Original work for solo marimba composed and performed by myself (Zach Koors). It is dedicated to my sister, Miranda Koors. Rosa Xanthina is the scientific name for Yellow Rose. I hope you enjoy it, and that it brightens your day, as a yellow rose would. That is all. This recording can be downloaded from SoundCloud, and the score can be purchased from Per-Mus Publications (http://www.permus.com).

Rosa Xanthina

Arranged and performed by Zach and Sophie Koors, recorded, mixed and mastered by Caleb Miller.

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

Zach and Sophie - Silent Night

Zach and Sophie - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

Zach and Sophie - The Christmas Song

Zach and Sophie - Jingle Bells

Performed by the Ohio State University Flute Troupe
Conducted by Katherine Borst Jones
Recorded by Mark Rubinstein
Composed by Zach Koors

Eighty Six

Conducted and Commissioned by Jeff Krubsack
Composed by Zach Koors

February 11, 2017 recital

On The Move

Etch I

Composed by Zach Koors. Commissioned and performed by Emily Bedard, flute and Zack Dierickx, clarinet.

© Koors Music Publishing, 2017. All rights reserved.

Bound

Commissioned and performed by Jonathan Britt and James Lindroth.

The sound of a bell can have many different meanings depending on the context in which it’s heard. Church bells sound for weddings and for funerals. The bells within a clock tower signal the passing of time. During World War II, the ringing of church bells was banned in Britain so that the sound could be reserved for signaling an enemy threat. Similar to these examples, a variety of bell-like sounds are used within “Tolling” to evoke a variety of emotional responses within the listener.
	The introduction begins with long tolls from the trumpet along with a steady march-like pattern played with a mallet and a brush on the bass drum. An exposition contains the primary melodic motive, an ascending arpeggiated minor chord with a 7th and a 9th. This motive, and the rhythm in which it’s first presented, are both sprinkled throughout the piece in altered forms. Other tolling sounds are used to create tension as in the first climax where the trumpet repeats high A’s in syncopation with the bass drum and metal sounds. In the following section, the rhythm from the original motive is found repeated in the metals at varied speeds to mimic the sound of multiple bells ringing at different intervals of time.

Tolling for Trumpet and Percussion

Triple Double

Via, 1. Theft

Via, 2. Breaths And Echoes

Via, 3. Narrative

Let this be recorded

Zach maintains a studio of 30-40 private students per week and he leads a West African drumming class for a group of cancer survivors and caretakers in central Ohio.

Zach Koors

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