Abstract
Luminoso is a multi-movement work for two percussionists focused on the exploration of limited timbral resources and the development of percussion textures based not on timbre but on harmony and motivic connection. Its motivation was to create a work for percussionists which may be interpreted and prepared with the utilization of traditional techniques for performing common-practice art music rather than a host of new and experimental resources, the common modus operandi for modern percussion pieces.