SUMMARY

Limelight is a lively and dynamic work for nine-piece percussion ensemble inspired by the bright, shimmering sounds of disco and the syncopated grooves of funk music. With a confident swagger in its melodies and grooves that will make head-bobbing virtually irresistible, this electric piece is brimming with energy and excitement!

INSTRUMENTATION

Percussion 1: Bells, Agogo Bells
Percussion 2: Vibraphone
Percussion 3: Vibraphone
Percussion 4: Marimba (4.3 oct.)
Percussion 5: Marimba (4.3 oct.)
Percussion 6: Marimba (5 oct.)
Percussion 7: Cymbals, Hi-Hat, Vibraslap
Percussion 8: Egg Shaker, Tambourine, Claves
Percussion 9: Kick Drum, Snare, Toms (3)

INFORMATION

Year Composed: 2024
Difficulty: Intermediate
Duration: 3:40

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 SUMMARY

Temporal Glitches is a work for nine-piece percussion ensemble that takes time and turns it on its head. With pervasive meter changes, metric modulations, syncopations and polymeters, the piece never settles into a comfortable 4/4 pattern, always keeping the performers and the audience on their toes!

INSTRUMENTATION

Percussion 1: Bells
Percussion 2: Vibraphone
Percussion 3: Vibraphone
Percussion 4: Marimba, Sus. Cymbal
Percussion 5: Marimba
Percussion 6: Marimba, Sus. Cymbal
Percussion 7: Cymbals, Hi-Hat, Concert Snare, Temple Blocks
Percussion 8: Crash Cyms., Log Drum (5 pitches), Ribbon Crasher, Tambourine, Egg Shaker, Triangle
Percussion 9: Bass Drum, Gong, Toms (3), Wind Chimes

INFORMATION

Year Commissioned: 2024
Difficulty: Intermediate/Advanced
Duration: 4:40

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 SUMMARY

A work for eight-piece percussion ensemble. It is presented in five movements:

i. rumbling soil — ominous. insidious. a warning. something is about to happen.
ii. quaking earth — chaotic. calamitous. a fissure. the earth splits wide open.
iii. glistening water — peaceful. serene. a river. the division fills with water.
iv. eroding stone — lively. granular. a process. the passage of time endures.
v. carving canyons — colossal. eternal. a wonder. behold in all its grandeur.

INSTRUMENTATION

Percussion 1: Vibraphone
Percussion 2: Vibraphone
Percussion 3: Marimba
Percussion 4: Marimba
Percussion 5: Timpani
Percussion 6: Bells, Cymbals, Hi-Hat, Surdo, Castanets, Temple Blocks, Bell Tree
Percussion 7: Cymbals, Toms (4), Brake Drums, Bongos, Shaker/Cabasa
Percussion 8: Bass Drum, Gong, Sus. Cymbal, Triangle, Shaker/Cabasa, Mark Tree, Wood Block, Tambourine

INFORMATION

Year Commissioned: 2024
Difficulty: Intermediate
Duration: 6:15

Commissioned by the Cheney High School Percussion Ensemble — Mr. Joshua Wisswell, Director

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 SUMMARY

ANTIprism is a percussion ensemble piece for nine performers. It is an exploration of transient textures, and, virtually absent of melody, is a gradation of rich, colorful sonorities and stacked tertian harmonies, that then morph into dissonance, and finally transform into a cacophony of solely non-pitched percussion instruments. Simply, it is an aural representation of shifting from vivid chroma to austere grayscale, where harmony eventually mutates into mere texture.

INSTRUMENTATION

Percussion 1: Vibraphone, Surdo, Congas
Percussion 2: Vibraphone, Surdo, Bongos
Percussion 3: Vibraphone, Toms (5), Temple Blocks
Percussion 4: Marimba, Kick Drum, Wind Chimes
Percussion 5: Marimba, Kick Drum, Cymbal
Percussion 6: Marimba, Kick Drum, Wood Block
Percussion 7: Bells, Xylophone, Cymbals, Triangle, Tambourine, Wood Block
Percussion 8: Bells, Cymbals, Cabasa, Triangle, Brake Drum, Zil-bel, Wood Block
Percussion 9: Chimes, Wind Chimes, Triangle, Hi-Hat, Bass Drum, Cabasa

INFORMATION

Year Commissioned: 2019
Difficulty: Grade 4
Duration: 5:00

Commissioned by the Cheney High School Percussion Ensemble — Mr. Joshua Wisswell, Director

ANTIprism had its world premiere on January 25th, 2020 at the Northeast Washington Regional Solo and Ensemble Festival.

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SUMMARY

Dance of the Nocturnal Spirits has infectious grooves and melodies that invokes images of ritualistic dancing under a bright, starry sky in the middle of a lush, green forest.

INSTRUMENTATION

Flute
Alto Flute
Marimba
Vibraphone
2 Auxiliary Percussion

INFORMATION

Difficulty: Grade 5
Duration: 5:45

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SUMMARY

Supernova is a piece that was inspired by the massive explosion that a star gives off once it dies. Throughout the entirety piece, massive grooves and chaotic material signify several "supernovae" as the energy is scattered throughout the vacuum of space -- in this case, the performance hall!

INSTRUMENTATION

Vibraphone
2 Marimbas (4.3 octaves)
Timpani
4 Auxiliary Percussion

INFORMATION

Year Commissioned: 2016
Difficulty: Grade 4
Duration: 3:30

Commissioned by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Percussion Ensemble - Dr. Tom Wetzel, Chair of Percussion Studies

Supernova had its world premiere on May 5th, 2016 at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Helene Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts.

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SUMMARY

Autumn is, for many reasons, my favorite season of the year. Something about the combination of that cool, crisp air . . . the ability to wear scarves and cardigans . . . the beautiful warm colors of the leaves . . . the holidays . . . marching band season . . . and of course, pumpkin spice lattés, all rolled into one, truly make autumn a wonderful season. But this piece is not inspired by my daily activities with marching band, nor by pumpkin spice lattés. Radiant Autumn, written for flute, clarinet, bassoon, bass clarinet, and marimba, is split into two sections. The first section is inspired by the sheer serenity of viewing all of the radiant colors that surround us in nature once autumn hits, combined with the cool, crisp breeze of dropping temperatures whisking by our faces. The second section is inspired by the vast array of falling leaves rolling around through the air and in the grass as the wind starts to pick up; a beautiful sight.

INSTRUMENTATION

Flute
Clarinet in Bb
Bassoon
Bass Clarinet
Marimba (4.3 octaves)

INFORMATION

Difficulty: Grade 5
Duration: 4:30

Radiant Autumn had its world premiere on April 14th, 2016 at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Peck School of the Arts Recital Hall.

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