by S Z Solomon | May 31, 2021 | Keyboard Solos
Kaskada (1999) Eckhard Kopetzki (born.1956) Marimba Kaskada by Eckhard Kopetzki is a marimba solo written to represent a single drop of water that breaks apart, cascades downhill, and the merges back together again at the bottom. It was dedicated to...
by S Z Solomon | May 31, 2021 | Keyboard Solos
JianZhen (2012) ChenChenYa Zi (b. 1995) Marimba solo Jian Zhen was composed for the exchange performance of the Beijing Concert Hall for the 40th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between China and Japan. In the same year, it won the gold medal...
by S Z Solomon | May 26, 2021 | Keyboard Solos, Percussion Database
Ferris Wheel (2019) Yeabon (Jenny) Yi (b.1999) Vibraphone “Symmetric It’s All. Planned. Out.” This is the opening line of the poem that this work is based off of. The work follows strictly the words of the poem just as the first sentence states. Yi...
by S Z Solomon | May 26, 2021 | Keyboard Solos, Percussion Database
Halley’s Comet (2015) Joe W. Moore III (b.1986) Marimba Halley’s Comet was composed in the summer of 2015 as the obligatory piece for the “I CONCURSO PARA MARIMBA MAESTRO ZEFERINO NANDAYAPA” held in Paraíba, Brazil. The title of the work comes from a periodic...
by S Z Solomon | May 26, 2021 | Keyboard Solos, Percussion Database
Skipping Stones (2021) Keeghan Fountain (born 1998) Marimba To tell musical stories, composer Keeghan Fountain likes the variety of textures and sounds of percussion instruments. For Skipping Stones, he wrote music featuring the marimba. He said the music...
by S Z Solomon | May 26, 2021 | Keyboard Solos, Percussion Database
Kazak Lullaby (2002) Keiko Abe (b.1937) Marimba Kazak is from Keiko Abe’s Three Monologues for Solo Marimba. The work includes a trio of short (about 6 minutes) marimba solos that heavily favor a more Western style of composition, unlike the Western/Japanese mix she...
