This beautiful adagio from one of the best known romantic symphonies truly enables the marimba ensemble to reach its most sensitive heights. The eight players can perform on four instruments (including optional bass).
Grade Level: 2 Copyright: 1984 Number of…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Saint-Saens, Richard Gipson
Publisher:
OU Percussion Press
from "Carnival of the Animals"
Written for keyboard percussion sextet, Aquarium is an arrangement of Saint-Saëns’ enchanting movement of the same name from The Carnival of the Animals. Musicality is at the forefront as players are challenged with complex,…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Matt Moore, Saint-Saens
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
An arrangement of Camille Saint-Saens's classic Danse Macabre. This arrangement is for a large percussion ensemble of 12 players. Josh Gottry has captured the essence of the Danse with this work.Program NotesA direct transcription from the original orchestra…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Saint-Saens, Josh Gottry
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Commissioned by Dr. Andrew Eldridge, Mantra is an advanced solo for snare drum, small tom, and triggered midi samples or play-along track. It was inspired by a wide range of interests converging together to make one cohesive experience. Influences range from…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Doug Bush
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Carnival of the Animals is one of the great French composer's best-known works is transcribed for symphonic band and narrator. An excellent example of programmatic music from the Romantic era, this is a demanding but playable setting of six of the movements…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Saint-Saens, Elliot Del Borgo
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
This piece begins with a soothing and reflective rolled section that first introduces the main theme in the upper voice. Throughout the piece you can hear this main theme transformed through rhythmic development and variation. It builds to a climax with a…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Nicholas Chernich
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications