Rudra
With a title coming from the Vedic god Rudra, the god of the roaring storm and a fierce entity of destruction, the entire quartet is based on the idea of compression, acceleration, and intensifaction. There are even some elements of rock music, which is sure…
Style: Percussion
Composer: Payton MacDonald
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Soundscape for Organ & Percussion Ensemble
Scored for organ and percussion quartet, Soundscapes explores many of the sonic possibilities of the pipe organ and accentuates these with a wide array of battery percussion, gongs & other metallic instruments, and keyboard percussion. Grade Level: 3…
Style: Percussion
Composer: Robert Rumbelow
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Three Marimba Etudes
These three expressive etudes for 4-mallet low-A marimba - Turnings, Changes, & Pivots - explore common (and uncommon) sticking permutations and stroke types in fresh harmonic setting that encourage a highly musical approach to the instrument. Grade Level…
Style: Solo Works
Composer: Payton MacDonald
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
To See
Filled with musical and technical challenges, To See is a robust intermediate solo for low-A Marimba that is sure to help performers grow. Grade Level: 4 Copyright: 2022 Number of Players: 1 Publisher: C. Alan Publications Category: Solo Works Listen to…
Style: Solo Works
Composer: Payton MacDonald
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Xati
Inspired by South Indian Carnatic music and the percussion works of Xenakis, Xati is an exciting yet sophisticated tambourine quintet, filled with polyrhythms and primitivism.Program NotesIn the spring of 2007 I spent two months listening to South Indian…
Style: Percussion
Composer: Payton MacDonald
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Zarabanda
Xylophone/Marimba Feature Zarabanda is in several sections with a Latin style rhythm that occasionally gets interrupted by accented outbursts from the ensemble. As the piece develops and moves from section to section, new rhythmic and melodic ideas are…
Style: Concert Band
Composer: Joseph Turrin
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Zarabanda (piano reduction)
Zarabanda is in several sections with a Latin style rhythm that occasionally gets interrupted by accented outbursts from the ensemble. As the piece develops and moves from section to section, new rhythmic and melodic ideas are introduced. The piece culminates…
Style: Percussion
Composer: Joseph Turrin
Publisher: C. Alan Publications