Jamming in a Lifeboat is a blues with a perky medium-tempo groove. The section writing in this work provides opportunity to reinforce rhythmic and intonation accuracy.
Grade Level: 1 Copyright: 2012 Publisher: Brolga Music Category: Jazz Ensemble
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Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Dene Ford
Publisher:
Brolga Music
Naked and On Fire is an exotic sextet bringing together instruments from many corners of the world, with intricate writing for riq, triangles, gongs, tuned pipes, vibraphone and more. Using the same pitches of pipes called for in Paul Lansky’s “Threads,” this…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Adam Silverman
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Relentless, prog-rock inspired music for drum kit with recorded accompaniment track that layers electro-bass, Moog synth, Wurlitzer keyboards and more to breathtaking effect. The sheet music comes with access to download backing tracks with and without click…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Adam Silverman
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Quick Blood is a rhythmically vigorous quartet centered around mallet instruments, with carefully layered combinations and hockets and a pounding bass drum feature. Silverman’s first work for percussion ensemble, this music was composed in 2001 for…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Adam Silverman
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
C.P.E. Bach’s Solfeggio in C Minor is one of his most popular keyboard works. This adaptation spreads the composition across a marimba quartet for beautiful arrangement that makes great use of the tone and timbre of the marimba.Program NotesWritten by German…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
C.P.E. Bach, David Mety
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
For an eight-player percussion ensemble, this colorful work features melodicas, drumming on guitar strings, a full complement of mallet instruments, and a forest of frog guiros. Its title, coined by a two-year-old, evoked a magical environment of bright,…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Adam Silverman
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Spiderweb Lead is a percussion quartet that brings together steel drum, marimba, vibraphone and a percussion accompaniment that can be played on drums of the performer’s choice such as tablas, bongos and congas, cajon, or any hand drum. In this composition,…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Adam Silverman
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications