Berserker

Caleb Pickering

General Info

Year of Published: 2020
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Difficulty: Advanced
Duration: 00:09:15
Cost: Score and Parts - $48.00   |   Score Only - $0.00

Instrumentation

Solo

Marimba

Ensemble

Player 1: Glockenspiel, Brake Drum, Bongos
Player 2: Vibraphone, Large Suspended Cymbal, Castanets
Player 3: Marimba (4.3-octave), Medium Woodblock, Low Tom
Player 4: Impact/Kick Drum, 3 Concert Toms, Snare Drum, Bell Tree, Hi-Hat, Suspended Cymbal
Player 5: Concert Bass Drum, Large Tam-Tam, Large Djembe (mounted), Suspended Cymbal

Program Notes

Berserker is an aggressive and heavy work written for advanced solo marimba and accompanied by a supporting ensemble of 5 percussionists. While not directly programmatic, the atmosphere, title, and challenge to the soloist are reflective of Japanese artist Kentaro Miura’s critically acclaimed graphic manga series "Berserk." Berserker was commissioned by Mineola High School in Mineola, TX for their showcase performance at the 2020 Texas Music Educators Association National Convention in San Antonio, TX, featuring marimbist Dr. Brian Zator as the premiere soloist.

Works for Percussion by this Composer

Snare Drum Solo Works

An Assembly of Outrage - Snare Drum
Heavy Binary - Snare Drum
Non-Prophets - Snare Drum

Multiple Percussion Solo Works

Tinfoil
Shred

Marimba Solo Works

Currents (Pickering)
Drift
Etude in A Minor (Pickering)
Etude in D Minor (Pickering)
Glide
Malice
Paradigm (Pickering)
Prelude in C Major (Pickering)
Rhapsody Bacchanale

Vibraphone Solo Works

Expanse & Retrospect
Grimoire
Secondhand
Unlove

Solo with Ensemble

Berserker - Marimba; Percussion Quintet

Keyboard Percussion Ensemble

Bloodworks - Marimba Trio
Pop-Psyche - Marimba Quartet
Powder Keg - Mallet Quartet
Psychopomp - Marimba Quartet
Technobabble - Mallet Duo

Percussion Ensemble

21 Grams - Percussion 10
Beneath - Percussion Nonet
Bright Light - Dark Shadows - Percussion Nonet
Carve into me what you call love - Percussion Nonet
Dreadnought - Percussion 11
Electro-Phantasm - Percussion sextet
Post-Sunrise - Percussion Quintet
Suadela - Percussion Sextet