En Mémoire
Composer: Calvin Chiu
Instrument: Marimba (4.3 Octave)
Level: Intermediate/Advanced
Published: 2026
Price: €18.00
Item details
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Description +
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En Mémoire draws inspiration from the connection between the living and the deceased via fragments of shared memories. From the overwhelming sense of grief, to the distant reminiscence of innocence, this piece is a testament of the journey one embarks on, traversing all these recollections in order to attain a sense of inner peace, no matter how fragile it is.”
Calvin Chiu
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Instrumentation +
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Marimba (4.3 Octave)
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About the composer +
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Calvin Chiu is a percussionist and composer based in Hong Kong. His compositions have been performed on multiple continents, and featured in International Competitions such as the Marimbafest in Australia and the Excellence International Music Competition in Taiwan, to name a few. Notably, his solo marimba composition “RUST” was hailed by the Percussive Notes as a “powerful, dynamic and challenging work….it is powerful in the opportunity given to the performer to communicate drama and emotion through the music”. It was also featured recently in a Music Video project in collaboration with Edition Svitzer and world-renowned marimbist Fumito Nunoya.
Calvin holds a BM from the University of Central Florida where he received numerous academic scholarships such as the Mark Pores Music Scholarship Award and the James and Robert Mackley Music Scholarship Award. He was the first prize winner of the 2016-17 UCF Concerto Competition,and the only person in the history of the University to have won UCF’s prestigious Performance Excellence Award twice consecutively. He obtained his MM from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music under the direction of percussion faculties John Tafoya, Kevin Bobo, Steve Houghton and Michael Spiro. He was the recipient of multiple academic and merit scholarships from JSoM, and has held the position as an Associate Instructor of the Percussion Department with full scholarship plus stipend.
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Credits +
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Front Cover graphics and layout: Nicola Lee
Photo: Austin S. Warren
Printed in Copenhagen, Denmark
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