Buckets Ruckus is an exciting visual showpiece that any ensemble - regardless of size or program budget - would be able do, indoors or outdoors. Using only 3- or 5-gallon buckets, your ensemble of 3-18+ percussionists will grab the audience’s attention from…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Kit Mills
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
In three movements of differing textures and moods, this work aims to exploit spatial movement of sound sources as well as the timbral blend of the instruments.Program NotesThis work contains three movements of differing textures and moods. The challenge and…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Elyzabeth Meade
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Trumpet…
Style:
Brass
Composer:
Joseph Turrin
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Flutterings features an almost constant rustling of sound, using a wide array of conventional auxiliary percussion instruments and some unconventional "found" instruments, most notably small pillows, hand towels, and cardboard squares (or boxes). Written with…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Kit Mills
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Full of Baroque flavored musical ideas, this piece gives the modern marimbist a Baroque composition of their own.Program NotesFresh from attending an early music festival featuring Purcell, Handel, and their predecessors, I decided to write a composition…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Kit Mills
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
This kickin' piece for brass ensemble is in a Latin jazz style and is perfect as an opener or an encore. The New York Philharmonic commissioned Turrin to write Jazzalogue No. 1 for the brass section on their 1997 Latin American Tour.Program NotesJazzalogue No…
Style:
Brass
Composer:
Joseph Turrin
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Rock On! features a healthy blend of infectious drum grooves, unison rhythms, "copycat" dialogue between parts, a manageable introduction to syncopated patterns, and a variety of percussive sounds to explore.Program NotesRock On! features a healthy blend of…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Kit Mills
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
In A Snowy Twilight, a quartet of mallet instruments paints a magical, wistful memory of snow falling during the in-between time that is neither day or night. A fine choice for the winter or Christmas holiday season, but equally suitable as a gentler…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Kit Mills
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Who says drummers need drums to be drummers? In Stick With It!, your drummers perform a highly choreographed visual showpiece, using their sticks, voices, and feet to supply the sounds. Originally written for a mass ensemble of over 100 players, the piece can…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Kit Mills
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Tapas is a Sanskrit word meaning “fervor, heat, fire, and energy gained by devoting one’s thoughts and actions toward a particular goal.” In this multi-part composition each section’s goal is achieved through different musical means. Each section is…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Elyzabeth Meade
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications