Dance-like romp in 12/8 with rhythmic excitement throughout. Great transition from marching season to concert band season. Perfect for high school ensembles and college ensembles.
Grade Level: 3 Copyright: 2000 Number of Players: 8+ Duration: 4:25 Publisher:…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Josh Gottry
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Amorphous Solid is an exploration of different physical states as they can be represented through musical texture. Furthermore, it’s an attempt to repurpose and reorder the traditional instrumentation of a Panorama-style steel band. At its core, the piece…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Dave Hall
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
A brilliant fusion of classical and modern idioms and harmonies bring this piece to the forefront of contemporary composition. A virtuostic and technical beast, this piece is a must for the modern marimbist.Program NotesApocalyptic Etude was composed and…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Dave Hall
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Inspired by the Balinese and Javanese gamelan music of Indonesia, Archipelagos features unique textures, timbres, and instruments like flower pots and tuned aluminum pipes.Program NotesArchipelagos is a short interlude scored for seven percussionists. This…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Dave Hall
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Inspired by the William Blake poem "Morning," ...ascends the sky is a beautiful intermediate work for solo 5-octave marimba, filled with sixteenth notes flowing up and down the full range of the instrument.Program Notes...ascends the sky was inspired by the…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Dave Hall
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Being Little is a four-movement work for solo vibraphone based on several special activities that parents share with their newborn. Each of the movements features distinctive characteristics to musically identify with one of those activities. The four…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Josh Gottry
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Using a lullaby setting of a Swedish folk melody, this work adds plenty of percussion to represent a day in the life of a toddler. A fun, yet sentimental piece.Program NotesWritten for my one-year-old son Caleb, this piece opens with a simple lullaby setting…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Josh Gottry
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Bubblegum is intended to captivate the simplicity in form, chord structure, and groove of those early rock and roll hits released by Motown in a percussion ensemble setting. Pulling from the style and even chord progressions from popular songs of the day,…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Josh Gottry
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
A fascinating exercise in counterpoint and mixed-meter, CC'd is a marimba trio that also includes 3 optional percussion parts to further add to the unique textures in the keyboards.Program NotesThe concept of intertextuality is used to suggest that all…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Josh Gottry
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Cha-Cha Blues is part of C. Alan's Edge Series, which is a collection of percussion ensembles featuring many popular musical styles - from funk to calypso to techno. It was developed to excite a wider range of ensembles, directors, and audiences while…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Josh Gottry
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications