Concertino for B-flat Trumpet & Percussion Orchestra
Trumpet Feature With the trumpet and percussion ensemble exchanging and combining in the presentation of rhythmic and melodic ideas, this is an exciting work that explores the timbres and textures that are available to the composer of percussion ensemble…
Style: Percussion
Composer: Philip Parker
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Contrasts
After a free, improvisational introduction with many special effects (bass drum roll inside piano, bowed tam-tam, wire brush on piano string, etc.), the tempo takes off in a fast triple meter. Eighths and sixteenths get passed around the ensemble very briskly…
Style: Percussion
Composer: Philip Parker
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Five Pieces for Clarinet & Percussion Orchestra
Clarinet Feature Using traditional percussion instruments, Parker creates a dialogue between the soloist and percussion ensemble that allows each to enjoy its own identity while achieving the kind of musical sensitivity found only in a rare number of…
Style: Percussion
Composer: Philip Parker
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Sketches
Alto Saxophone Feature Using traditional percussion instruments, Parker creates a dialogue between the soloist and percussion ensemble that allows each to enjoy its own identity while achieving the kind of musical sensitivity known only to a rare number of…
Style: Percussion
Composer: Philip Parker
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Songs for the End of Time
7 Nostalgic Vignettes for Solo Vibraphone Songs for the End of Time was written in December of 2021 as a series of short pieces for vibraphone. Some of the titles come from popular songs about the end of the world which inspired the title of the complete…
Style: Solo Works
Composer: Brett Dietz
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Songs from the Infinite Plane
Written to fill a void in accessible duet literature for keyboard percussion, Songs from the Infinite Plane is, in essence, a song book for vibraphone & marimba. Each melodically-driven duet is approximately 2 minutes and could be used in several…
Style: Percussion
Composer: Brett Dietz
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
When Fireflies Danced
On a warm summer evening around midnight, a lone firefly flits among the trees and is soon joined by dozens of others. Suddenly and magically they coordinate their flashing lights and movements as they dance a veritable ballet. Then, as suddenly as they…
Style: Percussion
Composer: Philip Parker
Publisher: C. Alan Publications