Deep Beneath the Ice is a tuneful piece for solo marimba that offers the performer many opportunities for musical expression. A calm, song-like beginning builds to a climax of cascading arpeggios, shifting the harmony and texture to a place in which melodies…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Stephen Karukas
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Piano Feature
A challenging work for piano and percussion ensemble. This work features an advanced piano part that has many vertical characteristics. The percussion parts color and shape the musical concepts of the piano solo.Program NotesA challenging work…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Jonathan Green
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Expressively textural in one moment and relentlessly groovy in the next, It Flows is a challenging and varied work for marimba and alto saxophone that includes polyrhythmic textures, exciting hocketed lines, and soaring saxophone melodies. The constantly…
Style:
Woodwind, Percussion
Composer:
Stephen Karukas
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Spirited and light-hearted, Jonathan Green uses vocalizations of the title Machaca to enhance this brief piece.
Grade Level: 2 Copyright: 2002 Number of Players: Standard Duration: 2:05 Publisher: C. Alan Publications Category: Concert Band
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Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Jonathan Green
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Optimal Damage is an exciting percussion quartet for accessible instruments. Solo/duo opportunities take place over a groovy backbone, including wood block “snare breaks” and polyrhythmic illusions that create a fun challenge for both students and seasoned…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Stephen Karukas
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Percussion Trio Feature
Do you have an orchestra director brave enough to program this one? This tour-de-force shows off every aspect of being a percussionist, from the gentle and expressive sounds of the melodic percussion to the savage and barbaric sounds…
Style:
Full Orchestra
Composer:
Jonathan Green
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Tears of Apollo is a musical portrayal of three stages of man’s relationship to God: I. Age of Fire, II. Age of Reason, and III. Age of Heaven. Four challenging mallet parts make this a must for your college ensemble.Program NotesTears of Apollo is a musical…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Jonathan Green
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
The highly syncopated grooves and industrial electronic sounds of Third Rail / Revelation keep the audience on their toes while providing a thrilling challenge for both the saxophone and marimba. Living on the boundary between modern music production and…
Style:
Composer:
Stephen Karukas
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Designed to evoke images of primitive life, To Live and Die in the Wild utilizes a range of sounds, including intense ritual drumming, intricate polyrhythmic cells, and weeping, howling effects made possible by fading between different drums and rolling on…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Stephen Karukas
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications