Collapse is a challenging, programmatic work for marimba inspired by a dark, heartbreaking play titled "Marybeth."Program Notes<b.Collapse is based on a play entitled Marybeth by Hayley Pugh, set in Colonial America. The play follows the story of a young…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Alex Howley
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Gray is a challenging rondo that grew organically out of an improvisation session. It is designed to reflect the feelings of unsurety that accompany the "gray areas" in life, and can be an emotionally satisfying piece to perform.Program NotesGray is a piece…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Alex Howley
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
A New Day is meant to give you feelings of freedom, euphoria and everlasting joy that you feel in the morning. Sweet and honest, this piece has an almost chamber-music-like quality and ends very quietly and delicately.
Grade Level: 4 Copyright: 2004 Number of…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Rebecca Anne Culp
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