Awake
Awake is a groove-oriented piece about coming alive, existing, and finding oneself. It explores texture and meter amongst a mostly consistent pulse and simple recognizable melody that pervades the work. Grade Level: 5 Copyright: 2022 Number of Players: 5…
Style: Percussion
Composer: Austin Franklin
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
ImPULSE
for Percussion Quartet ImPULSE is a rhythmically driving percussion quartet based around a quarter note pulse. This pulse grows in intensity until the very end of the piece where it creates the final climax.Program NotesImPULSE for percussion quartet was…
Style: Percussion
Composer: Austin Franklin
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Prelude & Reverie
Both of these two lovely marimba solos express a sense of nostalgia. The Prelude is a chorale that leaves nearly every aspect of musical interpretation up to the performer. Reverie is a beautiful, lyrical piece filled with grace.Program NotesThe works Prelude…
Style: Solo Works
Composer: Austin Franklin
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Rudra
With a title coming from the Vedic god Rudra, the god of the roaring storm and a fierce entity of destruction, the entire quartet is based on the idea of compression, acceleration, and intensifaction. There are even some elements of rock music, which is sure…
Style: Percussion
Composer: Payton MacDonald
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Three Marimba Etudes
These three expressive etudes for 4-mallet low-A marimba - Turnings, Changes, & Pivots - explore common (and uncommon) sticking permutations and stroke types in fresh harmonic setting that encourage a highly musical approach to the instrument. Grade Level…
Style: Solo Works
Composer: Payton MacDonald
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
To See
Filled with musical and technical challenges, To See is a robust intermediate solo for low-A Marimba that is sure to help performers grow. Grade Level: 4 Copyright: 2022 Number of Players: 1 Publisher: C. Alan Publications Category: Solo Works Listen to…
Style: Solo Works
Composer: Payton MacDonald
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Trance
Trance is a marimba solo filled with rhythmic drive and groove that explores the full dynamic range of the instrument while still maintaining a sense of lightness and subtlety.Program NotesTrance, composed in 2015, is one of my first compositions. There is…
Style: Solo Works
Composer: Austin Franklin
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Xati
Inspired by South Indian Carnatic music and the percussion works of Xenakis, Xati is an exciting yet sophisticated tambourine quintet, filled with polyrhythms and primitivism.Program NotesIn the spring of 2007 I spent two months listening to South Indian…
Style: Percussion
Composer: Payton MacDonald
Publisher: C. Alan Publications