Warp
Arranger/Composer: Dwayne Rice
Item Code: 21330
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Commissioned by the Auburn University Percussion Ensemble, Warp is for a large-scale percussion ensemble of 11 performers with an off-stage violin or flute. When I had the idea for the piece, I imagined it accompanying an animated short story describing the birth and death of the universe: from the Big Bang, to the formation of the sun, the planets, human beings, and eventually to a potential Big Crunch.
Grade Level: 4
Copyright: 2014
Number of Players: 11+1
Duration: 13:20
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Category: Percussion
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Instrumentation
Offstage Violin or Flute
Vibraphone 1
Vibraphone 2
Xylophone 1 + Bells, Field Drum, Large Metal Bowl w/ BBs
Xylophone 2 + Snare Drum
Marimba 1 (4-octave)
marimba 2 (4.3-octave)
Marimba 3 (5-octave)
Marimba 4 (5-octave)
Percussion 1
Concert Bass Drum, Low Woodblock, High Non-Resonant Metal, Medium Sizzle, Low Suspended, Anvil, Snare Drum, Gong, Chimes
Percussion 2
Concert Bass Drum, Low Woodblock, Medium Non-Resonant Metal, Low Sizzle, Medium Suspended, Lion's Roar, Wind Chimes, 2 Concert Toms, Triangle, 2 octaves Crotales