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
An entertaining work originally for piano, this arrangement maintains the same form as the original in its scoring for percussion ensemble. Written for xylophone, vibraphone, 4 marimbas (playable on 2 instruments), triangle, tambourine, bass drum, and crash…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Moszkowski, Josh Gottry
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
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
Fast and fun describe this fantastic arrangement of a popular orchestra piece. It will have your audiences dancing down the aisles.
Grade Level: 3 Copyright: 1992 Number of Players: 6 Duration: 2:30 Publisher: C. Alan Publications Type: Sextet Category:…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Moszkowski, Dan Armstrong
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
The Whole Toy Laid Down was inspired by an extended daydream about a mechanical wind-up toy. With that as a starting point, my goal was to fuse the energy of rock style drumming with classical performance technique, resulting in music that is both accessible…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Dave Hollinden
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications