This intermediate marimba solo serves as a wonderful introduction to polytonality for the performer and audience alike. While not too technically challenging,...
Inspired by cinemagraphic techniques in which one image is gradually transformed into another, this work allows resonant sounds to dissolve according to their...
Duo Dichotomy is written for 4.3-octave marimba with optional notes of a 5-octave marimba. Listen for the two "dichotomies" of the piece - the two central...
Elgar’s Elegy for Strings provided the inspiration for Paschal Mystery: Elegy for Marimba Quartet. Originally conceived as a work for choir, Paschal Mystery...
Latin percussion performance and Medieval composition techniques are combined in Talea to create unusual musical patterns and colors. Although the piece is...
Tamarack & Birch is an adrenaline-raising work that provides an excellent challenge/reward ratio for the intermediate to advanced marimba soloist. Each...
Drawing from the poetry of Stephen Cochran, Adams attempts to portray the beauty, mystique, and caprice that he has come to know through his many visits to...
Times Two is so named because each dimension of the piece is constructed in multiples of two. Two performers each play four tom-toms in a four-movement piece...
The coloristic and registral transformations occurring in Twilight Remembered allude to the gradually dimming hues of sunset over water. The sounds move...
An excellent study in polyrhythms, pitting quintuplets against triplets against syncopated sixteenth note patterns. Requires independence among all players....
