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
Written for the Lone Star Wind Orchestra Percussion Ensemble, The Headache Miniatures is a collection of five percussion sextets, each written by a different Texas composer.Program NotesWritten for the Lone Star Wind Orchestra Percussion Ensemble, The…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Scott Ward, Petrinowitsch, Dave Hall, Christopher Tucker, Dooley
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
After a brief 4-bar chorale intro, Prelude for Marimba becomes a bouncy, jovial romp based on the simple chord progression set forth in the opening measures.
Grade Level: 3 Copyright: 2009 Number of Players: 1 Duration: 3:15 Publisher: C. Alan Publications…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Wes Robertson
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Sacred Favorites includes arrangements of three favorite church hymns. Often times, marimbists have found themselves preparing to perform a recital at a church, not knowing what to play. Robertson has provided marimbists with their own version of these hymns…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Wes Robertson
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Zarabanda is in several sections with a Latin style rhythm that occasionally gets interrupted by accented outbursts from the ensemble. As the piece develops and moves from section to section, new rhythmic and melodic ideas are introduced. The piece culminates…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Joseph Turrin
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications