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Featured Video: ImPULSE by Austin Franklin
Posted on Jan 28th 2022
ImPULSE for percussion quartet was written for an aleatoric set of non-pitched percussion instruments, chosen by the performers according to only a few instructions given in the score. The piece is composed in two parts, held together by a somewhat constant quarter note pulse, from which the title is derived. This pulse grows in intensity until the very end of the piece where it creates the final climax.
Performed by Hamiruge - The LSU Percussion Group
Featured Video: Photovoltaic by Matthew Kilby
PHOTOVOLTAIC is an ethereal, yet catchy percussion ensemble piece that uses a diverse harmonic pallet and intense metric interplay. The piece depicts the quantum mechanical interaction between photons and electrons that could power our society’s future.
Composer Spotlight: Matthew Kilby
MATTHEW KILBY is an educator and performer in North Charleston, South Carolina. He is currently Associate Band Director and Percussion Instructor at Fort Dorchester High School, where he won Rookie Teacher of the Year in 2019. He also assists with the Gateway Program, teaching gifted and talented young percussionists in Dorchester School District 2. Matthew earned his [...]
Featured Video: THE CAGE WE MAKE by Wes Stephens
The Cage We Make is a not-so-subtle nod to the percussion quartets of John Cage, most notably his Constructions. The work is built around the rhythmic pattern of 2-3-5-7-11 with its various forms being manipulated through retrograde, canon, rotation of the pattern between players, and rotation of the pattern in the orchestration itself. The piece [...]
Composer Spotlight: WES STEPHENS
WES STEPHENS currently resides in Iceland where he works as a percussion instructor. He maintains an active performing schedule as a founding member of the East Iceland Symphony. His award-winning compositions have been performed across the globe and his current projects include writing music for film, video games, and other media. He holds degrees from [...]
Featured Video: SPIDERWEB LEAD by Adam Silverman
Spiderweb Lead is a percussion quartet that brings together steel drum, marimba, vibraphone and a percussion accompaniment that can be played on drums of the performer’s choice such as tablas, bongos and congas, cajon, or any hand drum. In this composition, instruments are treated with nods to their ethnic origins and immersion in contemporary percussion techniques, [...]
Composer Spotlight: ADAM SILVERMAN
An already well-established composer in his own right, ADAM SILVERMAN is known for his inventive scoring, rhythmic drive, and sophisticated yet approachable harmonic language. Take a few moments to check out several of his works for percussion. Naked and On Fire (percussion sextet) Nightmare Machine (solo drum set + track) Quick Blood (percussion quartet) Sparklefrog (percussion octet)
Featured Video: SELVA LUMINOSA by Francisco Perez
Francisco Perez has amassed a large & varied library of compositions for percussion in recent years. His newest percussion quartet for two vibraphones and two marimbas, Selva Luminosa, is a formidable minimalist work, inspired by Latin American genres such as merengue, cumbia, and salsa, that grooves from beginning to end. Check out his new ensemble BlueSHIFT Percussion [...]