Featuring a balanced ensemble of keyboard and battery percussion, Mercury Rising is, in essence, a double fugue that gives all players the opportunity to shine.Program NotesFeaturing a balanced ensemble of keyboard and battery percussion, Mercury Rising is,…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Variants on “In the Bleak Midwinter”
In true “fantasy” fashion, this setting of In the Bleak Midwinter starts with a simple statement of the melody in the metallic keyboards against flowing triplets in the marimbas. The melody then travels through several…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Power Struggle features a balanced ensemble of 4 keyboard percussion and 4 battery percussion. The struggle is apparent from the opening bars of the piece, with the 2 halves of the ensemble competing for attention in an exhilarating and bombastic fashion. The…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Originally for bells & vibraphone found in Daughtrey's collection of duets for young percussionists, DUOLOGY, Sea of Tranquility has been expanded for full percussion ensemble for C. Alan's IGNITE SERIES. Much like the area of the same name found on the…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
from 'Rusalka'
This beautifully lush arrangement of Song to the Moon from Dvorak's opera 'Rusalka' is designed to be performed without soprano soloist. However, if you have voice faculty or a guest artist you would like to feature that has this aria in their…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Dvorak, Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Spiraling Light is a dark, driving percussion octet inspired by an event in Norway when a blue mysterious beam of light with a grayish spiral emanating from it appeared in the night sky. The piece features a balanced ensemble of 4 keyboard and 4 battery…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Spitfire II is a tour-de-force work for solo euphonium and percussion ensemble that takes your breath away from the first flourish of 16th notes and doesn't let go until the final note. Caution: Not for the feint of heart.Program NotesSpitfire was inspired by…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
"I Wonder As I Wander"…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Dedicated to the composer's young daughter who is fascinated with everything in the night sky, StarDancer alternates between light-hearted, spinning dances and more raucous, foot-stomping dances.Program NotesStarDancer is dedicated to & inspired by my 3-…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Originally scored for marimba quartet, this arrangement of the ever-popular Christmas carol Stille Nacht (”Silent Night”) has been re-imagined for mixed keyboard quartet with 5 optional parts, including chimes, timpani, and 3 auxiliary percussion. After a…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications