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...
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...
Starry Heaven • Prominence • The Milky Way
Myriads of Stars is a three-movement work for marimba and piano. This glittering, shimmery, and sparkling work...
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....
A Concerto for Drums and Wind Ensemble
Drawing on melodic material from Yankee Doodle and the Funeral March of the U.S. Army, Yo Goto has crafted a brilliant...
Composer Yukiko Nishimura writes “I wanted to create something that brings happiness and smiling, which we find in small, daily events.” This expressive work...
Opposite musical characteristics such as soft and loud, comfort and angular, static and active, hesitant and steadfast are contrastingly employed in this piece...