Aqueous Transfusion is a meditative work for solo vibraphone and background track, featuring a metallic orchestra accompanying an evocative solo part. A general feeling of ‘underwater’-ness permeates the track, and this work stands as the first known use of…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Jamie Whitmarsh
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Artistic Studies for Snare Drum was composed as a supplement for most intermediate to advanced methods. These studies utilize traditional and non-traditional styles, techniques, and meters to be encountered by the concert snare drum player. The studies are…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Keith Larson
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Little Suite for Solo Marimba is a three-movement work of contrasting styles. The first is a 7/8 dance, the second is a flowing arpeggio based movement, and the third is a fiery fast movement. The piece is effective for contest or recital.Program NotesLittle…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Keith Larson
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Marimba Vignettes is a work for solo four-mallet marimba that may be used as a recital showcase piece as well as a competition piece. The 15-minute work is comprised of six contrasting movements, each functioning as an independent solo piece.Program…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Keith Larson
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Melody Evolved is a collection of 5 intermediate level vignettes for solo marimba that is perfect for further developing 4-mallet technique in a musically challenging setting. Larson took a basic set of notes, and evolved them into a suite of 2 and 4-mallet…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Keith Larson
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Musings for Xylophone is a set of four short, contrasting vignettes for 2-mallet, unaccompanied xylophone. Perfect for lessons, studio class, and recitals!
Grade Level: 3 Copyright: 2016 Number of Players: 1 Duration: 4:45 Publisher: C. Alan Publications…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Keith Larson
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Prelude in C# Minor, Op. 3, No. 2 is one from a set of 24 preludes for solo piano that covers all of the major and minor keys, emulating earlier sets by Bach, Chopin, Scriabin, and others. It appears hear in an equally virtuosic setting…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Jacob Remington, Rachmaninoff
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
36 Sequential Etudes for the Beginning to Intermediate Percussinist
Progressive Studies for Snare Drum was composed as a supplement for most beginning to intermediate methods. These studies focus on dynamics, techniques, and expression in a wide variety of…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Keith Larson
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
This tour-de-force for solo 5-octave marimba is not for the faint of heart. Driven by octave eighth notes throughout, Remington's Rhapsody for Solo Marimba would've felt right at home in the virtuosic romantic era with contemporaries like Liszt & Paganini…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Jacob Remington
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Style Studies for Timpani focuses on the techniques and musical ideas needed to perform both solo and ensemble literature. Some of the etudes are orchestrally based, while others explore more contemporary solo and ensemble styles. They can be used effectively…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Keith Larson
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications