An ethereal, but intense, rolled section opens the piece building to a dramatic climax. Bursts of sixteenth notes flying up and down the instrument make this both fun and play and impressive to watch. The slow middle section employs independent rolls in both…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Gus Burghdorf
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Deep Beneath the Ice is a tuneful piece for solo marimba that offers the performer many opportunities for musical expression. A calm, song-like beginning builds to a climax of cascading arpeggios, shifting the harmony and texture to a place in which melodies…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Stephen Karukas
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Play Joplin's famous ragtime piano solo on the marimba! Lowry has done a remarkable job adapting the piece, allowing the music to sing on the rosewood bars.
Grade Level: 3 Copyright: 2013 Number of Players: 1 Duration: 4:30 Publisher: C. Alan Publications…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Mark Lowry, Joplin
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Lowry's lovely setting of Greensleeves for solo marimba features a gently undulating sixteenth note accompaniment in the left hand while the right hand plays the famous melody.
Grade Level: 3 Copyright: 2012 Number of Players: 1 Duration: 3:00 Publisher: C.…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Mark Lowry
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
After a slow and mysterious opening, The Hunted takes off on a rampage filled with chromaticism and heart pounding rhythms. The pieces is technically very idiomatic, but it is extremely impressive from the audience's perspective.
Grade Level: 3 Copyright:…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Gus Burghdorf
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
This beautiful chorale is first presented with arpeggiated chords in several sticking permutations. No time signature or key signature is indicated, but the piece centers around A minor. It continuously flows from beginning to end. Perfect for all levels of…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Gus Burghdorf
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Expressively textural in one moment and relentlessly groovy in the next, It Flows is a challenging and varied work for marimba and alto saxophone that includes polyrhythmic textures, exciting hocketed lines, and soaring saxophone melodies. The constantly…
Style:
Woodwind, Percussion
Composer:
Stephen Karukas
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Combining the energy and drive of west African agbadzah drumming with the melodic capabilities of the marimba into a tour-de-force for the solo marimbist, Marimbadzah is an explosive, driving piece that works equally well as a program opener or closer.Program…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Mark Lowry
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
This is an effective programmatic work in three movements: The Storm, Life, and The Dance. The first movement portrays the intensity of the storm with much dissonance and rhythmic excitement. The second movement is a four-part chorale set in C major. The…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Gus Burghdorf
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Dedicated to the composer's own sibling, Sister's Song features a gently rocking, lyrical melody over an arpeggiated eighth note accompaniment. It is sure to tug at the heart-strings.
Grade Level: 3 Copyright: 1999 Number of Players: 1 Duration: 4:30…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Gus Burghdorf
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications