Spinning Plates (Version 2)
General Info
Cost: $40.00
Instrumentation
Solo
Ensemble
Player 1: Vibraphone / Glockenspiel
Player 2: Xylophone
Player 3: Marimba
Player 4: Marimba
Player 5: Marimba
Description
Composed in 2002 for the students of Percussion Department at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. The inspiration for such a large work came directly from the instrumentation found in Finding Fossils. A re-scored version features solo vibraphone accompanied by 5 mallet players. Solo part contains large sections of improvisation.
Works for Percussion by this Composer
Solo
Just a Second - Vibraphone
Mixolydian Waltz -Vibraphone
More Than One Way - Vibraphone
Sonic Etudes - Snare Drum
Swedish Sketches - Multiple Percussion
Tribus Modis - Marimba
Solo With Percussion Ensemble
Spinning Plates (Version 1) - Vibraphone; 14 Percussion Players
Spinning Plates (Version 2) - Vibraphone; 5 Percussion Plyers
Small Percussion Ensemble
Highway 22 - 5 Players
New Year Groove - 3 Players
Rudolph Go Latin - 4 Players
The Vibe of Timpani - 3 Players
Large Percussion Ensemble
Beja De Groove - 14 Players
Bell Power - 14 Players
Biking in 7/8 - 14 Players
Sangelstainen - 12 Players
The Meeting - 10 Players
Mallet Ensemble
Cruise Control Fika - 3 Players
Gigue (Åstrand) - 8 Players
Mallet Dance - 2 Players
Metal - 9 Players
More to Say - 10 Players
The Nordic Light - 5 Players
To Brandon - 6 Players
Tribus Coloribus - 4 Players
With Other Instruments
Finding Fossils (Version 1) - Flute; 17 Percussion Players