Grade Level: 5 Copyright: 2021 Duration: 8:00 Publisher: C. Alan Publications Category: Percussion
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Instrumentation
Marimba [5-octave]
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Andrew Patzig
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Commissioned by The Green Vibes Project, A Castle in the Air is a challenging and colorful work for solo vibraphone. The title is an idiom referring to a daydream, a near impossibility, or scheme. As the piece progresses, it travels through several…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Andrew Patzig
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Piano Feature
This intense piece for solo piano and percussion quartet is a tour-de-force that doesn’t give you a chance to breathe. The piano part incorporates polyrhythms between the hands throughout the piece, while the percussionists play ostinati in the…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Robert Constable
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
with CD Accompaniment
Dramatic theater piece which is choreographed (pictures included to aid in the learning of the piece). Marching style drumming permeates the composition. Fun novelty piece for your next recital!
Grade Level: 3 Copyright: 1996 Number of…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Robert Constable
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Equinox is a piece inspired by the equal parts of dark and light that happen during an equinox. Its dark melodies and drum interludes make it an exciting piece that ends with incredible force.Program NotesThe piece opens with a mood setting "in-your-face"…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Michael Tompkins
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
This arrangement of Ravel piano masterpiece is a lesson in virtuosity and perpetual motion. You will be on the edge of your seat and then realize you have forgotten to breathe for the entire 3 minutes!Program NotesThis arrangement of Ravel piano masterpiece…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Michael Tompkins, Ravel
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications