Elemental Dances (Garner)

Lucas Garner

General Info

Year: 2014
Duration: c.15:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Cost: Score and Parts - $60.00   |   Score Only - $0.00

Movements

1. Fire Dance: A simple exploration of a Native American celebration and explores the rhythms of their dances.
2. Rain Dance: A literal translation of a Native American rain dance with the addition of contemporary keyboard harmonies.
3. Storm Dance: An artistic follow-up to the Rain Dance, where the noises of a storm are explored in the context of the first movement’s rhythms.

Instrumentation

Solo

Timpani (5 drums)

Ensemble

Player 1: Pedal Bass Drum & Floor Tom & 2 Congas & Rainstick & Brake Drum & Sizzle Cymbal & China Cymbal & Ride Cymbal & Xylophone
Player 2: Tambourine (darker tone) & Fixed Drum (not snare drum) & Vibraphone
Player 3: Tambourine (brighter tone) & Rainstick & Low African Drum & Marimba

Program Notes

Elemental Dances is a work composed in 2011/2012 as a way of exploring the practicality of literature utilizing five timpani as a solo instrument. The work is based on several segments of Native American music, mixing the sounds of world percussion with contemporary ideas commonly found in percussion ensemble literature.
1. Fire Dance: A simple exploration of a Native American celebration and explores the rhythms of their dances.
2. Rain Dance: A literal translation of a Native American rain dance with the addition of contemporary keyboard harmonies.
3. Storm Dance: An artistic follow-up to the Rain Dance, where the noises of a storm are explored in the context of the first movement’s rhythms.

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Works for Percussion by this Composer

Elemental Dances (Garner) - Timpani, Percussion Trio
Lightbringers - Percussion Duo Soloists; Percussion Quartet Ensemble - Percussion Sextet
Mjölnir - for Solo Timpani and Wind Ensemble - Timpani, Wind Ensemble