Innovative Percussion EJKODY Odyssey
Odyssey by Jay Kennedy is a concerto for multiple percussion and percussion ensemble. This four movement work is written for and dedicated to James Campbell. Kenendy writes, "The initial stimulus for Odyssey was a series of paintings, primarily done by painters from the Northwest United States. I had vied these paintings over a period of about three years and some of them had lasting impact on me. This piece reflects a vivid and inaccurate memory of some of those paintings. Movements I and III combine somewhat quirky observations of two paintings with loose interpretations of dance rhythms."