All That Is Left
General Info
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Year of Published: 2025
Difficulty: Medium Advanced
Duration: 00:09:25
Cost: $60.00
Instrumentation
Player 1: Crotales & Glockenspiel
Player 2: Chimes & Xylophone
Player 3: Vibraphone 1
Player 4: Vibraphone 2
Player 5: Marimba 1
Player 6: Marimba 2
Player 7: Marimba 3
Player 8: Marimba 4
Player 9: Timpani
Player 10: Bongos & 2 Concert Tom Toms & Sleigh Bells & Tambourine & Sizzle Cymbal
Player 11: Hi-Hat & Splash Cymbal & Wind Chimes & Wood Block & Claves & Tom Tom & Suspended Cymbal
Player 12: Tam-Tam & Triangle & 2 Suspended Cymbals & Bass Drum & Anvil
Program Notes
I wrote All That Is Left during my sabbatical from teaching in the fall of 2022. The piece was premiered the following spring by Hamiruge – The LSU Percussion Group. After living through the pandemic of 2020 and my mother’s suicide in 2021, it finally dawned on me that I had been living most of my life in a state of fear. The title of the composition is a play on the "Litany Against Fear" from Frank Herbert’s novel, Dune. “I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it is gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.” I will be all that is left.
Recent Performance
Works for Percussion by this Composer
Solo
Alive Sophia, Dead Sophia, Zombie Sophia - Glockenspiel
Concerto
Camp Stanton - Drum Set & Percussion Quintet
Concerto for Marimba and Wind Orchestra (Dietz)
The Principle of Polarity - Vibraphone
Chamber
Fanfare for the Return of Shadow - Percussion Octet
D.N.R. - Percussion Quintet
Large Ensemble
All That Is Left - 12 Players