Christmas Time Is Here originally appeared on the 1965 TV special "A Charlie Brown Christmas" and has since become a staple of holiday music. This version for percussion ensemble aims to feel intimate and light, but also makes use of the original's distinctive harmony to weave melody and accompaniment layers through the ensemble.
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This beautiful adaptation of Frรฉdรฉric Chopinโs "Nocturne in E-flat Major" for keyboard percussion ensemble (+ optional Timpani and Aluphone) by Jacob Arie provides groups with a rich timbral tapestry to develop their dynamics, touch, sound quality, and ensemble skills. With textures ranging from โwind-up music boxโ to marimba choir to full percussion orchestra, this dynamic arrangement manages to capture both the intimacy of the original composition for solo piano and the spectacle of some of the more well-known orchestral versions.
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Marimba soloist Dr. Brian Zator performs "Ghost Garden" ensemble version with Texas A&M Commerce.
Driving through many major American cities, it's hard not to notice the plethora of vacant and abandoned lots. Where once stood proud businesses, lavish homes, or civic buildings, there is now little more than a blank, grassy plot of land. Though the blank space on the canvas of the cityscape can be profoundly sad, something amazing happens within these empty spaces. Left alone, life swells forth, and these vacant lots start to produce trees, flowers, and grass. Many people have started referring to such lots as โGhost Gardens.โ In this piece, you can hear where the lot once held a vibrant and exciting tone, only to slowly fade away and change. Through a series of transitional themes, the main idea reforms and comes back as the piece concludes, thus depicting the beauty of the land as it is re-imagined. This is a percussion ensemble expansion of Hopperโs ever-popular marimba solo. The ensemble perfectly aligns with the original solo so that anyone who has learned it can simply add seven ensemble members and perform on a percussion ensemble concert.
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Congrats to composer @vonhansenmusic for their performance of โThe Breaksโ at #PASIC2024!
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Bullard High School Percussion Ensemble performs "San Antonio Nights" by Larry Lawless.
Inspired by the Riverwalk in downtown San Antonio, Texas, "San Antonio Nights" evokes the sights and sounds of this beautiful southwestern city. Accompanied by traditional Latin percussion instruments, with instructions for substitutes if those instruments are unavailable, this work gives the marimba and vibraphone players the opportunity to solo in the flamenco guitar style as written, or to improvise on their own. A delightful piece for both performers and audience, "San Antonio Nights" will have the salsa dancers on their feet.
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This evocative study for piano and vibraphone, an uncommon pairing, explores the dueling and complementary timbres of the two instruments. It ๏ฌows seamlessly between delicate interplay and indistinguishable oneness, painting a dreamlike soundscape. "Atmospheric Study No. 1" by Catherine Fields showcases extended techniques for both instruments.
Nightshade by Jessica Flanningan - Floating between beautiful and deadly, the ๏ฌowering plants of the "Nightshade" family range from common vegetation to highly toxic forms. As such, this piece pulls the listener back and forth between a major and minor feel, with dark moments bleeding into light. #CAlanPercussion #percussion #percussionist #percussionists #percussionmusic #percussionensemble #percussioneducation
Orchestrated for seven playersโthree keyboard voices, three non-pitched percussion parts, and bass guitar or a second marimba voiceโ"These Are Odd Times" is an accessible work ideal for students, directors, and ensembles looking to explore and gain confidence with non-traditional time signatures that will have audiences tapping their feet and bobbing their heads to these odd times.#percussion #percussionist #percussionists #percussionmusic #percussionensemble #CAlanPercussion
