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
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
Composed for the "Percussion Art Ensemble," this advanced work for three players has it all: a jazz feel, a mysterious section, perpetual motion, a more abstract section, and a fast section with a driving finish.Program NotesGroovelocity was composed for the…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Till MacIvor Meyn
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
An Anthology of 10 Traditional Mexican Tunes
Written for one 4-octave marimba, the arrangements in The Mexican Marimba attempt to recreate the traditional marimba style of street musicians so common in larger cities of Mexico. Street musicians make their…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Terry Baldridge
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
ZZZZing! embodies the thrill of fishing off the coast of Florida and Alabama in the Gulf of Mexico. The composition tells the tale of running out in a thirty-foot boat, waiting for the fish, the struggles of the catch, and the ride back home across the water.…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Till MacIvor Meyn
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications