Kaiju (怪獣, kaijū, from Japanese "strange beast") is a Japanese genre of films featuring giant monsters. The term kaiju (which comes from the Chinese text Classic of Mountains and Seas) can refer to the giant monsters themselves, which are usually depicted…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Team Islas
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Written in memoriam for a friend and fellow service member who passed too early, Nocturne was premiered in a nearly pitch black space, alluding to the nature of a “nocturne.” While this is not a requirement for all performances, a dimly lit stage, etc. lends…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Andrew Thomson
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Octavius is a highly technical solo that explores the octave interval (hence the name) and is suitable for the advanced high school or college marimbist. A slow chorale in the middle gives both the audience and performer a rest from repetitions of flashy runs…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Andrew Thomson
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Short and compact, Sinfonia Caroliniana is structured in three movements, fast-slow-fast, as were the early 18th-century Italian opera overtures called “sinfonias.” Like them, this piece is tonally centered (E-flat - C - E-flat) but uses current harmonic…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Walter S. Hartley
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications