Percussion Music by Frank Felice

A one-player multi-percussion piece that is by turns ambient, meditative, turbulent, prayerful, and forceful -- an 'aftermath' of Paul the apostle's experience on the road to Damascus  - Commissioned by percussionist Marc Wooldridge

Road to Damascus

A fast mischievous two-mallet piece for marimba - "Basta" translates to 'enough!" in English, is often shouted at young Italian rapscallions - a good image for this piece!  Commissioned by percussionist John Reed.

Basta!

A selection of pieces from various plays for which I've composed music and done sound designs - this music is all over the map - very much part of the background and minimalist (Metamorphosis), standard orchestral (Romeo and Juliet), weird piano (Turn of the Screw), and new age-esque (Lamentations Project)

Chalk Circle Reel from A Caucasian Chalk Circle

King Crimson has long been a favorite progressive rock group of mine, and their Discipline album from 1981 features two songs, Discipline and Indiscipline, which utilize polymetrical and minimalist material throughout.  NO DISCIPLINE was composed as a ‘tip o’the hat’ to these two pieces (and indeed Frippertronics), and named after an embarrassingly common tenet of my play/work life, that of having a plan and then… well….. wandering away from it….  The work is a virtuosic piece for a soloist who must maintain independent lines between each hand, while also playing a Brufordesque kick bass drum part with one foot.  (Of course, the piece can also be performed by two players on one marimba as well……

commissioned by and dedicated to the most excellent composer/percussionist Alex Williams

Öszinte Örommel, Francoise Heureux, percussionists

No Discipline

I am an eclectic composer who writes with a postmodern mischievousness: my pieces can be comedic/ironic, simple/complex, or humble/reverent. My recent projects have taken a turn toward turn towards the sweeter side, exploring a consonant adiatonicism.

Percussion Music by Frank Felice

FRANK FELICE, composer