Slater's work represents a major addition to the mallet ensemble literature. This full-fledged canzona requires advanced two and four-mallet playing on six keyboard instruments as well as sensitive playing by two percussionists. A difficult sixteen-minute…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Joseph Westley Slater
Publisher:
OU Percussion Press
Ripeness is a short concert-style overture that uses a [0267] tetrachord, a nearly ubiquitous soundset found in modern literature, including music for concert bands, orchestras, and marching bands. This piece is perfect for the developing percussion ensemble.…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Phillip Long
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Essentially a two-mallet work for each performer, the Suite for Keyboard Percussion demands excellent technique from all four players. The first and third movements create exciting rhythmical textures in contrast with the second movement's beautiful chorale.…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Joseph Westley Slater
Publisher:
OU Percussion Press