The ever energetic Ellipsis features a balanced ensemble of keyboard and battery percussion. In fact, every player in the ensemble has the opportunity to play a battery instrument at some point.Program NotesEllipsis: A mark or series of marks (...) that…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Commissioned by the NC Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society to honor composer & percussionist Lynn Glassock, Legacies is a rousing work of great depth and variety. Using a similar instrumentation and rhythmic quotes from Glassock's classic work Factions…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Memories of an Unforgettable Love is a composition for marimba and percussion ensemble. In essence, this piece is a set of theme and variations on the famous Latin ballad Besame Mucho. However, other original melodic material, as well as influences from…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Juan Álamo
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Based around a 4-bar simple, syncopated rhythm, which is offset & layered on itself over & over, Rhyme or Reason attempts to make 5 percussionists sound like 10. Each players is responsible for at least one keyboard and one battery instrument without…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
From a whisper to a roar, Shock Factor is a study in dynamic contrast! Primarily driven by battery percussion, the piece features exciting vocal effects all derived from the word "shock." A brief section in the middle of the piece takes a departure from the…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Sizzle! features 3 families of percussion instruments: membranes (bongos, snare drum, toms, bass drum), metals (suspended cymbals, China cymbal, hi-hat), and woods (claves, woodblocks, temple blocks, log drums, slap stick). A 4th family is created with the…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Triology is a follow-up to the popular collection of duets for young percussionists, Duology. The aim was for the music to mature with the students, so these pieces are slightly more challenging than those found in the original duet collection. The book is…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Water Spirits Redux is a feature for 7 percussionists and electronic track that was inspired by the myth of Glaucus and Scylla in Ovid’s ‘Metamorphoses.’ In essence, the myth is a love triangle between Glaucus (a mer-man), Scylla (a nymph), and Circe (a witch…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
This unique arrangement of the beautiful & haunting Christmas favorite The Wexford Carol allows you to feature either a singer (mezzo soprano or soprano) or instrumental soloist (trumpet, clarinet, oboe, soprano saxophone, violin) with your percussion…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications