Difference between revisions of "Ghost Garden (With Percussion Ensemble Version)"

Latest revision as of 05:11, 14 November 2025

General Info

Year of Published: 2024
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Difficulty: Intermediate
Duration: 00:05:30
Cost: Score and Parts - $40.00 | Score Only - $0.00

Instrumentation

Solo

Marimba

Ensemble

Player 1: GLockenspiel
Player 2: Vibraphone 1
Player 3: Vibraphone 2
Player 4: Marimba 1
Player 5: Marimba 2
Player 6: Electric Piano
Player 7: Drum Set

Program Notes

Driving through many major American cities, it's hard not to notice the plethora of vacant and abandoned lots. Where once stood proud businesses, lavish homes, or civic buildings, there is now little more than a blank, grassy plot of land. Though the blank space on the canvas of the cityscape can be profoundly sad, something amazing happens within these empty spaces. Left alone, life swells forth, and these vacant lots start to produce trees, flowers, and grass. Many people have started referring to such lots as Ghost Gardens. In this piece, you can hear where the lot once held a vibrant and exciting tone, only to slowly fade away and change. Through a series of transitional themes, the main idea reforms and comes back as the piece concludes, thus depicting the beauty of the land as it is re-imagined. This is a percussion ensemble expansion of Hopper’s ever-popular marimba solo. The ensemble perfectly aligns with the original solo so that anyone who has learned it can simply add seven ensemble members and perform on a percussion ensemble concert.

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Works for Percussion by this Composer

Solo Works

Borrow or Rob - Snare Drum; Electronics
Five on 5 - Snare Drum, Electronics - (Collection of 5 Intermediate Solos)
Ghost Garden (Solo Version) - Marimba
Right Track - Snare Drum, Electronics
Wheels Up - Drumset, Electronics - (Collection of 5 Solos)

Solo with Ensemble Works

Ghost Garden (With Percussion Ensemble Version) - Marimba; Percussion Septet

Percussion Ensemble Works

Bolado - Percussion Ensemble 11
Island Market - Percussion Quartet - Marimba Quartet
Stone's Throw - Percussion Quartet - Marimba Quartet
You Can't Get There From Here - Percussion Duo - Vibraphone, Marimba

Additional Resources

References

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+'''Publisher''': [[C. Alan Publications]]<br /-->
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+'''Difficulty''':  Intermediate<br /-->
-'''Difficulty''':  (see [[Ratings]] for explanation)<br /-->
+'''Duration''':  00:05:30 <br /-->
-'''Publisher''': [[Title Publisher]]<br /-->
+'''Cost''': Score and Parts - $40.00  &nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp; Score Only - $0.00<br /-->
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 == Instrumentation ==
+=== Solo ===
+[[Marimba]]
+=== Ensemble ===
+Player 1: [[GLockenspiel]]<br /-->
+Player 2: [[Vibraphone]] 1<br /-->
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+Player 3: [[Vibraphone]] 2<br /-->
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+Player 4: [[Marimba]] 1<br /-->
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+Player 5: [[Marimba]] 2<br /-->
-Player III: <br>
+Player 6: [[Electric Piano]]<br /-->
-Player IV: <br>
+Player 7: [[Drum Set]]<br /-->
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 == Program Notes ==
+Driving through many major American cities, it's hard not to notice the plethora of vacant and abandoned lots. Where once stood proud businesses, lavish homes, or civic buildings, there is now little more than a blank, grassy plot of land. Though the blank space on the canvas of the cityscape can be profoundly sad, something amazing happens within these empty spaces. Left alone, life swells forth, and these vacant lots start to produce trees, flowers, and grass. Many people have started referring to such lots as Ghost Gardens. In this piece, you can hear where the lot once held a vibrant and exciting tone, only to slowly fade away and change. Through a series of transitional themes, the main idea reforms and comes back as the piece concludes, thus depicting the beauty of the land as it is re-imagined. This is a percussion ensemble expansion of Hopper’s ever-popular marimba solo. The ensemble perfectly aligns with the original solo so that anyone who has learned it can simply add seven ensemble members and perform on a percussion ensemble concert.
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