Winner of the 2009 Classical Marimba League Composition Contest 2009 (Romantic Category), Bold Spark is an exciting, uplifting work for marimba and piano.
Grade Level: 4 Copyright: 2010 Number of Players: 2 Duration: 4:20 Publisher: C. Alan Publications Type…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Jonathan Crehan
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Cold Pressed is set up as a modified drum set with timbral notation, meaning each instrument is assigned a pitch and arranged like a keyboard. If you read keyboard music well, learning the notation will be a piece of cake. Syncopation, contrasting timbres and…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Dave Hollinden
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
This is a nice short jazz feature that is loads of fun to play and very pleasant to the ear. Dampening is left completely up to the performer. Pair this with another of Jeff Hunter’s solo vibraphone pieces for your next recital.
Grade Level: 3 Copyright: 1996…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Jeff Hunter
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
The piece is constructed entirely from the Scriabin six note scale (F, B, Eb, A, D, G) and its transposition up one step. Requires good four-mallet technique and is perfect for student or faculty recitals. The title Nibaircs was derived from the name of…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Jeff Hunter
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Of Wind and Water is based on a verse from the Bhagavad Gita, “which suggests that the movement of our senses among the sense objects is similar to the wind carrying a ship across the waters.” The piece is very free in nature, but picks up momentum driving…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Dave Hollinden
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
This is a lovely new age vibraphone feature in a perpetual motion setting. Constant eighth notes and triplets keep the forward momentum throughout. Pedal indications are provided. Check out Lisa Rogers recording of Paint Me A Sky.
Grade Level: 3 Copyright:…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Jeff Hunter
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Limitless possibilities afforded by a very limited instrumentation. Hollinden explores a wide range of possibilities afforded by the three instruments, using them in various combinations, in dialog fashion, manipulating various playing areas, and even in a…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Dave Hollinden
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Focusing your awareness into...Slender Beams of Solid Rhythm. A power house of a piece that motivates both listener and performer to interact.
Grade Level: 4 Copyright: 1994 Number of Players: 1 Duration: 15:30 Publisher: C. Alan Publications Category: Solo…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Dave Hollinden
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
A challenging duet for two multi-percussionists with nearly identical set-ups, Surface Tension travels through many styles: hip-hop, rock, jazz waltz, and back again. As with his other compositions, Hollinden uses metric modulations for transitioning smoothly…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Dave Hollinden
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Like Hunter’s other vibraphone works, Washing Machine Blues is extremely idiomatic and fun to play. It is based on the typical 12-bar blues progression, but has an interesting variation on this progression in the “B” section.
Grade Level: 3 Copyright: 1991…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Jeff Hunter
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications