Set in the romanticism of a pirate’s life, the bold melodies of A Pirate’s Tale capture the essence of day-to-day life on the high seas - billowing sails, rolling seas, blasting canons, pillaging and plundering the riches of others. Straighten your eye patch…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Richard Linton
Publisher:
Brolga Music
Amorphous Solid is an exploration of different physical states as they can be represented through musical texture. Furthermore, it’s an attempt to repurpose and reorder the traditional instrumentation of a Panorama-style steel band. At its core, the piece…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Dave Hall
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
with CD Accompaniment
A fast paced, rhythmic gem. The timpanist has the opportunity to perform complex, strictly metered rhythms as well as some rubato sections of free playing. The score calls for extensive hand drumming techniques, and for various…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Stephen Ridley
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
DOWNLOAD ELECTRONIC ACCOMPANIMENTA fast paced, rhythmic gem. The timpanist has the opportunity to perform complex, strictly metered rhythms as well as some rubato sections of free playing. The score calls for extensive hand drumming techniques, and for…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Stephen Ridley
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
A brilliant fusion of classical and modern idioms and harmonies bring this piece to the forefront of contemporary composition. A virtuostic and technical beast, this piece is a must for the modern marimbist.Program NotesApocalyptic Etude was composed and…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Dave Hall
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Inspired by the Balinese and Javanese gamelan music of Indonesia, Archipelagos features unique textures, timbres, and instruments like flower pots and tuned aluminum pipes.Program NotesArchipelagos is a short interlude scored for seven percussionists. This…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Dave Hall
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Inspired by the William Blake poem "Morning," ...ascends the sky is a beautiful intermediate work for solo 5-octave marimba, filled with sixteenth notes flowing up and down the full range of the instrument.Program Notes...ascends the sky was inspired by the…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Dave Hall
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Based around the drum groove from Weather Report's classic "Birdland," Diggin' the Dorian exposes players to playing in mode they might not be familiar with.Program NotesThe drum groove for Diggin' the Dorian is based on the Weather Report classic, Birdland.…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Richard Linton
Publisher:
Brolga Music
Loosely based on the "deconstructionist" architecture of Frank Gehry, Dave Hall's percussion quartet DisArchitecture takes the listener on a journey through many harmonic and rhythmic textures.Program NotesDisArchitecture is loosely based on the “…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Dave Hall
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Commissioned by the TCU Percussion Orchestra for their perfomance at PASIC, this colorful, breath-taking work for large percussion ensemble takes the genre to a new level, exploring new sound combinations and timbres. Dave Hall demonstrates he is at the top…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Dave Hall
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications