This set of short pieces begins in a contemporary (although tonal) harmonic language and gradually carries the listener “back in time” to a more romantic tonality. The five “photographs” hint at a possible story connecting the different images, but these…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Christine Donkin
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Awake is a groove-oriented piece about coming alive, existing, and finding oneself. It explores texture and meter amongst a mostly consistent pulse and simple recognizable melody that pervades the work.
Grade Level: 5 Copyright: 2022 Number of Players: 5…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Austin Franklin
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
for Percussion Quartet
ImPULSE is a rhythmically driving percussion quartet based around a quarter note pulse. This pulse grows in intensity until the very end of the piece where it creates the final climax.Program NotesImPULSE for percussion quartet was…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Austin Franklin
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Both of these two lovely marimba solos express a sense of nostalgia. The Prelude is a chorale that leaves nearly every aspect of musical interpretation up to the performer. Reverie is a beautiful, lyrical piece filled with grace.Program NotesThe works Prelude…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Austin Franklin
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Trance is a marimba solo filled with rhythmic drive and groove that explores the full dynamic range of the instrument while still maintaining a sense of lightness and subtlety.Program NotesTrance, composed in 2015, is one of my first compositions. There is…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Austin Franklin
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications