A short and easy piece for developing ensemble, this work has everything your students could want. Jazzy themes in the mallets are interspersed with percussive overtures in the auxiliary.
Grade Level: 2 Copyright: 2002 Number of Players: 7 Duration: 2:15…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Murray Houllif
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Written for the Blackearth Percussion Group, Murray Houllif's percussion trio Earthlings explores the sonic landscapes of the moon in four descriptive movements - 1. Exploration, 2. Moonbeams, 3. Footprints and 4. Time & Space. The interactions between…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Murray Houllif
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Four Lyric Pieces is a collection of piano compositions by Edvard Grieg adapted for the marimba by Murray Houllif. The collection includes: Patriotic Song, Waltz, Album Leaf, and Elfin Dance.
Grade Level: 3 Copyright: 2003 Number of Players: 1 Publisher: C.…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Murray Houllif, Grieg
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
By using standard instrumentation, Houllif has created a composition in J.P. playable by a wide array of percussionists (from high school to professional). The rhythmic language features constantly changing meters. Each of the four parts is equally as…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Murray Houllif
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
for Percussion Quartet
Nola-Béla-Sowega for percussion quartet was inspired by the New Orleans brass band tradition and the rhythmically vibrant works of Béla Bartók. The work follows Bartók’s signature arch form (ABCBA) and seeks to be a virtuosic showpiece…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
James M. David
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Marimba Feature
Grade Level: 4 Copyright: 2003 Number of Players: 5 + Solo Marimba Publisher: C. Alan Publications Type: Sextet; With Soloist Category: Percussion
Instrumentation
Marimba (4-octave, 2 and 4-mallet) Percussion 1 (bells, 2 bongos, triangle)…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Murray Houllif
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Dedicated to marimbist Leigh Howard Stevens, Samba is outrageously fun to play and listen to. It features "bouncy" Latin rhythms with a left hand bass ostinato and some independent rolls in the right hand.
Grade Level: 4 Copyright: 2003 Number of Players: 1…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Murray Houllif
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
This driving percussion quartet features a constantly changing sense of pulse that can be found in many genres of music, including East African folk music, Balinese Gamelan ensembles, medieval isorhythmic motets and even American rudimental drumming.Program…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
James M. David
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Quick arpeggiated chords and chromatic passages bookend a lush chorale in this colorfully descriptive piece for solo marimba.
Grade Level: 3 Copyright: 2004 Number of Players: 1 Duration: 6:00 Publisher: C. Alan Publications Category: Solo Works…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Murray Houllif
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Three Forms is a unique work for bells, vibraphone and marimba, all played by one percussionist. Divided into three contrasting movements, the piece all of the fascinating timbral possibilities of combining these three keyboard instruments.
Grade Level: 4…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Murray Houllif
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications