Broad melodic figures punctuated by rhythmic accents in the woodwinds and percussion help Amber Terrace Dreams celebrate the drive to fulfill students' hopes and dreams and is dedicated to the teachers who help make those dreams a reality.Program NotesAmber…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Christopher Tucker
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
Cool Beans" juxtaposes the composer’s love of jazz and Hispanic music. With driving rhythms and vivid colors, this selection is sure to excite the audience while providing the students with music of merit.Program NotesCool Beans was commissioned by the Bussey…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Christopher Tucker
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
This adaptation of the fugue for full percussion ensemble explores the versatile sonic capabilities of keyboard percussion instruments and creatively incorporates various battery and accessory percussion instruments in ways that make this movement…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Jacob Arie
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Written for the Lone Star Wind Orchestra Percussion Ensemble, The Headache Miniatures is a collection of five percussion sextets, each written by a different Texas composer.Program NotesWritten for the Lone Star Wind Orchestra Percussion Ensemble, The…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Scott Ward, Petrinowitsch, Dave Hall, Christopher Tucker, Dooley
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
In the summer of 2011, Maria Finkelmeier & Jacob Remington (Evolution Percussion Duo) initiated a Kickstarter campaign to commission several new works. Jake contributed one of his own compositions to the concert, "Tango Passacaglia," which was the perfect…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Jacob Remington
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
A follow-up and companion piece to Remington's ever-popular Prelude to Paradise, Thy Kingdom Come is a bright & sparkling new work for percussion orchestra that merges the Swedish hymn How Great Thou Art with original ideas, resulting in a joyous…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Jacob Remington
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications