Oaxacan (Wah-HA-ken) Fantasy is a lively and colorful work for marimba quartet inspired by the music of Oaxaca, Mexico. Composer Kylle Strunk utilizes simple harmonies, mostly based on the pentatonic scale, in order to capture the essence of Oaxacan musical culture. These simple harmonies are set to complex rhythms and time signatures, making it engaging for the audience and challenging for the performers. It is played by four players on two marimbas with each player using four mallets.
This piece was written for the Portland Percussion Group's 2015-2016 Call for Scores. It took second place in the competition and received it's premiere on June 22nd, 2016, in Portland, Oregon.
This piece comes as a professionally printed and bound score and includes individual parts in PDF format for printing or for tablet viewing.
*This piece can be performed with with one low C marimba for players 2 and 4, and one low F marimba for players 1 and 3, with minimal substitutions.
