The piece is written for two instruments performed by four players, and players are required to move to another instrument in the last Allegro section. As a result, players may feel busy, but the audience will have fun!Program NotesMarimbaroque was…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Yo Goto
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
First Light
Prima Luce (or "First Light") is a dramatic work for two marimba soloists accompanied by marimba quartet. The two soloists are pitted against one another, performing different scales and rhythms as if competing. These opposing sounds & rhythms…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Yo Goto
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Because it is a “recital piece,” this work does not employ any experimental techniques and concepts; however, it is based on an idea of musical simultaneity. In fact, different rhythm structures, pitch structures, timbres, and musical characteristics are…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Yo Goto
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Reflections on Wood explores the full range of emotional expressiveness of the marimba, from dramatic and frenetic, to delicate and gentle, from perseverance and resilience, to stars and cats. By exploring a variety of playing techniques throughout, it is…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Mark Neal
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Opposite musical characteristics such as soft and loud, comfort and angular, static and active, hesitant and steadfast are contrastingly employed in this piece.Program NotesValse Éxcentrique is composed as a part of series of pieces written by three composers…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Yo Goto
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Whiplash is an exciting work for percussion quartet that showcases an ensemble’s aggression and finesse. The intensity of the piece is sure to thrill audiences and performers alike.Program NotesWhiplash is a work for percussion quartet composed in the spring…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Aaron J. Ward
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications