Percussion Music
General Info
Publisher: Colla Voce Music
Difficulty: Advanced
Duration: 00:06:00
Cost: $13.00
Instrumentation
Player 1: 4 Temple Blocks
Player 2: 4 Roto-Toms
Player 3: 4 High Tom-Toms
Player 4: 4 Deep Tom-Toms
Program Notes
Percussion Music by Michael Colgrass is a four person work for percussion ensemble and features no keyboard instruments. Instrumentation for this quartet is very basic, so even groups without tons of different instruments probably have the few required instruments necessary to perform this work.
Works for Percussion by this Composer
A Flute in the Kingdom of Drums and Bells – Percussion Quartet; Flute
Chamber Music – Multiple Percussion; Strings
Chamber Piece for Percussion Quintet – Percussion Quintet
Chant for Vibes and Chorus – Vibraphone; Chorus
Concertino for Timpani – Percussion Ensemble; Timpani
Concertino for Timpani with Brass & Percussion; Brass Ensemble; Timpani; Percussion Duo
Divertimento for Eight Drums, Harp and String Orchestra – Multiple Percussion; Orchestra
DΘjα Vu – Percussion Quartet; Orchestra
Fantasy - Variations – Percussion Ensemble; Multiple Percussion; Celesta
Fantasy Variations – Percussion Sextet: Roto-Toms
Hammer and Bow: A Fantasy for Violin and Marimba – Marimba; Violin
Improvisation (Timpani) – Percussion Ensemble (11); Timpani
Improvisation (Multi-Perc. – Percussion Ensemble; Multiple Percussion
Inventions on a Motive – Percussion Quartet
Percussion Music – Percussion Quartet
Rhapsodic Fantasy – Orchestra; Multiple Percussion
Six Allegro Duets – Percussion Duo;
Six Easy Timpani Solos for Contest – Timpani
Six Unaccompanied Solos for Snare Drum – Snare Drum
Te Tuma Te Papa – Multiple Percussion
Three Brothers – Percussion Nonet
Twelve Advanced Snare Drum Exercises – Snare Drum
Variations for Four Drums and Viola – Rototom; Viola