The instrumentation for Apex represents an amalgamation different percussive sounds: glass bottles, pieces of wood, bell tree, toms, triangle, bongos, kick drum, and snare drum. The word Apex means high point; so much of the music begins at the higher pitched…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Joe W. Moore
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
Images of Water is a through-composed, programmatic work in three movements for large percussion ensemble. This challenging composition combines melody, harmony, rhythm, and texture to aurally describe the essence of different bodies of water - lakes, rivers…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Doug Rosener
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
The Last Game is an exciting follow-up to Daiki Kato's popular marimba/multi-percussion duet The Last Dance. Scored for percussion trio, this time each players has a keyboard instrument and drums.
Grade Level: 4 Copyright: 2019 Number of Players: 3 Duration:…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Daiki Kato
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
Trio for Flute, Clarinet, and Percussion is a three movement work in which each movement represents one of Sir Isaac Newton's three laws of motion. The melodic content in the piece is centered around a mixture of G harmonic minor and G dorian mode.Program…
Style:
Woodwind, Percussion
Composer:
Joe W. Moore
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