Hand Held

Christian Kilgore

General Info

Year of Published: 2025
Publisher: Row-Loff Productions
Difficulty: Elementary
Duration: c.
Cost: Not Sold Separately

Instrumentation

Player 1: Triangle / Claves / Castanets
Player 2: Cabasa / Shaker / Tamborim
Player 3: Wood Block / Cowbell
Player 4: Tambourine

Program Notes

Hand Held is a piece that welcomes you to join in with any instrument you can hold in your hand! There are common percussion instrument recommendations, but this piece invites you to get creative and use whatever you have around. You can use a triangle, claves, castanets, shakers, a cabasa, woodblocks, cowbells, tambourines or anything else you can carry. This is a great piece to teach students how to play auxiliary percussion and get them to start making music! Pair up with similar instruments and get to grooving!

Works for Percussion by this Composer

Solo Works

Autumn Morining - Vibraphone
Clarity - Marimba
Moon River - Marimba
Snare Drum Simulation - Snare Drum
The Grandfather Clock - Timpani

Solo Percussion with Ensemble Works

Copper Chambers - Timpani; Percussion Trio
In A Mirror Dimly - Marimba; Percussion Quartet
Lost in the Jungle - Marimba; Percussion Quartet
Percussion Concerto No.1 - Multiple Percussion; Orchestra

Small Percussion Ensemble Works

Hand Held - 4 Players
King Cobra - 2 Players
Making a Path Where There Was None - 2 Players
The Space Between - 2 Players
Urbia - 4 Players

Large Percussion Ensemble Works

Himalayan Landscapes - 14 Players
Idols of an Ancient God - 14 Players
Nimbus - 14 Players

With Other Instruments

Piece of Mine - Multiple Percussion; Violin
Quantization - Drum Set; Baritone Saxophone