Beyond the Sequestered Grove is simply the second movement (Cadenza lenta) extracted from Zachary Cairns' Concert(in)o for Marimba & Wind Quintet. It is largely an introspective work, but there is plenty of understated, undulating urgency to showcase the…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Zachary Cairns
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Body Lotion is a funny, groovy body percussion piece in a “New Jack Swing Feel”, ending with fast “drum and bass” grooves and breaks. It works great as an encore and is characterized by a wide dynamic range and many different sounds.
Grade Level: 3 Copyright…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Christopher Fellinger
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Cold Groove is a percussion sextet that does nothing but...well...GROOVE! Each player has a snare drum plus at least one auxiliary instrument to give some textural variety. Filled with tons of visuals, Cold Groove is not only a treat for the ears, but for the…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Christopher Fellinger
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Written to depict the process of searching for new subatomic particles (often referred to as “dark matter” or “anti-matter”) at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) developed by CERN in Switzerland, Collide is a monstrous piece for percussion orchestra that grabs…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Jacob Remington
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Written for percussionist Jeffrey Barudin, Concert(in)o for Marimba & WInd Quintet is a challenging, delightful three-movement work that showcases the full range of the marimba, both musically & physically.Program NotesConcert(in)o for Marimba and…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Zachary Cairns
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
In Fellinger's "junky" piece "Don't Talk Trash," oil barrels, buckets, various household bowls, iron pipes tuned, car brake drums, aluminum tubes, and four thunder sheets are all used. You and your students will not only have a blast tracking these "…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Christopher Fellinger
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Set in two movements - Hocket-ish and Tandem - Interactions for Baritone Saxophone & Percussion is a tour-de-force for both players and a delight for audiences, both visually and aurally.Program NotesInteractions for Baritone Saxophone and Percussion…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Zachary Cairns
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Prelude in C# Minor, Op. 3, No. 2 is one from a set of 24 preludes for solo piano that covers all of the major and minor keys, emulating earlier sets by Bach, Chopin, Scriabin, and others. It appears hear in an equally virtuosic setting…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Jacob Remington, Rachmaninoff
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Prelude to Paradise was written to reflect the composer's personal view of the chaotic events surrounding the end of days as they are depicted in the Book of Revelation. This impressive work for percussion orchestra is the epitomy of "tour-de-force" - from…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Jacob Remington
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
This tour-de-force for solo 5-octave marimba is not for the faint of heart. Driven by octave eighth notes throughout, Remington's Rhapsody for Solo Marimba would've felt right at home in the virtuosic romantic era with contemporaries like Liszt & Paganini…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Jacob Remington
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications