Includes CD of “Tape Cues”
Christopher Swist composes in a wide variety of genres that explore both the traditional and the experimental. His instrumentation pallet encompasses a great deal of marimba literature as well as chamber music, orchestral music and electronic music.
Percussion Quartet #2
$38.00Quartet for four percussionists.Aside from the 5.0-octave marimba, this piece uses instruments that would be found in most music departments, making it ideal for a smaller studio of advanced percussion stduents or a newly formed professional chamber ensemble.- Jason Baker, Percussive Notes
Quartet for four percussionists.Aside from the 5.0-octave marimba, this piece uses instruments that would be found in most music departments, making it ideal for a smaller studio of advanced percussion stduents or a newly formed professional chamber ensemble.- Jason Baker, Percussive Notes
Centipede
$8.00Centipede 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.
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Written for Leigh Howard Stevens and She-e Wu, this jazzy piece requires two advanced players and two 5.0 octave instruments. A “must play” if you have a friend ready and willing to take on the challenge with you.
Laruci In The Sky
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Skylark Orange Circles
$33.00 – $39.00Duet for two marimbasSkylark Orange Circles is dedicated to the wonderful Japanese marimba virtuoso, Momoko Kamiya. The music is very dance-like in quality, going over and over through mostly the same sequence of harmonies while melodic variations are developed. The melodic ideas become more and more like a bird (or flute) singing as the work progresses.
Duet for two marimbasSkylark Orange Circles is dedicated to the wonderful Japanese marimba virtuoso, Momoko Kamiya. The music is very dance-like in quality, going over and over through mostly the same sequence of harmonies while melodic variations are developed. The melodic ideas become more and more like a bird (or flute) singing as the work progresses.
Charleston Capers (G.H. Green/arr. Bob Becker)
$19.00 – $22.00The arrangement Bob Becker made for NEXUS which has caught the attention of audiences and percussionists around the world and created a whole new fascination with the xylophone as a solo instrument. The accompaniments require four players performing on a minimum of two marimbas.
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Method of Movement
$35.00The most detailed text ever written on the subject of four mallet playing. 15 chapters covering grip, strokes, shifts, tone production, interval changes, efficient movement around the instrument.
The most detailed text ever written on the subject of four mallet playing. 15 chapters covering grip, strokes, shifts, tone production, interval changes, efficient movement around the instrument.
Four Rotations: The Complete Collection
$34.00 – $40.00All Four Rotations, now available in one collection!
All Four Rotations, now available in one collection!
24 Etudes for Marimba
$18.00This outstanding etude book emphasizes the equalization of the two hands via musically interesting compositions.
This outstanding etude book emphasizes the equalization of the two hands via musically interesting compositions.