Windstone Suite
General Info
Year of Published: 1992
Publisher: Barnhouse
Difficulty: Intermediate
Duration: 00:10:20
Cost: $45.00
Movement
Movement 1: Windstone
Movement 2: Drone Dance
Movement 3: The Shantyman's Life
Movement 4: Visions and Jubilations
Instrumentation
Player 1: Glockenspiel
Player 2: Xylophone & Triangle
Player 3: Marimba & Maracas
Player 4: Chimes & Sleigh Bells
Player 5: Vibraphone
Player 6: Timpani & Triangle
Player 7: Snare Drum & Wind Chimes & Claves & Sleigh Bells
Player 8: 4 Tom Toms & Temple Blocks & Suspended Cymbal
Description
Windstone Suite by Jared Spears for percussion octet. This piece was inspired by the pioneer spirit, Native American legends, and the countryside of Wisconsin. The first movement, Windstone, reflects the beautiful forests and lakes of the landscape as well as urban impressions. Drone Dance, movement two, is based on an old popular folk tune sung by pioneer lumberjacks, "The Shantyman's Life". The percussion instruments and players musically depict the hugging and puffing of the loggers as they cut the tall pines. Distant Songs and Incantations is a mysterious, ethereal setting of an old Chippewa lullaby sung by a mother at the edge of a quiet lake. The final movement, Visions and Jubilations, captures the exuberance of a Native American festival and recaptures the impressions of the first movement. Each movement is constructed in such a manner as to be a work performable individually in a contest or concert situation. A selection of individual movements may be performed as a shortened version of the original suite.
Works for Percussion by this Composer
Solos
Multiple Percussion
A Graphic Portrait
Dreamscapes
Energy Suite
Introduction and Furioso
Macros
Prologue and Jubilo for Multiple Percussion Solo
Promenade
Trilogy for Solo Percussionist
Timpani
Maximus
Two Episodes
Marimba
Caccia Caper
Loyalton Place
Malletrix
Soliloquies and Celebrations
Toccatare
Woodworks
Percussion Trio
Holiday Suite for Percussion
Ragtime Renegades
Percussion Quartet
Allegro Fantastica
Collisions
Exaltia
Polyphonies
Prologue and Fight
Percussion Quintet
Percussion Sextet
Collidescope
Country Variations
Mosaics
Two Frescos
Percussion Septet
Bayport Sketch
Caprice Diabolique
Percussion Octet
A Time for Jazz
Blues and Chaser
Ceremonium
Clintonian Sketch
Fantasia On Native American Music
Flight of the Falcon
Jazzers On The Loose
Legacy
Proclamations
Windstone Suite
Woven Tales
Large Percussion Ensemble
Cameo Suite – Percussion Nonet
Romantique – Percussion (12+)