Promise Music (Percussion Ensemble Version)

Clif Walker

General Info

Year of Published: 2007
Publisher: Musicon Publications
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Duration: c.
Cost: Score and Parts - $48.00   |   Score Only - $0.00

Instrumentation

Player 1: Glockenspiel
Player 2: Vibraphone 1
Player 3: Vibraphone 2
Player 4: Chimes
Player 5: Marimba 1
Player 6: Marimba 2
Player 7: Marimba 3
Player 8: Timpani
Player 9: Auxiliary Percussion

Program Notes

Originally conceived and written by Clif Walker as a marimba solo with small ensemble accompaniment, Promise Music was later revised (2007) and expanded to seven, then nine equal parts. It was performed in its final form at the 2007 Percussive Arts Society International Convention by the Florida State University percussion ensemble as a winner of the "call for tapes" competition under the direction of Dr. John W. Parks IV. The work attempts to convey the mood of a promise. A strong, simple melody withstanding an undercurrent of activity, changes, modulations. Intentionally, it was written without the use of any drums/membranophones, leaving all the challenges of energy, aggressiveness, and excitement exclusively to keyboards and various metals (cymbals, gongs, and triangle). The struck crotale on timpani effect is in memory of, and was introduced to the composer by, the late Michael Hooley of Northeast Missouri State University.

Works for Percussion by this Composer

5 - 9 Players Works

Gotham (1940) - Percussion Nonet
Shine - Percussion Octet

10 - 14 Players Works

10 Windows - 10 Players
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Dad Dances - Percussion Ensemble (12)
Disguised - Percussion Ensemble 8-13 players
Fade (Free) - Drumset, Percussion Ensemble (11)
Like a Giant Refreshed - Percussion Ensemble (12)

15 - 19 Players Works

Curious Surroundings - Percussion Ensemble (16)
Gravity (Falling) - Percussion Ensemble (15)

20 Players or Above Players Works

Beacons - 22 Players
Stones. On Shores. Waiting - 20 Players
The Rule of Three - Percussion Ensemble (20), Bass, Piano
Treehouses - 20 Players