Four Dances

Rick Dior

General Info

Year: 2014
Duration: 00:08:30
Difficulty: Intermediate
Publisher: Tapspace
Cost: $42.00

Movements

1. Minimalistic Dance
2. Festive Dance
3. Eastern Dance
4. Percussive Dance

Instrumentation

Player 1A: Xylophone
Player 1B: Marimba
Player 2A: Glockenspiel
Player 2B: Vibraphone
Player 3: Timpani
Player 4: Snare Drum & Bongos & Tambourine & Suspended Cymbal & 3 Opera Gongs
Player 5: Congas & 4 Concert Tom-toms
Player 6: Concert Bass Drum & Tambourine & Claves (High & Low)
Player 7: Shaker & Caxixi & Triangle & Wind Gong & Temple Gong & Crash Cymbals & Suspended Cymbal
Player 8: Marimba & Finger Cymbals & Wind Chimes & Suspended Cymbal & Tam-Tam

Program Notes

Four Dances for Percussion Ensemble by Rick Dior gives 8 (or more) percussionists the chance to explore sounds heavily influenced by traditional South American, Asian, and African percussion. This groove-central piece is entertaining for both the players and the audience. The first movement, Minimalistic Dance, relies on a repetitive timpani figure based on an African rhythm. Then comes Festive Dance, inspired by Flamenco clapping, Central/South American melodies, and (oddly enough) an Irish Jig. The third movement, Eastern Dance, utilizes some sounds the audience might not be used to hearing: opera gongs, bowed cymbals, a Vibratone and more. The piece ends with Percussive Dance, a frenzied homage to orchestral percussion. Add this piece to your percussion ensemble concert to give everybody a taste of the outside world.

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Works for Percussion by this Composer

Equinox
Wiggle Room
Minor Infraction
Peril of the Bells
Flesh and Bone
Flesh (Dior)
Four Dances
Caliente Christmas
Till the Cows Come Home
When Worlds Collide - Percussion 12