Cuomo, Douglas J.: Proverb

for percussion quartet

Commissioned to be performed under the monumental Mark di Suvero sculpture Proverb, the music draws inspiration from the 60 foot high, bright red steel sculpture, which is set in a vast plain in the Montana Rocky Mountains. The four players are arrayed around the four legs of the sculpture, with the audience free to move about the sculpture throughout the performance. Like the sculpture, the music contemplates man's relationship to nature.