Set in 5 movements - Ritual, Rain, Sacred Earth, Pintubi Dance and Fire - Aboriginal Dreams is intended to offer brief glimpses of the Aboriginal culture. Beautifully scored and full of color, grace and unstoppable energy.Program NotesCommissioned by Rick…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Roland Barrett
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
3rd Place Winner of the 2005 Percussive Arts Society Composition Contest, Adaptation divides into three contrasting movements - Improvisation, Meditation & Revelation. Led primarily by the keyboard percussion, the three battery percussion parts pepper the…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
The idea for AfterBurn simply came from the title and the myriad of ways a fire can burn. What results is a perpetual motion tour-de-force work for both players that takes listeners on a journey... Spark | Ignite | Dance | Scorch | Smolder | Incinerate |…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Commissioned by Laura Lynch and Jason Kihle from the University of Jamestown (Fargo, ND), Allez! was written to be a dynamic opener or closer for a program that features the instruments equally. From the opening notes, the piece just "goes" and never lets up…
Style:
Woodwind, Percussion
Composer:
Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Commissioned by Laura Lynch (horn) and Jason Kihle (vibraphone) from the University of Jamestown (Fargo, ND), Allez! was written to be a dynamic opener or closer for a program that features the instruments equally. From the opening notes, the piece just "goes…
Style:
Brass, Percussion
Composer:
Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Originally a marimba & piano duet, Almost Beyond was inspired by the poem and beautiful watercolor print of the same name by StoryPeople creator Brian Andreas. Now scored for a full keyboard percussion ensemble with 2 optional auxiliary percussion parts,…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
As Above, So Below delves into the universe of Norse mythology. The three-movement work for percussion orchestra centers on Yggdrasil, the “Tree of Life,” with branches that extend to all nine of the worlds that make up the Norse mythological universe. The…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Spanish for the color blue, Azul is a two-movement work that explores the contemplative mood of the vast icy-blue glaciers of Antarctica (with the harsh, metallic sounds of crotales and vibraphone) and the infernal unpredictability of sapphiric flames (with…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
for 6 Percussionists…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Blaze is a balanced percussion septet pitting the keyboards versus the battery instruments. It draws inspiration from the following Ralph Waldo Emerson quote, as in “trail-blaze” or a blaze on a trail: “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications