Shadow Chasers

This is the ensemble version of Burritt’s popular piece for solo marimba and percussion quartet. It explores the full range of the instrument and of marimba technique. Extremely challenging, but idiomatic writing makes this an impressive piece to add to your repertoire. Once you learn the ensemble version, you can easily play the solo version (Shadow Chaser) on your next solo recital.

Genre: Solo Marimba with Percussion Ensemble | # of Players: 4 + Solo Marimba
Level: Medium Difficult | Duration: 12:00

Instrumentation
Solo Marimba (5-octave)
Percussion 1 (suspended cymbal, bass drum, hi-hat, log drum, wind chimes)
Percussion 2 (bells, tam-tam, woodblocks, suspended cymbal, concert tom)
Percussion 3 (3-octave vibraphone, 2-octave crotales, concert tom, bamboo wind chimes, brake drum, tam-tam)
Percussion 4 (African bell tree, gong, crotales, bongos, boo bams, bells)