadow

3

  



     

           



Pine Meadow

  

    

        !!!!!!!!!!  

3

3



             3

3

               3

3

SC O

                          3       Floor Tom

          



E





LY N

PE R

P. 4

 



 

O

T. Bl.



 

Brake Drum

L

P. 2

3

U SA

P. 1

3



       

R

                   !!!!!!!!!!

166

15



Chamber Ensemble Works Water and Stone Dune Dusk The Way Through The Life of Ashes Coal Creek Canyon Voices Free Land Repartee Wy’am

Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello & Percussion Flute, Clarinet, Violin & Cello Clarinet, Violin, Cello & Marimba Flute, Clarinet, Cello & Marimba Flute, Viola & Percussion Two Violins, Bass Clarinet and Marimba Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello & Percussion (2) Flute Trumpet, Violin, Cello, Marimba & & Percussion Cello and Double Bass Flute, Clarinet, French Horn, Double Bass & Percussion Quartet

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CHRISTINA RUSNAK

Christina Rusnak is a composer, explorer and cultural catalyst who draws inspiration from the world around her. She seeks to integrate a sense of context into her music from a variety of sources including landscape, culture, history, ecology and art, she strives to communicate something meaningful about the human experience through music to both performers and the audience.

Rusnak’s pieces range from grade 1 to professional levels and includes solo works, chamber, orchestra, wind band, flex band pieces as well as jazz, women’s choir, electro-acoustic works, and film. An avid hiker, Ms. Rusnak she has been commissioned by the U.S. Forest Service, The National Park Service, and Oregon State Parks with over dozen pieces inspired by experiences in their landscapes. In 2019, she led the renowned Composing in the Wilderness Seminar at the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival. Her work has been performed across the country, and internationally.

She earned dual graduate degrees in Composition and Arts Leadership from the University of North Texas in 2010. To intersect her passion for music with place and culture, she received a post-graduate certification in Cultural Planning in 2017 from the University of British Columbia.

In addition to composing, she has served as Sound Art Curator for the Dallas Contemporary Art Museum, as Executive Director for Orchestra 2001 in Philadelphia, on the board of Signal Fire Arts and currently serves as the President of the International Alliance for Women in Music (IAWM).

Her essays on music and advocacy can be found on LandscapeMusic.org, New Music Box, and Oregon Arts Watch. Her works are available from Amazon, Naxos and Parma Recordings, with her scores available through her website http://christinarusnak.com and various distributors.

http://christinarusnak.com

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