Snare Drumz

*****Pieces are written for live performance and scores are complete for each composition in parts and as a wholepercussion chamber ensembles


Drumz2004 Drumz2007
5 players: 2 facing each other- 1) kick drum + snare 2) kick drum + tom toms (both players seated: on drum set stools with bass drums and kick pedals)
3) high hat + cymbals 4) vibraphone 5) tambourine

*all parts are meant to be improvised in addition to this score ... so this piece has potential to become much more depending on the group dyanamic and how competitive players 1 + 2 want to be   

Bass Pieces for solo piano and duet with bass instrument tuba/double bass/electric bass



Drumz + Bassism

ROLLIN'

Diddlin'

Flam  It

Composed in 2006 this is a song or poem expressing deep grief or mourning
Solo marimba 4 mallets  
a minor
improv section in the middle
Written in 2006 for a composition class at UBC at the start of the year it is about a feeling or an expression of grief; a lamentation 

ghostface: 4 mallets marimba

bass music 
melody, harmony, rhythm, modulation all in the lowW register

The Unofficial Ghost

This is a piece that is within the ranges and capabilities of both instruments
bass music ....

V.I.P. Riders Ghost

chamber music
percussion ensemble 
see drumz2007 for instrument list and set up


Drumz04

chamber music for 5 percussionists
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marimba or vibraphone
tambourine
suspended cymbols -large and small and highat (w/pedal)
snare drum and kick drum 1
tomtom + kick drum 2

ROLLIN'

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