Inspired by a trip to El Salvador and the white knuckle ride from the airport to the center of town, Bolado perfectly captures the fast-pace changing of lanes, quick maneuvers to avoid oncoming traffic and pedestrians, and the dance-like movement of the other…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Adam Hopper
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Funk Trio is a fun and energetic piece for alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, and percussion. The syncopated rhythms found throughout are a reflection of Funk music that the composer grew up with. During the piece, each of the saxophones are given a short…
Style:
Percussion, Woodwind
Composer:
Nicholaus Meyers
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Pentaphonics is a work written for five graduated sounds. This composition can be performed on any five graduated items or instruments such as woodblocks, claves, cowbells, pots & pans, bottles, or anything really, so long as there are five distinct…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Nicholaus Meyers
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
A challenging duet for two multi-percussionists with nearly identical set-ups, Surface Tension travels through many styles: hip-hop, rock, jazz waltz, and back again. As with his other compositions, Hollinden uses metric modulations for transitioning smoothly…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Dave Hollinden
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Wheels Up is a unique take on drum set literature. This collection provides the performer with a notated drum set solo that can be performed with either electronic backing track or with a small chamber percussion ensemble. Each tune can be performed as a…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Adam Hopper
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
The Whole Toy Laid Down was inspired by an extended daydream about a mechanical wind-up toy. With that as a starting point, my goal was to fuse the energy of rock style drumming with classical performance technique, resulting in music that is both accessible…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Dave Hollinden
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
A celebration of the life of the composer's grandfather, You Can't Get There From Here is a beautiful intermediate duet for vibraphone and marimba that would be appropriate in any number of performance situations.Program NotesNorm was a classically trained…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Adam Hopper
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications