Ellipsis
General Info
Year: 2010
Duration: c. 5:00
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $36.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Percussion I-VIII, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Bongos (2)
- Concert Toms (2)
- Hi-Hat
- Marimba
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tam-Tam
- Timpani
- Vibraphone
- Wind Chimes
- Wood Blocks (2)
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Ellipsis: A mark or series of marks (...) that usually indicate an intentional omission of a word or a phrase from the original text. An ellipsis can also be used to indicate a pause in speech, an unfinished thought.
Ellipsis is a satisfying blend of mixed meter, complex melodies and intense drumming. It calls for eight players (four mallet parts, timpani and three battery). The beginning of the piece bubbles along with strings of 16th notes and accented passages that emphasize the meter changes. The mallet players double on drums and woodblock,s adding the element of pure rhythm blended with the melody. It then smooths out and transitions into the middle section which is slower and more lyrical. The last part is similar to the first with a slick and powerful ending.
- Program Note from publisher
Commissioned by the middle school ensembles of the Spring Independent School District, Houston, Tx.
- Program Note from score
Media
State Ratings
- Indiana: 113 LARGE PERCUSSION ENSEMBLES
- Ohio: Percussion ensemble A
- Texas: Percussion ensemble class II
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Cedar Park (Tx.) Middle School Symphonic Band (Roland Chavez, conductor) - 19 December 2019 (2019 Midwest Clinic)
- Milpitas (Calif.) High School Percussion Ensemble – 28 April 2019
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Apollo's Chariot (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2021)
- Appalachian Air (Flex instrumentation) (2003/2021)
- Dark Matter (Flex instrumentation) (2016/2020)
- Downtown Dash (Flex instrumentation) (2009/2020)
- Such Small Things (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2020)
- Ye Merry Fantasy (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
All Wind Works
- Apollo's Chariot (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2021)
- Appalachian Air (Flex instrumentation) (2003/2021)
- As Above, So Below (2017)
- Black Rainbow (2014)
- Blaze (2021)
- Bounce (2015)
- Chasing Infinity (2018)
- Dark Matter (2016)
- Dark Matter (Flex instrumentation) (2016/2020)
- Downtown Dash (2009)
- Downtown Dash (Flex instrumentation) (2009/2020)
- Ellipsis (2010)
- Fidget (2015)
- From the Ashes (2017)
- Gate City Snapshot (2012)
- Imagining World (2010)
- Immortal Dream (2006)
- Irish Washerwoman (2006)
- Legend of the Sword (Daughtrey) (2007)
- Limerick Daydreams (2006)
- Mercury Rising (2005)
- Point of Reckoning (as arranger) (2015)
- Power Struggle (2009)
- Sensus Vitae (2013)
- Shine On! (2017)
- Silent Canyons (2014)
- Silver Moon (2007)
- Spiraling Light (2016)
- StarCatchers (2016)
- Such Small Things (2017)
- Such Small Things (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2020)
- Through an Open Door (as arranger) (1893/2023)
- Through the Horizon (2007)
- True Things (2017)
- Twitch (2016)
- Water Spirits (2019)
- Where Dreams Dance (2023)
- Ye Merry Fantasy (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
Resources
- Daughtrey, N. (2010). Ellipsis: For Percussion Ensemble [score]. C. Alan Publications: Greensboro, N.C.
- Nathan Daughtrey website Accessed 20 December 2019
- Perusal score