Oh No You Didn't for Symphony Orchestra

written for the Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra

Most of the musical moments in Oh No You Didn’t fall into one of two categories: the musical idea overstays its welcome, or the introduction of the musical idea is ridiculously unpredictable and unprepared. Its main body is filled with awkward rhythms, more like an impatient twitch rather than any sort of satisfying complex polyrhythmical relationship. The orchestration is dense and calculatedly unrefined creating a thick black muddy sound mass. Harmonically the piece resists any attempt at movement; it is emphatically static and unreasonably stubborn. In terms of orchestral colors, Oh No You Didn’t is abrasive, focusing on extreme registers and harsh percussion calling on two bass drums and two brake drums.