This is a nice short jazz feature that is loads of fun to play and very pleasant to the ear. Dampening is left completely up to the performer. Pair this with another of Jeff Hunter’s solo vibraphone pieces for your next recital.
Grade Level: 3 Copyright: 1996…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Jeff Hunter
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Based on a poem by an 8th grade student titled "Everything is Variant," Jubilant Overture is filled with sparkling colors and vivid images of all four seasons.Program NotesJubilant Overture was commissioned by the H.B. Whitehorne Middle School Gold Band,…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Joseph Turrin
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Ageless in its beauty and emotionally powerful, this aria is one of the world's best-loved and well-known works of its kind. Turrin's arrangement of Nessun Dorma skillfully presents all the traits that have made this a true classic. From the delicate opening…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Joseph Turrin, Puccini
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
The piece is constructed entirely from the Scriabin six note scale (F, B, Eb, A, D, G) and its transposition up one step. Requires good four-mallet technique and is perfect for student or faculty recitals. The title Nibaircs was derived from the name of…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Jeff Hunter
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
This is a lovely new age vibraphone feature in a perpetual motion setting. Constant eighth notes and triplets keep the forward momentum throughout. Pedal indications are provided. Check out Lisa Rogers recording of Paint Me A Sky.
Grade Level: 3 Copyright:…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Jeff Hunter
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Like Hunter’s other vibraphone works, Washing Machine Blues is extremely idiomatic and fun to play. It is based on the typical 12-bar blues progression, but has an interesting variation on this progression in the “B” section.
Grade Level: 3 Copyright: 1991…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Jeff Hunter
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Zarabanda is in several sections with a Latin style rhythm that occasionally gets interrupted by accented outbursts from the ensemble. As the piece develops and moves from section to section, new rhythmic and melodic ideas are introduced. The piece culminates…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Joseph Turrin
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications