Marimba

Great for the intermediate marimbist, ‘Theme and Variations’ uses a variety of styles and present a variety of problems, for both two and four mallets, making the piece pedagogically useful, as well as great fun to play and delightful to hear.

Sure to add variety to any player’s repertoire. The idiomatic writing results in a lush, rhythmically complex texture. Can be performed on a 4.3 octave marimba.

This composition written for two marimbas musically depicts three different winter impressions. The piece, through its three movements, evokes imagery of both fluid and frozen water, a landscape with ice trees, and a wild blizzard.