With text by Lord Byron, The Destruction of Sennacherib is a powerful work for amplified spoken voice and a battery percussion septet. The piece is driving from beginning to end and will add a lot of variety to a percussion ensemble concert!Program NotesThe…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Jeffrey Barudin
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Downside, Up and Around explores the range of textures and timbres made possible by simple set-ups. It features two snare drum soloists accompanied by five percussionists and is influenced by techno music, which focuses on long-scale ostinati with gradual…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Jeffrey Barudin
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Piano Feature
A challenging work for piano and percussion ensemble. This work features an advanced piano part that has many vertical characteristics. The percussion parts color and shape the musical concepts of the piano solo.Program NotesA challenging work…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Jonathan Green
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
The Line Around Us is a sextet that explores an extreme membranophone range, accented by the use of cymbals. The work helps performers strengthen ensemble awareness, work on polyrhythmic figures, and develop dynamic sensitivity.Program NotesThe Line Around Us…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Jeffrey Barudin
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Spirited and light-hearted, Jonathan Green uses vocalizations of the title Machaca to enhance this brief piece.
Grade Level: 2 Copyright: 2002 Number of Players: Standard Duration: 2:05 Publisher: C. Alan Publications Category: Concert Band
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Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Jonathan Green
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Mile Marker Zero is a delightful collection of 12 intermediate to advanced solos for 4.3-octave marimba that was written while the composer was an artist-in-residence for a month in Key West, Florida.Program NotesI was fortunate to serve as an Artist in…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Ben Wahlund
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Red Wagon is a drum set quartet exploring how an ensemble of drum sets can groove, develop ideas, and avoid the trope of "drum set battles" that so often emerge when more than one drum set is presented. Like a child with a bright, new, red wagon, it is meant…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Ben Wahlund
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
So We Go Forward is a driving work for 9 percussionists that was inspired by a quote from Chukwuemeka (“Emeka”) Odumegwu Ojukwu was one of the most important figures in the Nigerian/Biafran Civil War in the late 1960s. Describing his soldiers' position on the…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Jeffrey Barudin
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Percussion Trio Feature
Do you have an orchestra director brave enough to program this one? This tour-de-force shows off every aspect of being a percussionist, from the gentle and expressive sounds of the melodic percussion to the savage and barbaric sounds…
Style:
Full Orchestra
Composer:
Jonathan Green
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Tears of Apollo is a musical portrayal of three stages of man’s relationship to God: I. Age of Fire, II. Age of Reason, and III. Age of Heaven. Four challenging mallet parts make this a must for your college ensemble.Program NotesTears of Apollo is a musical…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Jonathan Green
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications