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Big Country
For Percussion Ensemble
by Béla Fleck, arr. Olin Johannessen
Level: Medium-advanced
Personnel: 8-10 players
Our price: $40.00
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Big Country is a catchy and inspired composition by world renowned banjo picker and jazz musician Béla Fleck from the album Left of Cool by Béla Fleck and the Flecktones. Its simple melody encapsulates the folksy sound of Americana, and Olin Johannessen's arrangement wonderfully captures this through his scoring for percussion ensemble. As he states in the performance notes,...
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Cop Drama
for Percussion Ensemble and Rhythm Section
by Jim Casella
Level: Medium-advanced
Personnel: 16 players
Our price: $45.00
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Cop Drama is an homage to the groovy, retro sounds of classic American TV cop shows such as "S.W.A.T," "The Mod Squad," and "The Streets of San Francisco." With a large ensemble of colorful sounds and stylized interpretation, Cop Drama is an enjoyable piece for medium to advanced percussion ensembles.
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Dystopia
For percussion ensemble
by Jim Casella
Level: Medium-advanced
Personnel: 15 players
Our price: $45.00
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Written by Jim Casella, "Dystopia" was designed to imitate a tense, action-packed, horror soundtrack within the percussion ensemble setting. Using a fairly large instrumentation including piano, a variety of percussive effects are used to create an eerie, creepy atmosphere.
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La Forza del Destino
for Percussion Ensemble
by Giuseppi Verdi, arr. Luke Aylsworth
Level: Medium-advanced
Personnel: 13 or 14 players
Our price: $45.00
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This percussion ensemble arrangement of Verdi's famed overture to La Forza del Destino ("The Force of Destiny") makes for a very exciting piece that explores the classical music possibilities of the modern percussion ensemble. It can be performed with 13 or 14 players and would work equally well in a concert performance or in an indoor "arena" style performance. The piece...
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Leyenda
for Marimba Soloist and Percussion Ensemble
by Isaac Albéniz, arr. Gifford Howarth
Level: Medium-advanced
Personnel: 1 soloist + 13 players
Our price: $35.00
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Description:
As one of the most famous Spanish classical guitar pieces of the 20th century, Asturias-Leyenda by Albéniz has found its way to the rosewood bars of the marimba in many different renditions. Gifford Howarth's new arrangement can stand alone as its own marimba solo, or better yet can feature a large ensemble of mostly beginning-level accompaniment. This works very well to...
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Mercury (from "The Planets")
for Percussion Ensemble
by Gustav Holst, arr. James Ancona
Level: Medium
Personnel: 10 players
Our price: $35.00
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James Ancona's arrangement of Mercury from Holst's masterpiece "The Planets" re-creates the playful and rhythmic character of the original orchestration in the percussion ensemble setting. Fun for performers and accessible to audiences.
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Rochambeaux
for Percussion Ensemble
by Brian S. Mason
Level: Advanced
Personnel: 10 or 11 players
Our price: $45.00
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Description:
Written for the Phantom Regiment percussion ensemble, Rochambeaux was awarded first prize in the 2001 DCI percussion ensemble competition. The dominating 7/8 feel, flashy keyboard runs, and ethnic modalities drive the three distinct sections of this groove-based work. Certain to garner audience appeal!
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Scherzo
Movement 3 from Tchaikovsky's "Symphony No. 4"
by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, arr. Eric Rath
Level: Medium
Personnel: 12 players
Our price: $35.00
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Description:
Scherzo is an arrangement of the famous "pizzicato movement" from one of Tchaikovsky's most revered masterpieces, Symphony No. 4. Though written for 12 players, at the heart of this arrangement is a marimba quintet. It is punctuated and varied, sounding completely at home in the percussion ensemble. Eric Rath has beautifully maintained the integrity of the original through...
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Tale of the Dragon
For elementary percussion ensemble
by Brian Slawson
Level: Easy
Personnel: 12 or more players
Our price: $30.00
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Description:
"Tale of the Dragon" is written for beginners playing pitched (Orff-style), and unpitched instruments. Designed for large elementary ensembles with no member limits, it is an inclusive piece intended for many uses.
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Winter
from "The Four Seasons" as heard on "Bach on Wood"
by A. Vivaldi, arr. Brian Slawson
Level: Medium
Personnel: 10 players
Our price: $40.00
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Description:
This percussion ensemble arrangement for "Winter" from Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons" has been heard worldwide on the popular CD, Bach on Wood which helped garner Brian Slawson a Grammy nomination of “Best New Classical Artist.”
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