Awake is a groove-oriented piece about coming alive, existing, and finding oneself. It explores texture and meter amongst a mostly consistent pulse and simple recognizable melody that pervades the work.
Grade Level: 5 Copyright: 2022 Number of Players: 5…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Austin Franklin
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
The inspiration behind Drops came from observing a rainstorm come and go one evening. As the storm started, the drops were falling sporadically, and every so often enough water would collect on a leaf to create a single drop that would fall to the ground.…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Ryan Elvert
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
for Percussion Quartet
ImPULSE is a rhythmically driving percussion quartet based around a quarter note pulse. This pulse grows in intensity until the very end of the piece where it creates the final climax.Program NotesImPULSE for percussion quartet was…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Austin Franklin
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Merge began as an exercise in percussive hocket, where each player is given a part of the whole. This is done so in both the rhythms played in the drums and melody in the tuned pipes. The ascending and deciding lines throughout each performer present a very…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Ryan Elvert
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Before any notes were laid, I was given the mental image of a window, in the back of a Colorado coffee house, that supplied a breath taking view of the Front Range mountains. From that image I constructed a piece that takes the listener on a climb to the…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Ryan Elvert
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
This arrangement of Ravel piano masterpiece is a lesson in virtuosity and perpetual motion. You will be on the edge of your seat and then realize you have forgotten to breathe for the entire 3 minutes!Program NotesThis arrangement of Ravel piano masterpiece…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Michael Tompkins, Ravel
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications