Destruction and Ascension is a through-composed piece in two distinct halves, meant to represent things that are destroyed then ascended back into creation. Destruction is violent and incessant music consisting of loud driving rhythms across the ensemble,…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Cy Miessler
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Composed for the "Percussion Art Ensemble," this advanced work for three players has it all: a jazz feel, a mysterious section, perpetual motion, a more abstract section, and a fast section with a driving finish.Program NotesGroovelocity was composed for the…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Till MacIvor Meyn
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Imminent Slaughter is just what you might expect - something loud, violent, and extremely challenging that will fill a large hall.
Grade Level: 6 Copyright: 2021 Number of Players: 8 Publisher: C. Alan Publications Type: Octet Category: Percussion…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Cy Miessler
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Explosive in volume and energy throughout, Napalm Basket is a tasteful, challenging, and creative percussion quartet which is also an enormous amount of fun to play.Program NotesI noticed that there weren't really any pieces out there that are just ridiculous…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Cy Miessler
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Onslaught is an exciting, barbaric battery percussion quartet that is relentless from top to bottom. Four shared instrument set-ups force the performers to travel around the stage, making the piece an aural, as a well as visual, treat for the audience.
Grade…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Cy Miessler
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Storm is an exciting and beautiful marimba duet that takes the listener through the journey of what it’s like to experience a storm in 3 phases: Approach, Storm, and Calm. Providing a challenge for the performers, it is an enormous amount of fun to play and…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Cy Miessler
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
ZZZZing! embodies the thrill of fishing off the coast of Florida and Alabama in the Gulf of Mexico. The composition tells the tale of running out in a thirty-foot boat, waiting for the fish, the struggles of the catch, and the ride back home across the water.…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Till MacIvor Meyn
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications