Caméléon is a longer, more ambitious work, with more serious harmonic and melodic content, but it still has Eric’s hints of jazz overtones.
Caméléon is a longer, more ambitious work, with more serious harmonic and melodic content, but it still has Eric’s hints of jazz overtones.
Caritas is a three-movement piece that employs a traditional harmonic language throughout. It is a real crowd-pleaser for the educated as well as the uneducated audience.
Caritas is a three-movement piece that employs a traditional harmonic language throughout. It is a real crowd-pleaser for the educated as well as the uneducated audience.
A blues for solo marimba. Berg got the idea for this piece from the novels of Stieg Trenter, a Swedish journalist and crime novelist. Short and clever, this piece is a perfect addition to any recital program.
A blues for solo marimba. Berg got the idea for this piece from the novels of Stieg Trenter, a Swedish journalist and crime novelist. Short and clever, this piece is a perfect addition to any recital program.
Centipede was the first substantial work written by Christopher Swist. In Centipede, Swist explores the key of F# minor in a quasi-improvistory style, inviting the more confident player to feel free to expand upon the written ideas.
Centipede was the first substantial work written by Christopher Swist. In Centipede, Swist explores the key of F# minor in a quasi-improvistory style, inviting the more confident player to feel free to expand upon the written ideas.
Cerulean Landscape was written for solo marimba (5.0) in 2013 for Japanese marimbist Kana Omori. It is a moderately difficult work of 5’40” in length, in a freely composed style and form, progressing through various beautiful and lyrical landscapes. This is an excellent work to showcase the versatility and expressiveness of your musicality, and is highly recommend for a college level recital.
Cerulean Landscape was written for solo marimba (5.0) in 2013 for Japanese marimbist Kana Omori. It is a moderately difficult work of 5’40” in length, in a freely composed style and form, progressing through various beautiful and lyrical landscapes. This is an excellent work to showcase the versatility and expressiveness of your musicality, and is highly recommend for a college level recital.
A much-needed resource of seven single-page etudes for the beginning 4-mallet player. By isolating stroke types and focusing on aspects of shifting and interval change, this collection makes developing technique easy for young players.
A much-needed resource of seven single-page etudes for the beginning 4-mallet player. By isolating stroke types and focusing on aspects of shifting and interval change, this collection makes developing technique easy for young players.
This work for 4.3 marimba is a medium-easy to medium-difficult, tonal, 4-mallet solo in which technical difficulties like fast interval changes are avoided.
This work for 4.3 marimba is a medium-easy to medium-difficult, tonal, 4-mallet solo in which technical difficulties like fast interval changes are avoided.
Winner of what may have been the earliest marimba composition contest ever held, the Sarmientos was premiered by Vida Chenoweth in 1957. A three-movement work of great vitality with Guatemalan-influenced rhythms and melodies, it is performable by any good collegiate marimbist.
Winner of what may have been the earliest marimba composition contest ever held, the Sarmientos was premiered by Vida Chenoweth in 1957. A three-movement work of great vitality with Guatemalan-influenced rhythms and melodies, it is performable by any good collegiate marimbist.
First prize winner in the 2000 P.A.S. Composition Contest! Glassock’s new work is bound to become a favorite for concerto competitions and recitals. The composer’s deep familiarity with keyboard mallet percussion, as well as his considerable compositional skills, make this piece a rich and rewarding experience for both performer and audience.
First prize winner in the 2000 P.A.S. Composition Contest! Glassock’s new work is bound to become a favorite for concerto competitions and recitals. The composer’s deep familiarity with keyboard mallet percussion, as well as his considerable compositional skills, make this piece a rich and rewarding experience for both performer and audience.
Sammut’s blend of style, clear melodic ideas and improvisational elements will appear to the differing musical tastes of most audience members. As with Sammut’s other works, it is only a matter of time before this becomes a favorite on college campuses.- Darin Olson, Percussive Notes
Sammut’s blend of style, clear melodic ideas and improvisational elements will appear to the differing musical tastes of most audience members. As with Sammut’s other works, it is only a matter of time before this becomes a favorite on college campuses.- Darin Olson, Percussive Notes
‘Dances for Luna’ is a real gem of a marimba piece – exciting, challenging and musical! Its many different stroke types, idiomatic to the instrument, will build mallet independence and control. Ideal for a senior recital, with its dance-like feel and rich harmonic content, ‘Dances for Luna’ will appeal equally to performers and listeners.
‘Dances for Luna’ is a real gem of a marimba piece – exciting, challenging and musical! Its many different stroke types, idiomatic to the instrument, will build mallet independence and control. Ideal for a senior recital, with its dance-like feel and rich harmonic content, ‘Dances for Luna’ will appeal equally to performers and listeners.
