Deep Beneath the Ice is a tuneful piece for solo marimba that offers the performer many opportunities for musical expression. A calm, song-like beginning builds to a climax of cascading arpeggios, shifting the harmony and texture to a place in which melodies…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Stephen Karukas
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Extremely challenging marimba quartet requiring four-mallet technique from all players. Beautiful harmonic progressions and melodies are heard throughout this 11-minute piece.
Grade Level: 4 Copyright: 1993 Number of Players: 4 Duration: 11:00 Publisher: C.…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Philip Carlsen
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Expressively textural in one moment and relentlessly groovy in the next, It Flows is a challenging and varied work for marimba and alto saxophone that includes polyrhythmic textures, exciting hocketed lines, and soaring saxophone melodies. The constantly…
Style:
Woodwind, Percussion
Composer:
Stephen Karukas
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Inspired by a visit to the Cathedral of San Jose in Montevideo, the broad, horizontal chords of the andante represent Mangore's impressions of the organist playing Bach chorales in the cathedral. The ensuing allegro symbolizes his leaving the calm, spiritual…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Barrios, Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
This piece is an arpeggio etude, originally for guitar, set in a fast-paced 12/8 which showcases the virtuosic qualities of the marimba.Program NotesAgustín Barrios Mangoré (1885-1944) was one of the most successful and influential guitarist/composers of the…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Barrios, Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Based on five poems of Gary Snyder, Morning Star paints a beautiful picture of his words: The Morning Star, Shaman Song, Pine Tree Tops, Birds, and The Myth. Each movement incorporates unique techniques for both the voice and the vibraphone, such as pitch…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Philip Carlsen
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
This tremolo etude places the soaring melody in the soprano voice and the persistent ostinato in the lower and middle voices.Program NotesAgustín Barrios Mangoré (1885-1944) was one of the most successful and influential guitarist/composers of the first half…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Nathan Daughtrey, Barrios
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications