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Featured Video: Outback Suite by Amanda Sycamore

OUTBACK SUITE is a suite of three pieces that can be performed together or as short standalone works. Each movement elicits a scene from the beautiful and diverse Australia. Filling a void in early four-mallet literature, these pieces focus on developing core four-mallet technique while sounding like recital works rather than etudes. Utilizing a 4-octave [...]

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Composer Spotlight: Amanda Sycamore

AMANDA SYCAMORE has been performing and teaching private lessons in the Triad area of North Carolina for over 20 years. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education and a Masters in Percussion Performance from the UNCG School of Music. Amanda is currently the Principle Percussionist for the Salisbury Symphony Orchestra and is a member [...]

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Featured Video: GOLGOTHA by Adam Bruce

GOLGOTHA is a highly programmatic piece that chronicles the final hours of Jesus’ life. The rich imagery and careful orchestration throughout highlights not only the events experienced in that time by those present but also the deep internal struggle Jesus faced in his crucifixion. The work begins at the last supper with musical lines referencing [...]

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Composer Spotlight: Adam Bruce

ADAM BRUCE is the percussion specialist for Union Public Schools in Tulsa, Oklahoma. As such, he teaches and oversees all aspects of the percussion program from grades 6-12. During his time at Union, the marching band has made multiple appearances in BOA Grand Nationals and Super Regional Finals. The indoor drumline has also made [...]

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Featured Video: Swan Song by Andrew Smit

SWAN SONG, ironic to its name, is my first marimba solo composition. It is dedicated to Kevin Bobo who taught me composition techniques during my undergraduate studies at Indiana University. I owe a lot to him for recognizing in me an interest in composing and working with me to develop that skill. Completed in February [...]

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Composer Spotlight: Greg Haynes

GREG HAYNES is a native of Century, Florida and currently employed with the Conecuh County Board of Education Greg Haynes is a percussionist, composer, and educator based in the Connecticut/New York metro area. As a performer, Haynes is active as both a soloist and an ensemble player, having performed concertos by Keiko Abe, Allan Bell, [...]

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Featured Video: AUTUMNAL OVERTURE by Marco Schirripa

AUTUMNAL OVERTURE was commissioned by Paul Millette and premiered at the University of North Dakota in 2014. I was concerned when he asked me for a piece that was sensitive and beautiful, as neither of those words even come close to describing my compositional style. The result of this challenge splits the difference in a [...]

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Composer Spotlight: Eric Bailey

ERIC BAILEY is a native of Century, Florida and currently employed with the Conecuh County Board of Education as the Assistant/Percussion Director of Bands at Hillcrest High School in Evergreen, Alabama. Prior to his tenure in Conecuh County Mr. Bailey served as the percussion instructor at Flomaton High School, WS Neal High School and TR [...]

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Featured Video: SPARK by Luke Vogt

Spark is composed around the concept of exponential expansion. Similar to how a small spark can lead to a great fire under the right circumstances or a simple idea can multiply to create large societal change, my goal when writing this piece was to make a complex and musically dense soundscape while maintaining the integrity [...]

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Composer Spotlight: Luke Vogt

LUKE VOGT is a percussionist and educator originally from Phoenix, Arizona, currently residing in Fort Worth, Texas. Luke holds a bachelor’s degree in Music Education from Arizona State University and a master’s degree in Percussion Performance from Texas Christian University. Luke currently works as the percussion specialist for V.R. Eaton High School in Fort Worth, [...]

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