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
Every Way But Forward is a high-energy Latin-inspired percussion ensemble piece with plenty of tasty licks and big ensemble moments. A great closer for a concert that will both challenge an ensemble and get any audience grooving along.Program NotesEvery Way…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Patrick Fitzgibbon
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
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
Marimba Feature
This is a wonderful piece for the advanced player to have a performance opportunity with their school percussion ensemble. The solo part is challenging with a wide range of techniques and a cadenza in the middle of the piece, while the…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Mick Rossi
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Pushing 30 is based on a tricky but groovy 29-beat rhythmic cycle. This unique blend of timbres and musical styles is sure to enchant any audience.Program NotesPushing 30 combines elements of American Jazz, Caribbean and Indian Classical music. Based around a…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Patrick Fitzgibbon
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
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