Silversmith - Score and Parts

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Program Note (by Srayamurtikanti)
Silversmith (2024) describes the sound memory of my hometown in Bali, Desa
Celuk. From the 1980s to the early 2000s, my village was famous for gold and
silver craftsmanship. We produced many varieties of creative handicrafts,
especially accessories and tools for ritual ceremonies. Previously, most of Celuk’s
residents worked as silversmiths. With every step you took, you could hear the
sounds of gold and silver smiths working away. However, since the Bali bombing
in 2002, the activity of silver craft has decreased and affected the economic life
of Celuk. We’re still left with memories of our village’s glorious past.

Silversmith represents the sound memory of Celuk’s people who still work as
silversmiths and those who pay serious attention to the continuity and survival of
Celuk’s culture and community. There are several sections of the piece that refer
to the sounds of the main steps in shaping silver. The first step of the process is
melting: firing the silver base materials, where the foot pump hisses
hhhuuhhss...hhhuuhhss...hhuuhhss. In the piece, pipes are swished against bowls
and brushes are rubbed against drumheads to represent the sounds. In the
second step of hammering, the cooled silver is struck with a hammer to shape it
into the desired shape of the accessory. The hammer strikes ring out
tang..teng..tang..teng..tang..teng...represented in the piece by playing the flat bars
and vibraphones. The third step of ornamenting the silver is represented by
combining melodies from two scales of the flat bars and vibraphone. The melodies
are inspired by the shape of the bun-bunan (Celuk’s characteristic
ornamentation). The last section is a combination of all the sounds. The piece is a
nostalgic flashback of Celuk’s glorious past.

Silversmith is a gift for my ancestors, my family, and the people of Celuk village.
It is also a reminder that we once shared one breath, one community, and one
unified purpose in life. Through Silversmith, I hope that listeners can imagine and
experience some of the memories of my village’s spirit and our glorious days of
silver crafting. Thank you. - Srayamurtikanti

Silversmith was composed through Third Coast Percussion’s Currents Creative
Partnership, a free to apply to opportunity for composers who are at the
beginning of their careers, have less experience writing music for percussion, or
are looking to expand their creative work in new directions to collaborate with
Third Coast Percussion on the creation of a new work over the course of an
entire year.