Dance Suite is a set of six short pieces inspired by ballroom dance styles. The movements present a variety of musical styles and opportunity for exposure to the music, movement, and culture behind each dance style. Students will be excited to perform any…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Chris Carmean
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Eine Kleine Soca Musik is a Trinidad twist on Mozart's classic Eine Kleine Nachtmusik. With an apparent inability to decide whether to be a soca or classical percussion ensemble, Eine Kleine Soca Musik is sure to entertain your audience, make them get up and…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Chris Carmean
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
grace•ful was written specifically for the C. Alan Publications Ignite Series, which features entertaining yet flexible pieces for young percussion ensembles. Once you begin to rehearse grace•ful, you'll come to find that the character of the music is…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Chris Carmean
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
for drum cases, voices, and recorded media
How many times in a day do you say a phrase with the word “case” in it? Phrases such as “in any case,” “in that case,” or the most used contingency thought, “just in case,” are spoken more often than you might…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Chris Carmean
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
The nontraditional Lullaby for a New Century addresses the social and ecological chaos that the modern child is now born into. The lullaby combines with the harsh echoes of reality as the child drifts to sleep, creating a gradually developing nightmare that…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Jason DeCristofaro
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Lunar Glimmer was composed on a January night looking across a canopy of deciduous trees. Being in a rural area, and with the trees completely devoid of leaves, the exceptionally bright moon that night provided a flood of brilliant light through the window…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Jason DeCristofaro
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
TBD is a rock piece for percussion ensemble that suffers from an indeterminate title. Everyone including mallet players get to take part in the drum solo in the middle of this ten-player ensemble, with parts having a wide range of difficulty that allow an…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Chris Carmean
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Elements of minimalism and impressionism create a colorful palette that evoke primitive textures in a modern chamber setting. The melodies found in Trio for Flute, Marimba & Piano are very simple, reminiscent of folk melodies, but it is through the use of…
Style:
Percussion, Woodwind
Composer:
Jason DeCristofaro
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Proving the idea that "what goes around comes around" is exactly right, Chris Carmean's piece has four players on one marimba with additional percussion. The players continually move around the instrument in what's sure to be a fun challenge and a unique…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Chris Carmean
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
The ethereal and enchanting Zodiacal Cloud is a sparkling & groovy piece for solo glockenspiel. A “zodiacal cloud” is a large cloud of dust particles on the edge of our solar system. Sunlight reflects off the cloud, created the particles to scatter and…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Jason DeCristofaro
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications