Two Days uses a melodic theme as the common thread through various forms of ostinato
patterns. 4-mallet proficiency will be required for much of the ostinato
work. A variety of techniques are used, including playing rims and blocks
with the mallet shafts, and playing the wind chimes as a melodic component.
Two Days was awarded First Prize at
the 1998 DCI Individual and Ensemble "Multiple Percussion"
solo competition.
This piece is published as a grand staff, and
is saddle-stitch bound, with a color glossy cover!
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Multi-percussion
soloist uses the following instrumentation: 5 Concert Toms,
Vibraphone, Crotales, Temple Blocks, China Cymbal, Splash Cymbal,
Suspended Cymbal, Sizzle Strip, Wind Chimes |
Recording
performed live by Andrew Anderson.
Review of "Two
Days"
from Percussive Notes magazine
a publication of the Percussive
Arts Society (PAS)
Vol. 38, No. 4, August 2000
This solo, awarded first place
at the 1998 DCI Individual and Ensemble Competition, is written for a multi-percussionist
playing a setup featuring an assortment of metalic timbres produced by vibes,
crotales, pitched wind chimes, cymbals (Chimes, sizzle, crash, and splash)
and a sizzle strip, plus temple blocks and five concert tom-toms. Challenges,
such as maintaining an incessant ostinato pattern on the five toms with one
hand while playing a melody using a contingent of metallophones with the
other, makes this solo an ideal vehicle for developing the technique of the
college multi-percussionist.
-John R. Raush
Contributing reviewer for Percussive Notes magazine
