Power Up

Power Up features a set of learning videos created around the new Australian work Power Up for Orchestra and Body Percussion by Sydney-based composer Holly Harrison.

Power Up was commissioned as part of Holly’s Australian Composers’ School (ACS) Residency with the TSO and was recorded by the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra in February 2022.

Watch Holly Harrison introduce Power Up, and visit the links below to explore and learn the score.

Videos feature Launceston-based music educator Angela Chapman. Auslan Interpretation is provided by Ali Dowl.

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LISTEN TO POWER UP

Listen to the TSO recording of Power Up

TEACHERS - EXPLORE THE SCORE

Watch how to interpret the Body Percussion Score
Download the Body Percussion Score

PERFORM POWER UP

Watch and learn the Body Percussion Patterns
Watch and perform Power Up with the TSO

Holly Harrison, Composer

Holly Harrison, Composer

Power Up is a lively and energetic work with a strong rhythmic focus. Drawing inspiration from 80s rock, the body percussion imitates the drum kit heard in the orchestra, embracing the drummer inside each of us. Power Up uses three recurring percussive patterns throughout, along with drum fills and simple hand actions. Keep an ear out for how the patterns change as different instrument families join in and how they match up with the orchestra over time, especially the brass. The final section accelerates rapidly towards the end - in this adrenaline-filled finale, I ask: can you keep up?!” - Holly Harrison, composer

Holly Harrison, Composer

Angela Chapman, Presenter and Body Percussion Performer

“Holly has written a piece that flows intuitively and gives sufficient aural cues for non-readers of notation to perform the score from memory. The body percussion part makes perfect sense with the music, and there is just the right amount of fun injected into the experience by vocalizations. Holly even included some suggestions from my students, which delighted me as it underlined for them that they are a part of the music-making process and not just end consumers.” - Angela Chapman, presenter

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