Bring on the vibes! Whilst it can be a rare sight around town (any town!), the vibraphone is a regular feature of Rae and Sunwrae performances..
Below are a few clips of Rae playing.. and there's also some sheet music for solo vibes, for Decipher the Crooked Ways hovering down the bottom..
Sunwrae Ensemble performing 'Poly' live at Thornbury Theatre, Melbourne Australia, June 4, 2009. Music by Rae Howell (also on vibraphone), with performers Luke RIchardson on double bass and Pip Atherstone Reid on drums.
EAVESDROPPING- An annual concert series presented by the Sunwrae Ensemble. Recorded Live, September 23, 2005 at St Stephens Church in Richmond, Victoria, Australia.
EAVESDROPPING- An annual concert series presented by the Sunwrae Ensemble. Recorded Live, September 23, 2005 at St Stephens Church in Richmond, Victoria, Australia.
Decipher the Crooked Ways was originally conceived as a 30'00" semi-improvised work for vibraphone, harp, clarinet/bass-clarinet, and lap-steel guitar. It's had a few different incarnations over the years, adding double bass, drums, alto flute into the mix. This version for solo vibraphone is a 6 minute long work, the video of which you can see below..
Multi Instrumentalist and composer Rae Howell (Sunwrae) plays her piece "Decipher the Crooked Ways" on the Vibraphone using a combination of bowing and four mallet technique.