Off Axis
General Info
Year of Published: 1995
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Cost: $63.00
Instrumentation
Solo
Ensemble
Player 1: Vibraphone & Guiro & Snare Drum & Congas & Suspended Cymbal
Player 2: Vibraphone & Temple Blocks
Player 3: 2 Bass Drums & 2 medium high concert Tom Toms & Bongos & 2 metal pipes
Player 4: 2 Tam Tams & 3 Woodblocks & 4 low concert Tom Toms
Description
Off Axis includes an impressive virtuosic (yet idiomatic) solo part. Glassock uses the ensemble as a sounding board for the solo marimba with much rhythmic interplay and imitation. Constantly changing meters (4/4, 7/16, 9/16, 3/4, etc.) before settling in 4/4 for the drum solo section. Wonderful piece for a university student recital or for the professional.
Recent Performance
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Altered Echoes - Marimba
Between the Lines - Percussion Quintet
Concerto for Percussion and Wind Ensemble (Glassock) - Marimba; Wind Ensemble
Connected Forces - Percussion Ensemble (12)
Consortium - Percussion Ensemble (10)
Cross Currents (Glassock) - Percussion Nonet
Curled Dimensions - Percussion Ensemble (12)
Different Voices - Multiple Percussion
Dragoon - Percussion Octet
Factions - Percussion Ensemble (10)
Five Songs for Marimba and Voice - Marimba; Voice
Four Movements for Timpani (Glassock) - Timpani
Layers - Percussion Octet
Lydeka - Marimba
Mixtures - Percussion Duo
Motion - Multiple Percussion
Music for Mallets (Glassock) - Percussion Sextet
No Exit - Percussion Octet
Off Axis - Marimba; Percussion Quartet
One O'Clock Samba - Percussion Octet
Passage - Percussion Sextet
Reflections - Vibraphone
Shared Spaces - Percussion Duo; Horns (2)
Statement for Solo Percussion - Multiple Percussion
Street Talk - Percussion Ensemble (10)
TeamWork - Percussion Septet
Three Of A Kind - Percussion Trio
Time Mixer - Percussion Trio
Wired - Percussion Quartet