A short and easy piece for developing ensemble, this work has everything your students could want. Jazzy themes in the mallets are interspersed with percussive overtures in the auxiliary.
Grade Level: 2 Copyright: 2002 Number of Players: 7 Duration: 2:15…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Murray Houllif
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Slater's work represents a major addition to the mallet ensemble literature. This full-fledged canzona requires advanced two and four-mallet playing on six keyboard instruments as well as sensitive playing by two percussionists. A difficult sixteen-minute…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Joseph Westley Slater
Publisher:
OU Percussion Press
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
Written for the Blackearth Percussion Group, Murray Houllif's percussion trio Earthlings explores the sonic landscapes of the moon in four descriptive movements - 1. Exploration, 2. Moonbeams, 3. Footprints and 4. Time & Space. The interactions between…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Murray Houllif
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
This collection of five vignettes for assorted clarinets and percussion instruments explores a multitude of timbre combinations and melodic/harmonic exchanges. Houllif has made a wonderful contribution to the ever-growing library of works for this genre.…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Murray Houllif
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Horn-Rims begins with a slow introduction which sets up the thematic material for the piece. The ensuing allegro features driving rhythms and intriguing dialogue between the horn and 2 percussion parts.Program NotesHorn-Rims begins with a slow introduction…
Style:
Percussion, Brass
Composer:
Murray Houllif
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
By using standard instrumentation, Houllif has created a composition in J.P. playable by a wide array of percussionists (from high school to professional). The rhythmic language features constantly changing meters. Each of the four parts is equally as…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Murray Houllif
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Pals is a delightful little rudimental snare drum duet featuring flams, 3-, 7-, and 11-stroke rolls, and lots of triplets.
Grade Level: 2 Copyright: 2003 Number of Players: 2 Duration: 1:30 Publisher: C. Alan Publications Type: Duet Category: Percussion…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Murray Houllif
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications