A short concert opener for advanced percussion ensemble, A Little D 'n' A explores fun techniques using muted and open sounds and allows for bluesy improvisation in the keyboard instruments. Fast and furious, this is a showy piece for your next concert.…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Gary Gilroy
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
The Absence of Color was written in the Winter of 2007 and received its premiere at Elon University (NC) in April, 2008. The music and the poetry came in response to two of my friends being pulled apart to different places because of work situations. Both the…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Jon Metzger
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
You enjoy a lot of freedom when performing Batterie Diabolique. Instrument choice is intentionally indeterminate, plus there is room for improvisation should you wish.Program NotesYou enjoy a lot of freedom when performing Batterie Diabolique. Instrument…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Jon Metzger
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
with Narrator
Inspired by the book "Black Elk Speaks" by John Neihardt (an oral history of Black Elk, a Sioux medicine man or Shaman), this dramatic work for 11 percussionists culminates in narrator reciting a passage from the book.Program NotesInspired by…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Jon Metzger
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Gilroy takes advantage of this opportunity to expose terrific mallet players along with an assortment of percussive colors that are meant to explore sounds that might be associated with creepy little wiggly things. A challenge for your talented percussionists…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Gary Gilroy
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Read the grand staff and improve your musical skills. A perky piece filled with unique changes and styles. A FUN piece for mallets.
Grade Level: 2 Copyright: 1996 Number of Players: 1 Duration: 3:30 Publisher: C. Alan Publications Category: Solo Works
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Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Jon Metzger
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
After a brief free introduction, the marimba enters with a Latin groove before the vibraphone enters with the head. The entire piece is infused with jazz flavors from the talents of jazz vibraphonist Jon Metzger. Toward the end of the piece, there are…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Jon Metzger
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Each movement of Four Flights depicts what could be a simple childhood song. First Steps is set up somewhat like a two-part invention between flute and marimba. Josh’s New Bag, opens with a simple rudimental snare drum solo that continues when the flute…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Jon Metzger
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Ignis is a high energy marimba quartet about igniting a flame. The pulsing rhythms, running sixteenth notes, and split runs have proven to make the work a crowd favorite.Program NotesI wrote Ignis the summer before my freshman year of my bachelors degree at…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Christopher Bradford
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Commissioned by Lisa Rogers at Texas Tech University, Imageries is an effective marriage of jazz and classical styles. It is in three movements: Minister of Grace, The Sunnier Side of Doubt, and A Glorious Secret. Very clear indications of mallet and pedal…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Jon Metzger
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications