Aqueous Transfusion is a meditative work for solo vibraphone and background track, featuring a metallic orchestra accompanying an evocative solo part. A general feeling of ‘underwater’-ness permeates the track, and this work stands as the first known use of…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Jamie Whitmarsh
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Written to explore the multiple roles of the drumset, Concerto for Drumset and Percussion Ensemble divides into three sections, each treating the drumset in a unique way. The first treats the instrument as a classical multi-percussion set-up. The second…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Jamie Whitmarsh
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
This percussion sextet written predominantly in 6/4 phrases in alternating bars of 5/8 and 7/8. The 6/4 motivic development blends and creates a rhythmic tension against the 2-3-2-2-3 beaming. A rhythmic motif of sixteenth notes on the “two” groupings drive…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Michael Varner
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Funk Trio is a fun and energetic piece for alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, and percussion. The syncopated rhythms found throughout are a reflection of Funk music that the composer grew up with. During the piece, each of the saxophones are given a short…
Style:
Percussion, Woodwind
Composer:
Nicholaus Meyers
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
This is a contemporary ensemble that features a wide range of colors and textures based around a Rondo form using as many variants on “Seven” as possible. Each performer plays a tambourine giving lots of opportunity for various tambourine technical work. This…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Michael Varner
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Pentaphonics is a work written for five graduated sounds. This composition can be performed on any five graduated items or instruments such as woodblocks, claves, cowbells, pots & pans, bottles, or anything really, so long as there are five distinct…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Nicholaus Meyers
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
The Silence Between… is an advanced multiple percussion solo written for 4 toms, 4 almglocken, and opera gong. It is a minimalist set up that challenges the performer to explores an incredible vocabulary of sounds and effects while offering the listener new…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Michael Varner
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Three Grooves are exactly what they say. Each groove explores a different rhythm/feel based around the compact set up of snare drum, bass drum, and hi-hat. Once you play through these three groves, you will find it very difficult to stop.Program NotesThree…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Nicholaus Meyers
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Voices of Himeji is an exciting quartet of three movements portraying a beautiful castle in Japan, high on a hill, guarding the city silently for centuries. Divided into separate movements of Drums, Marimbas, and Metals, each feature distinctive groupings of…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Michael Varner
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications