Hip Hop Bop is an intermediate percussion quartet infused with hip hop style that utilizes very basic, standard battery instrumentation (2 snare drums, toms, and 4 timpani).
Grade Level: 2 Copyright: 1995 Number of Players: 4 Duration: 3:45 Publisher: C. Alan…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Moses Howden
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Conceived as a duet for marimba and solo dancer, Isabel is dedicated to the composers wife, who is herself a lover of dance. While the piece may be performed without choreography, performers are encouraged to consider a similar dance collaboration when…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
David Madeira
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
The delightful Minus Nine uses the unique combination of a keyboard percussion quartet and a string quartet to musically represent the beautiful & exotic world revealed during low tide on Puget Sound.Program NotesMinus Nine refers to a very low tide that…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
David Madeira
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
With a title coming from the Vedic god Rudra, the god of the roaring storm and a fierce entity of destruction, the entire quartet is based on the idea of compression, acceleration, and intensifaction. There are even some elements of rock music, which is sure…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Payton MacDonald
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
These three expressive etudes for 4-mallet low-A marimba - Turnings, Changes, & Pivots - explore common (and uncommon) sticking permutations and stroke types in fresh harmonic setting that encourage a highly musical approach to the instrument.
Grade Level…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Payton MacDonald
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Filled with musical and technical challenges, To See is a robust intermediate solo for low-A Marimba that is sure to help performers grow.
Grade Level: 4 Copyright: 2022 Number of Players: 1 Publisher: C. Alan Publications Category: Solo Works
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Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Payton MacDonald
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Holiday
This arrangement of Carol of the Bells looks back to the Ukrainian version for inspiration, realizing the folk theme for percussive timbres. It is scored for 4 marimbas plus crotales. A beautiful arrangement!Program NotesThis popular theme of the…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
David Madeira
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Inspired by South Indian Carnatic music and the percussion works of Xenakis, Xati is an exciting yet sophisticated tambourine quintet, filled with polyrhythms and primitivism.Program NotesIn the spring of 2007 I spent two months listening to South Indian…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Payton MacDonald
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications