by S Z Solomon | May 26, 2021 | Keyboard Solos, Repertoire Lists
Ripple (1999) Akira Miyoshi (1933-2013) Marimba Ripple is one of Miyoshi’s last composed marimba solos. It was written as an obligatory piece of the 2nd World Marimba Competition in Okaya, Japan. The title refers to the magma running under the crust of Japan and...
by S Z Solomon | May 25, 2021 | Keyboard Solos, Percussion Database
Argoru VII (1994) Alvin Singleton (1940) Solo Vibraphone “Argoru VII is an exercise in Alvin Singleton’s methods of extreme contrasts. Fast, ascending grace note scales are followed by soft, memory evocative long tones. The contrasts of the quick and the long passages...
by S Z Solomon | May 25, 2021 | Chamber Music, Percussion Database
vv (2015 revised 2018) Juri Seo (1981) Two Vibraphones 4 Percussionists “vv was written for Sō Percussion in 2015, and is a work in a series of compositions that feature the vibraphone within the context of chamber music. ‘V’ is for solo vibraphone, ‘Vi’ for piano and...
by S Z Solomon | May 25, 2021 | Chamber Music, Percussion Database
Sequoia (2019) Yaz Lancaster 1 High Flower Pot, 1 Low Flower Pot, and 1 Woodblock per Performer, featuring fixed media/electronics For any even number of percussionists “The redwood species contains the largest and tallest trees in the world. These trees can live...
by S Z Solomon | May 25, 2021 | Chamber Music, Percussion Database
Settle (2012) Sarah Hennies (1979) 1 Vibraphone 2-3 Percussionists “ [‘Settle’] brings out electrifying resonances that evoke the early piano music of Charlemagne Palestine or even the lush dogma of Brian Eno and Michael Nyman. Hennies has famously explored the...
by S Z Solomon | May 25, 2021 | Chamber Music, Percussion Database
Deathwish (2017) Gemma Peacocke (1984) Two Five Octave Marimbas Four Percussionists “I wrote Death Wish after watching a short film featuring New Zealand survivors of sexual assault. One of the survivors, Hinewirangi Kohu-Morgan, spoke about the out-of-control...
