Ghlash from Red Chard by Rich O'Meara

Ghlash is an audio collage, meant to evoke images or "disturbances" that float in and out of a semi-peaceful scene. It was inspired by all the years I would sit with my lunch on the lot of the Park Police headquarters in Sandy Spring MD. As I sat in meditation, the helicopter would sometimes land on the helipad, or there would be a rehearsal of riot control scenarios on horseback, or the motorcycle cops would do a road derby. Then it would return to bucolic-ness and I would watch the horses frolic or listen to the birds sing. I tried to re-create these experiences in a more abstract form.

Rich O’Meara is most known for his compositions for marimba, which are performed throughout the world. His work has been featured in live theater, on the NPR program “New Sounds”, and the PBS documentary “Music Instinct, Science and Song". He has performed with Silent Orchestra, Colla Parte, Sandbox Percussion, Trio O, One Earth Percussion Theatre, Dan Deacon, and CMF.

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