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Tapspace Concert Literature

Fuerza Negra (Francisco Perez)

Freerider (Patrick Speranza)

Man of Steel (Hans Zimmer; arr. Brian Perez)

Inspired by the poem “Starfall” by Rainer Maria Rilke, "Fallen Stars" paints a picture of reﬂection, wonder, and longing through its vidid imagery of a meteor shower. Playable by as few as 3 keyboard percussionists, bonus parts for marimba, timpani, and auxiliary percussion offer flexibility and give the piece even more color.

Fallen Stars (flex percussion ensemble 3-8+ players) - Nathan Daughtrey

Thundersnow (Miles Locke)

Drums. Loud. Good.

Tilted Spheres is named after a sculpture by Richard Serra, one of my favorite artists. He has prominent pieces in three places I've lived: Fort Worth, TX; Lincoln, NE; and Bilbao, Spain (although Tilted Spheres itself is actually installed in Toronto). I love the huge scale and industrial look of his sculptures, but they also have amazing acoustic qualities. A clap or a stomp will undergo different degrees of echo and timbral distortion, depending on how loud the sound is and the sonic vantage from where it is observed. This has always sort of blown my mind, so I set out to replicate the "Richard
Serra experience" in this piece.

The piece is a quintet for (mostly) non-pitched percussion instruments. After I completed the piece, it occurred to me that almost every instrument present had a circular shape. All of these different sized "spheres" interact in different combinations throughout the work to create a compelling rhythmic and timbral discourse. Tilted Spheres was commissioned by a consortium of professional, collegiate, and advanced high school ensembles and premiered by the Aledo Percussion Ensemble at the 2014 Percussive Arts Society International Convention in Indianapolis.
– DH

Tilted Spheres (percussion quintet) - Dave Hall

Collide (percussion ensemble 17) - Jacob Remington

Dystopia was written to imitate a tense, action-packed, horror movie soundtrack within the percussion ensemble setting. Using a fairly large instrumentation (including piano), some interesting textures are achieved by way of bowed instruments (waterphone, tam tam, vibraphone), and gutteral, groaning bass drum effects. Frequent use of tight intervals and dissonant melodies add to the tension driven by a syncopated ostinato in 5/4.

Essentially, this is program music designed to take listeners on a journey of their own images. There isn’t a literal story being told here, but its structure takes us from quiet mystery to suspenseful pursuit, then action-based escape. These dramatic elements will allow each performer and listener to choose his or her own adventure by letting the music create a scary story line of its own.

Dystopia was premiered before an enthusiastic audience at the 2008 Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago, Illinois.

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Dystopia (Jim Casella)

Original written for two concert toms in Daughtrey's collection of duets for young percussionists, DUOLOGY, "Drums of Moria" was been expanded to a full percussion ensemble that is playable by as few as 5 players or as many as 9 or more by using the optional parts and/or doubling.

Drums Of Moria [12 players]

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Drums. Loud. Good.

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