Downside, Up and Around
Downside, Up and Around explores the range of textures and timbres made possible by simple set-ups. It features two snare drum soloists accompanied by five percussionists and is influenced by techno music, which focuses on long-scale ostinati with gradual…
Style: Percussion
Composer: Jeffrey Barudin
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Line Around Us, The
The Line Around Us is a sextet that explores an extreme membranophone range, accented by the use of cymbals. The work helps performers strengthen ensemble awareness, work on polyrhythmic figures, and develop dynamic sensitivity.Program NotesThe Line Around Us…
Style: Percussion
Composer: Jeffrey Barudin
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Twelve Squared
A Voodoo Tone Poem in Memory of John Cage Twelve Squared is a voodoo tone poem in eleven movements. Each movement is about 4 minutes. The last movement is 4'33" of lots of sound (in tribute to Cage's 4'33" of silence). Voodoo drumming is used to call forth…
Style: Percussion
Composer: Wendy Mae Chambers
Publisher: C. Alan Publications