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A great marimba trio for your next recital or concert. With elements of jazz and some more modern textural writing, this piece has a lot to offer the player and listener. Grade Level: 4 Copyright: 2008 Number of Players: 3 Duration: 3:40 Publisher: C. Alan…
Style: Percussion
Composer: Matthew Fink
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
This percussion sextet written predominantly in 6/4 phrases in alternating bars of 5/8 and 7/8. The 6/4 motivic development blends and creates a rhythmic tension against the 2-3-2-2-3 beaming. A rhythmic motif of sixteenth notes on the “two” groupings drive…
Style: Percussion
Composer: Michael Varner
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Daybreak depicts a morning of waking up slowly in the morning, rising from bed, and getting ready to commute down the busy interstate to work each day.Program NotesThe inspiration for this piece came from my morning drive each day as I traveled an hour to…
Style: Percussion
Composer: David Mety
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
C.P.E. Bach’s Solfeggio in C Minor is one of his most popular keyboard works. This adaptation spreads the composition across a marimba quartet for beautiful arrangement that makes great use of the tone and timbre of the marimba.Program NotesWritten by German…
Style: Percussion
Composer: C.P.E. Bach, David Mety
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
This arrangement of the second movement of Ravel’s String Quartet in F Major captures the essence of the original and translates it to the world of mallet percussion. The arrangement utilizes six marimbas to capture the playfulness and beauty of the original…
Style: Percussion
Composer: Maurice Ravel, David Mety
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Voices of Himeji is an exciting quartet of three movements portraying a beautiful castle in Japan, high on a hill, guarding the city silently for centuries. Divided into separate movements of Drums, Marimbas, and Metals, each feature distinctive groupings of…
Style: Percussion
Composer: Michael Varner
Publisher: C. Alan Publications