Time Management I. Start-Stop by Shawn Crouch, composer

Time Management for percussion trio is an exploration of the flow of time and the expectation of form. The composition is in two movements performed without pause. The first movement, “Start-Stop” opens with developmental material that traditionally would be heard in the middle of composition, as if the listener is being dropping into a performance that has already started. As the work progresses, the exposition, where traditionally themes and motives are introduced, is found at the end of the first movement, not at the beginning as might be expected. Part two, “Canons with Interruptions” is a series of canons that unfold over time, slowly coming together by the end of the work. Through the composition the flow of time is in regular flux with metric modulations pushing the pacing forward and pulling it back.