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This intermediate marimba solo serves as a wonderful introduction to polytonality for the performer and audience alike. While not too technically challenging, Awake & Resting requires a great deal of musical nuance.Program NotesAwake & Resting, for…
Style: Solo Works
Composer: Jacob Emch
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Get your groove on with this fun piece from William Kempster. Works great as a novelty tune on a percussion ensemble concert! Grade Level: 3 Copyright: 2000 Number of Players: 8 + Electric Bass Publisher: C. Alan Publications Category: Percussion…
Style: Percussion
Composer: William Kempster
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Using harmonies from the jazz idiom, Wiliam Kempster has created a work for percussion ensemble that is both inviting for the audience and engaging for the performers. Grade Level: 3 Copyright: 2005 Number of Players: 7 + Electric Bass Duration: 5:00…
Style: Percussion
Composer: William Kempster
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Duo Dichotomy is written for 4.3-octave marimba with optional notes of a 5-octave marimba. Listen for the two "dichotomies" of the piece - the two central tonalities (B-flat minor and F-sharp minor) and the contrast between five-note and four-note rhythms.…
Style: Solo Works
Composer: Jacob Emch
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Tamarack & Birch is an adrenaline-raising work that provides an excellent challenge/reward ratio for the intermediate to advanced marimba soloist. Each movement works well as its own stand-alone piece (about four and a half minutes each), but goes better…
Style: Solo Works
Composer: Jacob Emch
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Ride the waves and explore life under the sea in this 3-minute work for solo low-A marimba.Program NotesUnderwater Adventure is written for a 4.3-octave marimba. The piece is fairly simple, but it provides certain challenges for the performer. This piece…
Style: Solo Works
Composer: Jacob Emch
Publisher: C. Alan Publications