With spiraling melodic passages and unique color combinations between instruments, Aequilibrium is sure to entrance audiences and performers alike.Program NotesAequilibrium was a fluke. It started as an idea after Dr. Joe Moore III, Director of Percussion…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Mat Campbell
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
The three movements of Mathew Campbell's Concerto for Piano and Percussion Ensemble were influenced by the neoclassical music of Igor Stravinsky, the impressionistic style of Claude Debussy, and the whimsically serious music of György Ligeti. A true tour-de-…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Mat Campbell
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
With text by Lord Byron, The Destruction of Sennacherib is a powerful work for amplified spoken voice and a battery percussion septet. The piece is driving from beginning to end and will add a lot of variety to a percussion ensemble concert!Program NotesThe…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Jeffrey Barudin
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Downside, Up and Around explores the range of textures and timbres made possible by simple set-ups. It features two snare drum soloists accompanied by five percussionists and is influenced by techno music, which focuses on long-scale ostinati with gradual…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Jeffrey Barudin
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Inspired by electricity, electronic devices, and energy as a whole, electric cathedral brings a new role to the malletSTATION: concerto soloist. This electroacoustic piece combines hardware, software, and spatial elements to create an immersive, yet inviting…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Mat Campbell
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Inspired by electricity, electronic devices, and energy as a whole, electric cathedral brings a new role to the malletSTATION: concerto soloist. This electroacoustic piece combines hardware, software, and spatial elements to create an immersive, yet inviting…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Mat Campbell
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
A Study in Disembodied Consciousness
Loosely depicting the composer's take on an out-of-body experience, this advanced work incorporates both voice and percussion and takes listeners on an incredible journey "into the void".Program NotesThe text of this piece…
Style:
Mixed Choir, Percussion
Composer:
Mat Campbell
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
The Line Around Us is a sextet that explores an extreme membranophone range, accented by the use of cymbals. The work helps performers strengthen ensemble awareness, work on polyrhythmic figures, and develop dynamic sensitivity.Program NotesThe Line Around Us…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Jeffrey Barudin
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Sentinel juxtaposes the celebratory fanfare commonly found in patriotic music. The intense music tells a story of unwavering focus and forward motion, all while paying tribute to these Unknown Soldiers and their forthcoming Sentinels today and into the future…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Mat Campbell
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
So We Go Forward is a driving work for 9 percussionists that was inspired by a quote from Chukwuemeka (“Emeka”) Odumegwu Ojukwu was one of the most important figures in the Nigerian/Biafran Civil War in the late 1960s. Describing his soldiers' position on the…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Jeffrey Barudin
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications