3rd Place Winner of the 2005 Percussive Arts Society Composition Contest, Adaptation divides into three contrasting movements - Improvisation, Meditation & Revelation. Led primarily by the keyboard percussion, the three battery percussion parts pepper the…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
As Above, So Below delves into the universe of Norse mythology. The three-movement work for percussion orchestra centers on Yggdrasil, the “Tree of Life,” with branches that extend to all nine of the worlds that make up the Norse mythological universe. The…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Blaze is a balanced percussion septet pitting the keyboards versus the battery instruments. It draws inspiration from the following Ralph Waldo Emerson quote, as in “trail-blaze” or a blaze on a trail: “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Chasing Infinity is an exciting & colorful 12-minute work for 13 percussionists that was inspired by a quote from Gustav Flaubert: “Everything measurable passes, everything that can be counted has an end. Only three things are infinite: the sky in its…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Vibraphone Feature
Commissioned by Dr. Lisa Rogers of Texas Tech University, the two-movement Concerto for Vibraphone was inspired by two opposing poems by Pablo Neruda - one depicting a rainy night (Night's Song) and the other a bright & sunshining day (…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Inspired by the Dutch folktale “Wichardsage” (from The Sagas of Veluwe), DrakenVuur tells the story of a deadly fire-breathing dragon that lived under a medlar tree devouring every living creature it encountered. Nearby, Wichard was in love with Margaret and…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Inspired by the O'Shaughnessy poem, Ode ("We are the music maker and we are the dreamers of dreams"), The Dreamers of Dreams seeks to capture the essence of building something from the ground up, such as a percussion program. The rousing celebratory nature of…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Duology is a collection of duets was designed to give young percussionists the opportunity to grow as musicians by collaborating with friends. The book is divided into four sections - drum+drum, keyboard+keyboard, drum+keyboard, and multiple+multiple - with…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
The ever energetic Ellipsis features a balanced ensemble of keyboard and battery percussion. In fact, every player in the ensemble has the opportunity to play a battery instrument at some point.Program NotesEllipsis: A mark or series of marks (...) that…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Fever Dream is a colorful battery percussion quartet that draws inspiration from the composer's personal experience with a cycle of post-apocalyptic nightmares that a accompanied a nasty bout of tonsillitis. The piece takes the listener on a powerful journey…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications