Vector
General Info
Year of Published: 2020
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Difficulty: Grade 3
Duration: 2:55
Cost: 32.00
Instrumentation
Player 1: Xylophone/Glockenspiel
Player 2: Vibraphone 1, Suspended Cymbal
Player 3: Vibraphone 2, Suspended Cymbal
Player 4: Marimba 1
Player 5: Marimba 2
Player 6: Mallet MIDI Controller (MalletKAT, MalletStation, etc.)
Player 7: Keyboard MIDI Controller
Player 8: Acoustic Drumset/Drum Pad MIDI Controller (DTX, SPD, etc.)
Program Notes
Vector is written for keyboard percussion (front ensemble) and electronics. The keyboard percussion parts are easy/intermediate difficulty, with most of the challenge coming from ensemble timing / listening. It's fully playable with two mallets, though groups may choose to use four. Vector can serve as a "lot warmup" or stand on its own on a percussion ensemble concert.
Perform it with acoustic mallet instruments and a simple "play-along track" or with full manual control of all electronic sounds (including the drumming), using Apple's MainStage (.concert file included).
Recent Performance
Works for Percussion by this Composer
Solo
More of Us - Marimba
Music for Vibraphone and Electronica - Vibraphone, Electronics
PixelPop - Marimba
Quad Damage - Solo Tenor Drums
Sad Marimba & Mysterious Marimba - Marimba
Spicy Jam - Marimba
Surface - Marimba
Uma Para Ela - Marimba
Snare Drum Solo Works
Downshift
Midnight Drift
Neon Rush
Duet
Three Paintings for Marimba and Snare Drum - Percussion Duo
Chamber
Aquarium (Saint-Saens) - Percussion Sextet
Christmas Time is Here (Guaraldi) - Percussion Sextet
Cohesion - Percussion Duo
Enchantment - Percussion Quintet
Imminent Launch - Percussion Quintet
OnRush - Percussion Quintet
Rocket Science - Percussion Sextet
Rogue Agent - Percussion Sextet
Under Attack! - Percussion Quintet
Vector - Percussion Octet, Keyboards, Electronics
You Can Can-Can Too (Offenbach) - Percussion Octet
Large Ensemble
Critical Mass - 12 Players
The Hidden Kingdom - 15 Players
Stealing the Sandblade - 12 Player
Symphony No. 5: Scherzo (Prokofiev) - 12 Players
Victory Lap - 13 Players
Mallet Chamber
Seeing the World - Marimba Quartet
Together (Moore) - Marimba Quartet