Concertino for B-flat Trumpet & Percussion Orchestra
Trumpet Feature With the trumpet and percussion ensemble exchanging and combining in the presentation of rhythmic and melodic ideas, this is an exciting work that explores the timbres and textures that are available to the composer of percussion ensemble…
Style: Percussion
Composer: Philip Parker
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Contrasts
After a free, improvisational introduction with many special effects (bass drum roll inside piano, bowed tam-tam, wire brush on piano string, etc.), the tempo takes off in a fast triple meter. Eighths and sixteenths get passed around the ensemble very briskly…
Style: Percussion
Composer: Philip Parker
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Five Pieces for Clarinet & Percussion Orchestra
Clarinet Feature Using traditional percussion instruments, Parker creates a dialogue between the soloist and percussion ensemble that allows each to enjoy its own identity while achieving the kind of musical sensitivity found only in a rare number of…
Style: Percussion
Composer: Philip Parker
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Headache Miniatures, The
Written for the Lone Star Wind Orchestra Percussion Ensemble, The Headache Miniatures is a collection of five percussion sextets, each written by a different Texas composer.Program NotesWritten for the Lone Star Wind Orchestra Percussion Ensemble, The…
Style: Percussion
Composer: Scott Ward, Petrinowitsch, Dave Hall, Christopher Tucker, Dooley
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Sketches
Alto Saxophone Feature Using traditional percussion instruments, Parker creates a dialogue between the soloist and percussion ensemble that allows each to enjoy its own identity while achieving the kind of musical sensitivity known only to a rare number of…
Style: Percussion
Composer: Philip Parker
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Soliloquy and Dance (piano reduction)
Soliloquy & Dances is a fantastic feature for your outstanding oboe player or guest artist to perform with a developing ensemble. Slow melodious sections contrast to faster ornamental passages. There is even an extended cadenza for the soloist. Grade…
Style: Woodwind
Composer: Philip Parker
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
When Fireflies Danced
On a warm summer evening around midnight, a lone firefly flits among the trees and is soon joined by dozens of others. Suddenly and magically they coordinate their flashing lights and movements as they dance a veritable ballet. Then, as suddenly as they…
Style: Percussion
Composer: Philip Parker
Publisher: C. Alan Publications