This is a delightful four-movement suite of Baroque dances for intermediate timpani. Dwayne Rice has taken great care to make the timpani as melodic and musical as possible. Perfect for an undergraduate percussion recital!
Grade Level: 3 Copyright: 2014…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Dwayne Rice
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Canyon Echoes is a refreshing concert piece. There are four programmatic movements with a third movement that gives the performer much freedom in interpretation: Roving Sounds, Floating Memories, Canyon Ravines, and Jogging Across. Enjoy this challenging…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Barton Schiboni
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Fantasie in A is a marimba solo inspired by the M.C. Escher drawing Metamorphosis II. It is the metamorphosis of one musical idea into a series of other musical ideas, connected in much the same way elements of the Escher drawing are connected. One idea…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Dwayne Rice
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
with CD Accompaniment
Nature’s Course is split into three contrasting movements: Winds, which is very free with many ascending runs in the marimba part; Breezes, which is more metered in 12/8 and later 3/4 with flowing eighth notes throughout; and Furies,…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Stephen Rush
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Sonata No. 1 is a challenging four-movement work modeled after the violin sonatas and cello suites of J.S. Bach.Program NotesSonata No. 1 is a challenging four-movement work modeled after the violin sonatas and cello suites of J.S. Bach. It was commissioned…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Dwayne Rice
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Variations for Marimba (2005) is for the advanced marimba soloist. It is essentially a “classical” set of variations on a theme, however the “theme” is elusive and evolves as the variations progress. Based on the compositional techniques of Béla Bartók, it is…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Dwayne Rice
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications