Truman Capote's short story Music for Chameleons provided the inspiration for this work. Welcher's music sets the stage for Capote's story with its use of cricket calls, bamboo wind chimes, and spring coil. Bits of Mozart piano sonatas are quoted throughout…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Dan Welcher
Publisher:
OU Percussion Press
Dark Filaments begins with an explosion from a single point that spins out two threads, a dark pentatonic melody and a short rhythmic burst, and follows as they entwine and change each other as intensity builds.Program NotesDark Filaments was written for 8…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Michael Ptacin
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Moving back and forth from a slow lyric melody to a fast paced dance, New Africa blends the voices of the bassoon and vibraphone wonderfully during the sonorous passages while also pitting them against each other in jazz-like sections.
Grade Level: 4…
Style:
Woodwind, Percussion
Composer:
Daniel Chisham
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications