Shadows • Night Song • Break
Dusk is a three-movement work for solo marimba depicting that darkening time of the day. The first movement, Shadows, is meant to be very expressive and ethereal, making use of all the timbres available on the marimba. The second…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Thomas Woodring
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Nyumbani is a gorgeous three movement (slow-fast-slow) work for solo marimba appropriate for a advanced high-school or college marimbist. Each movement (The Pond, Dragonfly, and Dusk) is programmatic and meant to evoke 3 different sonic tableaus inspired by…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Mark Vance
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Short and compact, Sinfonia Caroliniana is structured in three movements, fast-slow-fast, as were the early 18th-century Italian opera overtures called “sinfonias.” Like them, this piece is tonally centered (E-flat - C - E-flat) but uses current harmonic…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Walter S. Hartley
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
for Soprano and Marimba
Mark Vance has set these three extraordinary Machado poems for soprano and marimba. The combined timbre of the voice and the marimba is compelling; the more you hear, the more you’d like to hear.Program NotesI’ve set English…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Mark Vance
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications