Awake is a groove-oriented piece about coming alive, existing, and finding oneself. It explores texture and meter amongst a mostly consistent pulse and simple...
for Percussion Quartet
ImPULSE is a rhythmically driving percussion quartet based around a quarter note pulse. This pulse grows in intensity until the very...
Gary Gackstatter's arrangement of Tschesnokoff's most famous hymn, "Salvation is Created," is lovely and accessible.Program NotesPavel Tschesnokoff (1877–1944...
Style: Concert Band
Arranger / Composer: Tschesnokoff; Gackstatter, Gary
With influences of jazz, latin, and even video game music, this work is fun and enjoyable and can be performed as a solo or duet.Program NotesNarrow is the...
Written to complement an art exhibit of Monet's paintings, Nocturne of the Water Lilllies reflects an impressionistic style while retaining rhythms, harmonies...
Both of these two lovely marimba solos express a sense of nostalgia. The Prelude is a chorale that leaves nearly every aspect of musical interpretation up to...
Trance is a marimba solo filled with rhythmic drive and groove that explores the full dynamic range of the instrument while still maintaining a sense of...
