This percussion sextet written predominantly in 6/4 phrases in alternating bars of 5/8 and 7/8. The 6/4 motivic development blends and creates a rhythmic tension against the 2-3-2-2-3 beaming. A rhythmic motif of sixteenth notes on the “two” groupings drive…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Michael Varner
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
At a time when the UK is gripped by turbulent times British composer Michael Brand has taken themes from Holst’s Jupiter from his ‘Planets’ Suite (including the patriotic ‘I vow to thee my Country’) and created a new musical context for them. Rhythmic and at…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Michael Brand
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Sunrise, Sunset features a vaguely ritualistic quality in which ‘drumming’ provides the constant thread.Program NotesThe Samul-Nori is a performance practice based on ancient Korean folk music. The Samul-Nori is enjoying something of a rebirth in Korea as a…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Jere Hutcheson
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
The Silence Between… is an advanced multiple percussion solo written for 4 toms, 4 almglocken, and opera gong. It is a minimalist set up that challenges the performer to explores an incredible vocabulary of sounds and effects while offering the listener new…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Michael Varner
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications