This bravura piece for six drummers alternates sections of strict rhythm with unmeasured sections which include randomly repeated events.Grade Level: 4...
This 2-movement work was written for Goto's wife, Akiko. The first air features a rhapsodic opening alternating between mallets and hands, followed by a dance-...
This intriguing work for intermediate level bands offers textural and stylistic interest. Transparent layers of sound open the work with an appropriately airy...
The timpani sounds the thunder at the beginning of this precipitous work. The raindrops can almost be felt as the ensemble passes the staccato themes around...
Dirges for solo timpani consists of four short movements representing a sense of mourning in four different musical forms.Grade Level: 4 Copyright: 2007 Number...
Take a midnight sleighride with Flight of Jolly Old St. Nicholas as you rock your way to the end of this piece! John M. Pasternak does it again with this...
Style: Concert Band
Arranger / Composer: Murray, James R.; Pasternak, John M.
Journey of Exploration features appealing melodies with exciting rhythmic accompaniments that are presented in a fresh sounding work of style and substance....
The piece is written for two instruments performed by four players, and players are required to move to another instrument in the last Allegro section. As a...
("First Light")
Prima Luce (or "First Light") is a dramatic work for two marimba soloists accompanied by marimba quartet. The two soloists are pitted against...
Because it is a “recital piece,” this work does not employ any experimental techniques and concepts; however, it is based on an idea of musical simultaneity....
