This intermediate marimba solo serves as a wonderful introduction to polytonality for the performer and audience alike. While not too technically challenging, Awake & Resting requires a great deal of musical nuance.Program NotesAwake & Resting, for…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Jacob Emch
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
A Psychological Thriller for Brass Band
Dial ‘H’ for Hitchcock looks back to a golden era of cinema - and in particular a genre of film-making attributed to Sir Alfred Hitchcock, cinema’s peerless master of suspense and psychological thrillers. Scored like…
Style:
Brass Band
Composer:
Nigel Clarke
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Duo Dichotomy is written for 4.3-octave marimba with optional notes of a 5-octave marimba. Listen for the two "dichotomies" of the piece - the two central tonalities (B-flat minor and F-sharp minor) and the contrast between five-note and four-note rhythms.…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Jacob Emch
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
A Solemn Contemplation for Euphonium Solo and Brass Band
Written as a response to the terrible incident that had taken place in Christchurch on the South Island of New Zealand in March 2019, Kia Kaha ("Be Strong" in Māori) is a short reflective piece for solo…
Style:
Brass Band
Composer:
Nigel Clarke
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Solo Voice & Flute Feature
Based on five poems, each movement of this song cycle for soprano, flute, & wind ensemble expresses a different aspect of music's appeal, and of its effects.Program NotesMusic Becomes Me was written in 2010 for Ellen Ritchey,…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Roger Vogel
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Tamarack & Birch is an adrenaline-raising work that provides an excellent challenge/reward ratio for the intermediate to advanced marimba soloist. Each movement works well as its own stand-alone piece (about four and a half minutes each), but goes better…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Jacob Emch
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Ride the waves and explore life under the sea in this 3-minute work for solo low-A marimba.Program NotesUnderwater Adventure is written for a 4.3-octave marimba. The piece is fairly simple, but it provides certain challenges for the performer. This piece…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Jacob Emch
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Elegy for E-flat Tenor Horn…
Style:
Brass Band
Composer:
Nigel Clarke
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications