Written for string orchestra with optional percussion ensemble & rhythm section, Chimera No. 3 was inspired by a fire-breathing creature from Greek mythology, often depicted as part lion, part goat, and part serpent. In this programmatic work, the Chimera…
Style:
String
Composer:
Doug Wallace
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Beginning with an extended violin solo that is full of the double stops that are typical of American fiddle music, both instruments spur each other on to a tight, driving expression and a kind of joyful expression of the memories of hurt, akin to the…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Daniel Levitan
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Elegy for Bass Trombone & String Quartet elicits the multifaceted feelings of grief beginning with the trombone playing a solemn lyrical line in A minor against a quiet backdrop of ascending sixteenths of intervals of sixths and fifths in the string…
Style:
Brass, String
Composer:
David R. Gillingham
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Fancies is a one-movement concert work for string quartet that is dedicated to the Los Angeles-based Lyris Quartet.
Grade Level: 5 Copyright: 2015 Number of Players: 4 Duration: 10:25 Publisher: Brubel Music Type: Quartet Category: String
Instrumentation…
Style:
String
Composer:
Bruce Broughton
Publisher:
Brubel Music
Gold Rush Songs is a set of three showpieces for violin & piano based upon American tunes from the mid-19th century.
Grade Level: 5 Copyright: 2018 Number of Players: 2 Duration: 8:50 Publisher: Brubel Music Type: Duet Category: String
Instrumentation…
Style:
String
Composer:
Bruce Broughton
Publisher:
Brubel Music
Written for electric violin and harmonizer, this computer interactive piece is rhythmic excitement with rock, funk, and jazz styles all rolled into one exciting composition.Program NotesA Harmonizer is a vocal synthesizer that uses a microphone or "pick-up"…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Daniel McCarthy
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Hopscotch is a playful, although not entirely innocent, composition where the game-like mentality is pursued on a variety of levels. The first movement serves as a prelude to the dance-like flavor of the second movement. Challenging work for both performers.…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Michael DeMurga
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
First Prize Winner in the 1988 Marimolin Composition Competition, Legal Highs is a 12-1/2 minute composition in three movements: Mr. Coffee, Menthology, and Sweet Thing.
Grade Level: 5 Copyright: 1992 Number of Players: 2 Duration: 12:30 Publisher: C. Alan…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
David Jones
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
MVP is a tour-de-force was written for the marimba/violin duo Marimolin. The instruments weave in and out of one another, alternately playing melody and accompanimental roles. A perfect addition to your next chamber recital.
Grade Level: 5 Copyright: 1992…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
David Ernst
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
A Musical Entertainment
The Pompous Piano is a musical fable for piano, violin, B-flat clarinet, and narrator. Unlike most fables, whose characters are animals; this fable is about musical instruments. There is, of course, a moral that the composer leaves for…
Style:
Woodwind, String
Composer:
Luigi Zaninelli
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications