Sprint - Rob Smith [DIGITAL SCORE]

Featuring an ensemble’s formidable keyboard technique, this innovative and highly energetic work is truly a 'sprint' to the finish!

Genre: Percussion Ensemble | # of Players: 12
Level: Difficult | Duration: 2:45

Instrumentation
Xylophone 1
Xylophone 2

Vibraphone 1
Vibraphone 2

Marimba 1
Marimba 2
Marimba 3 (4.5-octave)
Marimba 4 (5-octave)

Auxiliary Percussion 1
(Starting Gun or Slapstick, Vibraslap, Glockenspiel, Guiro)

Auxiliary Percussion 2
(Tambourine, Vibraslap, Splash Cymbal)

Auxiliary Percussion 3
(Splash Cymbal, 4 Suspended Cymbals, Sandblocks, 4 Woodblocks)

Auxiliary Percussion 4
(Small Bass Drum, Low Concert Tom, Snare Drum, Temple Blocks)

Program Notes
Sprint was commissioned by Dr. Blake Wilkins and the Moores School of Music Percussion Ensemble for a premiere performance at the Percussive Arts Society International Conference in Austin, Texas on November 11, 2006. The work was written to feature the ensemble’s formidable keyboard technique.

The innovative and highly energetic music of Rob Smith is frequently performed throughout the United States and abroad. His music has received numerous awards, including those from ASCAP and the National Band Association. He has received commissions from the Texas Music Festival Orchestra, the New York Youth Symphony, the American Composers Forum and several nationally renowned university wind ensembles, among others. He has been the recipient of a Fulbright Grant to Australia and a number of commercial recordings include his works. Currently, he teaches at the University of Houston’s Moores School of Music where he is Associate Professor of Music Composition and director of the AURA Contemporary Ensemble.