The supporting paper consists of two parts: the music composition Perception for solo percussion, and the statement of musical ideas, compositional materials and techniques, as well as the connection with the contemporary percussion classics.

Perception is a three-movement work for solo percussion, was composed in the spring of 2014. The composer was inspired by personal experience. The subtitles of the three movements, Inception, Perception, and Gratification, represent a spiritual journey of the composer. Various combinations of intervals, timbre, rhythm and performance techniques are elaborately created and executed in order to express the emotions, internal struggle, and spiritual epiphany in a period of the composer’s life.