Lift up My Hands to You

Lift up my Hands to You (2003) was commissioned by two pianists, Prof. Paul Hoffmann at Rutgers University and Jinny Park. The Premiere performance was on July 27, 2003 at Te Deum my Composition Concert in NJ. She got the inspiration of this particular title from her parents whom she respects more than any one else. She wants to lift up her hands to God and her parents with full gratitude. This piece is written for Four Hands for Piano (2003/2005) in AA’BB’ form with three Octatonic scales (C-C#-D#-E etc.), which is sustained through the whole work without exception. The A section starts with strong and dark clusters followed by rhythmic and percussive gesture whose texture gets thicker toward the end of the A’ section. Also, the B section is characterized by melodic line of polyphonic composition technique, which is one of significant elements in this entire piece. The aggressive and rhythmic passage is unceasingly maintained with a fast melodic motion in B’. She dedicates this piece to her loving parents, her father Nak Joong Choi and her mother Hyo Sook Choi.

Four hands for Piano

Lift up My Hands to You (2003/ Rev. 2004)

Score (pdf.) Lift up My Hands to You (Four Hands for Piano, 2004)

Arranged for 13 percussion players by Peter J Saleh (2005)

published by Keyboard Percussion Publications in Asbury Park, NJ

Photography Patrick Heathcock

April, 2011, Delaware Percussion Ensemble, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA

April, 18, 2006 by Ithaca Percussion Ensemble, (Director Gordon Stout) Ithaca College, NY, USA

March, 7, 2006 by the UNT Percussion Ensemble, (Director Mark Ford) Recital Hall North Texas University, TX, USA

March 3, 2006 by Rutgers Percussion Ensemble, (Director She-e woo) Rutgers University, NJ, USA

Oct. 19, 2004 by Anastasia Markina and Scott Marosek, Spectrum I Concert, Recital Hall, the University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA

April 13, 2004 by Anastasia Markina and Scott Marosek, Spectrum Concert, Recital Hall, the University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA

Premiered on July 27, 2003 by Paul Hoffmann and Jinny Park, Te Deum Concert, East Brunswick, NJ, USA

Four Hands for Piano Percussion Version Percussion Version