Festival of the New Sun
Subtitle: For Percussion Ensemble
General Info
Year: 2012
Duration: c. 3:20
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Tapspace Publications
Cost: Score (print) and Parts (digital) - $35.00 | Score Only (print) - $10.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V (5 players), including:
- Cowbells (2)
- Finger Cymbals
- Snare Drums (2: piccolo and concert)
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Temple Blocks (4)
- Tom-toms (2: 2 graduated high and 2 graduated low)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Written for six players, this easier/intermediate ensemble for drums and percussion by Alan Keown allows each player to contribute to the overall ensemble. It uses only standard, common instrumentation and no mallet instruments are required. Opening with a distant and repetitive snare motive, players layer in one by one, building to a driving and groovy piece which never relents. Players are featured through solo and duet phrases, and dramatic dynamics are used to give the piece a relentless sense of motion throughout.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
State Ratings
- Missouri: Percussion Ensemble Grade C
- Texas: Percussion Ensemble Class 2
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- West Forsyth High School (Cumming, Ga.) Wind Symphony Percussionists (John Herndon, conductor) – 19 November 2019
- San Dieguito Academy (Encinitas, Calif.) Wind Ensemble II Percussion Ensemble (Jeremy Wuertz, director) – 11 May 2019
Works for Winds by This Composer