Ice (Percussion Quartet)

Ice is a duet for marimba and vibraphone with 2 auxiliary percussionists bound to put you in a "chill" mood. Heavily influenced by jazz, both the vibraphone and marimba have moments to shine with melodic features throughout while the other instruments accompany.

Genre: Percussion Ensemble | # of Players: 4
Series: N/A
Level: Medium Advanced | Duration: 3:50

Instrumentation
Score (8.5"x11" stapled booklet)

Vibraphone (3-octave, 4 mallets)
Marimba (5-octave, 4 mallets)
Percussion 1: Vibraslap, Cajón, Shaker*
Percussion 2: Splash Cymbal, Hi-Hat, 4 Triangles, Ocean Drum, Shaker, Sheker*

*This was originally written as a keyboard duet, so all of the auxiliary percussion is flexible with its instrumentation.

Program Notes
Originally written as a duet for marimba and vibraphone, Ice was written for my colleagues Brian Lowe and Izzie Holland. It has been expanded here for quartet, adding two battery/auxiliary percussion parts. I intended for the mood of the tune to be "chill", leading to the name Ice for the title of the composition. There's a lot of jazz influenced harmonies with minor 7th chords and a few 2-5-1 chord sequences. Both the vibe and marimba have moments to shine with melodic features throughout while the other instrument accompanies.

– N.H.