Originally a marimba & piano duet, Almost Beyond was inspired by the poem and beautiful watercolor print of the same name by StoryPeople creator Brian Andreas. Now scored for a full keyboard percussion ensemble with 2 optional auxiliary percussion parts,…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Use this unique book to enhance the type of musical intelligence expected from today’s percussionist.ACCESS DOWNLOADABLE ELECTRONIC ACCOMPANIMENTSProgram NotesThe Book of Percussion Audition Music for the 21st Century is designed for multiple purposes. The…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Nathan Daughtrey, Cort McClaren
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Based on themes and motives from the hymn "Lord, I'm Coming Home," this lovely work for euphonium and percussion quintet was commissioned by euphonium player Christian Folk to celebrate to the life of his grandmother, Virginia. The percussion plays a purely…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
After a free, improvisational introduction with many special effects (bass drum roll inside piano, bowed tam-tam, wire brush on piano string, etc.), the tempo takes off in a fast triple meter. Eighths and sixteenths get passed around the ensemble very briskly…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Philip Parker
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Originally a marimba & vibraphone duet written as a wedding gift for Michael & Sara Wood, Edge of the World was inspired by the poem and beautiful watercolor print "True Things" by StoryPeople creator Brian Andreas (www.storypeople.com). This poem…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
The ever energetic Ellipsis features a balanced ensemble of keyboard and battery percussion. In fact, every player in the ensemble has the opportunity to play a battery instrument at some point.Program NotesEllipsis: A mark or series of marks (...) that…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Five Movements utilizes changing meters along with quick exchanges between players to showcase the diversity in a percussion ensemble. Also experience the slow second movement which shows off the expressive qualities of the instruments.Program NotesThis is…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Hsueh-Yung Shen
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Commissioned by the NC Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society to honor composer & percussionist Lynn Glassock, Legacies is a rousing work of great depth and variety. Using a similar instrumentation and rhythmic quotes from Glassock's classic work Factions…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
The Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) and Aurora Australis (Southern Lights) - the ethereal display of colored lights shimmering across the night sky - are the result of electrons colliding with the upper reaches of Earth's atmosphere. Luminescence is my…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Variants on “In the Bleak Midwinter”
In true “fantasy” fashion, this setting of In the Bleak Midwinter starts with a simple statement of the melody in the metallic keyboards against flowing triplets in the marimbas. The melody then travels through several…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications