Catalyst is a fun, challenging piece that requires skill and musicality from all players. It is meant to portray the action of a "catalyst," which can be described as something that sets things in motion. This can be seen as many different things; maybe…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Harrison J. Collins
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Cloud Dance is a stunning and engaging work that begins by emulating the sounds of rolling thunder, falling rain drops, and gently stirred wind chimes in a summer rainstorm. It becomes a dance in which several central ideas are developed as if they were rain…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Harrison J. Collins
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Four Architectures in Normal, Illinois is a dynamic and colorful exploration of "the elements", four adjacent architectural works of art on the Illinois State University campus. Set in four contrasting movements, this show-stopping work is a blast to play and…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Harrison J. Collins
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
With an incessantly dark, ritualistic quality coupled with a metallic sparkle, Magic takes its title from the concept of magic as a powerful and unknowable cosmic force, and the awe - and potentially fear - that may be felt in its presence.Program NotesMagic…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Harrison J. Collins
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Inspired by and based on the ubiquitous Fibonacci sequence, A Page from the Book of Nature is a reflection on the crossroads at which the deep relationship between nature and mathematics can be observed. This gripping work explores several moods inspired by…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Harrison J. Collins
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Pointillism takes its name from a painting technique exploited by the French artist Georges Seurat. Small dots of color were juxtaposed on the canvas so that when viewed from a distance the colors were mixed optically. An attempt to transfer the technique to…
Style:
Percussion, Woodwind
Composer:
Vida Chenoweth
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
A postcard painting by Ivan Generalcic inspired a poem by Krzywicki, which then inspired this colorful, descriptive, and challenging duet for marimba and piano. Both players are on equal footing throughout, each having their own moments in the spotlight.…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Jan Krzywicki
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
for Mallet Quartet
There and Back is a palindromic study in minimalism. This work, an exact palindrome, develops an insistent five-note motif over time (going there) and then reverses back all the way to its beginning (coming back). This work balances a…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Harrison J. Collins
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Vida Chenoweth, perhaps more than any other artist, is responsible for elevating solo marimba to a level of respect equal in stature to violin, piano or guitar. She is known for her high artistic abilities as well as her insistence on performing new works…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Vida Chenoweth
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications