Waltz for a Windy Day
General Info
Year of Published: 2020
Publisher: Tapspace Publications
Difficulty: Elementary
Duration: 00:03:00
Cost: $13.00
Instrumentation
Description
John Willmarth’s light and airy solo for vibraphone Waltz for A Windy Day was composed for his wife and daughters and is meant to reflect a sunny, breezy day in South Carolina. In this uplifting solo, John begins the piece with running sixteenth-note arpeggios which help set the overall wistful nature of the piece. He then introduces the main melody and accompaniment, which is touchingly song-like. The sixteenth-note arpeggios return and the pieces comes to a close, quoting the main melody in its final bars. Although this piece is playable on a standard 3-octave vibraphone with only two-mallets, more experienced players may find it preferable to use four mallets.
Recent Performance
Works for Percussion by this Composer
Vibraphone Solo
Snare Drum Solo
Timpani Solo
And They're Off
Bushido: The Way of the Warrior
Capture of the U-505
Multiple Percussion Solo Works
Ode to the One-armed Drummer
Rocktopus
Mallet Ensemble Works
Percussion Ensemble
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Now the Day is Over - 9 Players
On Thin Air - 14 Players
Release the Kraken - 4 Players
Rhythm Rocket - 2 Players
Snowpocalypse - 11 Players
Tentacles (Willmarth) - 10 Players
Trinidad Tidings - 9 Players
Waves (Willmarth) - 11 Players