Foumai: Menehune Games (2022)

MICHAEL-THOMAS FOUMAI

MENEHUNE GAMES For Solo Multi-Percussion (2022)

COMMISSIONED BY RAIDEN BERNAL WITH SUPPORT FROM OBERLIN CONSERVATORY

MELE NO KAʻ ŌPIO

WWW.MICHAELFOUMAI.COM

Performance materials are available from the composer: www.michaelfoumai.com Published by the Foumai Foundation: foumaifoundation@gmail.com © 2022 by Michael-Thomas Foumai & Foumai Foundation Honolulu, HI. Printed in the U.S.A. All rights of performance and broadcast are strictly reserved.

COMPOSER NOTE According to Hawaiian legend, long before the settlement of the Hawaiian Islands from Polynesia, the Menehune roamed the land. Hidden deep in the forest and valleys, these "little people" were said to measure no taller than a few inches from the ground. They were masters of mischief and trickery, but their skill and ingenuity in construction were marks of master craftsmen. Menehune built temples, fishponds, and other structures of agricultural design. Often working under nightfall, they concealed their presence from humans.

Menehune Games was composed and commissioned by Raiden Bernal with support from Oberlin Conservatory as part of Bernal's mele no ka' ōpio (music for the young) program.

Scored for solo multi-percussion, the work is illustrative of the mischievous character of the Menehune and their architectural ingenuity. In three sections, the first begins with a covert prelude of fluctuating woodblock tremolos, a choreography of evasion. The second explores a structural building block of an alternating 3/4 and 3/8 pattern to which other musical figures fill out rhythmic spaces to make more extensive constructions. Lastly, the final section, more aggressive, brings the work full circle with a return to the tremolo figurations.

- MICHAEL-THOMAS FOUMAI Duration: 4 minutes

INSTRUMENTATION 2 Toms (low-high) 3 Wood Blocks (low-mid-high) 5 Temple Blocks (low to high) Snare Drum (snare on) Bongo 3 Brake Drums (3 metal plates or similar metallic object can be substituted – low to high) Hand Opera Gong (8.5”) Triangle Cowbell

Score Notes Instrument abbreviations may be re-stated in the score for clarity.

Commissioned by Raiden Bernal with support from Oberlin Conservtory

MENEHUNE GAMES for Multi-Percussion Solo

MICHAEL-THOMAS FOUMAI (2022)

/ 43

2 Toms (tm.) 3 Wood Blocks (wb.) 5 Temple Blocks (tb.)

œ œ œ œ œ œ low high low mid

œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Snare Dr. (sd.)

œ

œ

œ

Hand Opera Tri. 3 Brake Drums (br.) Gong (g.) (tr.)

high

low high

Bongo (bg.)

low

high

low

mid

Cowbell (cw.)

high

Mischievous q=90 (e=180) with sticks

1

3 / 4 ææ >˙ ™

(wb.)

pp

œ > 3 ‰ / 8 J œ œ œ 43 œ ˙™ ˙™ mf

6

ffp

>j 3 /8œ

10

sub.ff

> / 43 æ˙ ™ æ

15

e=e

œœœ

ff

(sd./ sn.on)

U 3 œJ j 8 ‰ œ œ œ 43 œ œ (tb.)

smoothly slow down trem.

>œ œ > 43 æ˙ œ œ æ œ œ

(bg.)

f

sim.

œœœ

mf

œ 3 / 8 J œœ mf p

œœœ

f

38

œœ

p

f

>

U 3 œ ææ 8 œ œ œ œ œ

> œ

fi œœ

> œ

sub.f

(h)

>œ 38

œ œ œ œ

> œ

œ J œ œ

>

> œ 3 fi œœœ œ œ œ 4 œ œ ff

sneakily...

∑

f

34 Œ >˙ ææ œ

ff

smoothly speed up trem.

frenzied!

p

U3 j8 >œ

sim.

ffp

œœ

ffp

20

æ ˙>æ™

smoothly slow down trem.

hit center for bend always

(cg.)

(tr.)

p

œ

43 Œ

ææ ˙

p

mf

> œ > > > > > 38 œJ œ œ œJ J œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœœ œ œ p

p mf p

mf p

sub.f

Copyright © 2022 Michael-Thomas Foumai & Foumai Foundation (ASCAP) International Copyright Secured. All Rights Reserved.

Warning: Unauthorized reproduction of this publication is prohibited by Federal law and subject to criminal prosecution.

38

3

FOUMAI: Menehune Games

27

/ œ œœœ

œ

œœ

œœ

sub.f

34

/

œœœ

> > œ œ œ œ œ >œ œœ œ œ œ œ œ œ >œ œœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœœ (bd.)

œœ

> > > > >œ œœ œ œœœ œ œœœ œ œ œ œœœ œ œ œ œœœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ

>r >r >j 40 œ œ œ œ œ >œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ >œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ >œ œ / ff

≈œœ≈œœ ≈œœ≈œœ ≈œœ≈œœ ≈œ ≈œ ≈œ ™ ≈œ ≈œ ≈œ œ œ œ / ™™ œ™ œ™ œ™ œ™ œ œ œ ™ œ œ œ ≈ ≈ ≈ œ™ œ™ œ œ œ

45

cresc.

p

>frenzied!

51

œ œ œ œ œ / œ≈ ≈ ≈ œ œ œ œ œ

> œ

fi œœ

> œ

f

56

/ 43

ææ ˙™ >

ff

38 œJ p

‰

‰

43

ææ ˙™ >

p

œ œ œ œ

> œ

fi œœœ

> œ

38 œj ‰ pp

œ œ œ œ

‰

> œ

∑

43

ff

U ∑

43

4 61

(bg.) with beaters dotted pattern, steady always

FOUMAI: Menehune Games

> / 43 œ™ œ œ™ œ œ™ œ 38 œ™ œ œ 43 f

p

∑

j œ

(tr.)

38 ‰ ‰

> 43 œ™ œ œ™ œ œ™ œ 38 œ™ œ œ 43 f

p

67

(br.) (sd.) >œ™ œ™ œ œ™ œ 3 œ™ œ œ 3 œ™ œ œ (wb.)3 œ 3 3 œ 3 œ ‰ j 8 ‰ œœœ 43 /4J ‰ Œ Œ 8‰ œ 4 œ 8 4 œ p sub.f

73

>œ™ œ™ œ œ™ 3 œ™ œ œ 3 œ™ œ œ™ œ œ 3 œ œ > 3 >œ™ œ™ œ™ 3 œ™ œ œ 3 3 œ8 œœ 4 œ œ œ 8 /4 œ 4Œ 8 4 ‰ œ ‰ œ p p J sub.f sub.f J ™ œ œ œœœ> 3 œ™ œ œ™ œ œ™ œ 3 œ™ œ œ 3 œœ ™ œ œ™ œ œœ ™™ œ 3 3 3 œ™ œ œ™ œ œ /4‰ ‰ ‰ 8 4 ‰ œ ‰ œ ‰ œ 8 ‰ œJ ‰ 4 ‰ 8 J J J œJ œJ œ œJ ‰ œ ‰ œ J sub.f J J (tb.)

79

p

œœ™ œ œ ‰œ 3 œ™ œ œ™ œ œ™ œ 3 œœ ™™ 3 œ œ œ 43 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ™ œ œœ 38 œœ 4‰ /8 8 œ œ œ™ ≈ œ≈œ ‰ œ ‰ œ ≈ œJ ≈ œ™ J J J (sd.) p

84

sub.f

88

(br.) œ œ œ œ 3 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 3 œ œ œ œ œœœ 3 >œœœ œ œ >œœœ œ œ >œœœ œ œ 3 3 œ œ /8 4 8 4 8 f

œ 3 /8R

92

(tr.)

(sd.) > >œœœ œ œ œœœ >œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 3 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ R œ œ œœœ 4 œ œ œ œ œœ œœ œœ f

sub.p

(g.)

sub.f p

mf