New Concert Music for 2011
It’s been another busy year in the Tapspace bat cave, and we’re excited to finally unveil over 20 new concert pieces for the upcoming 2011 concert season. In addition to new titles from current Tapspace artists like Jim Casella, David Reeves, Brian Blume, Jason Baker, Robert McClure, Bobby Lopez, and Brian Slawson, we’re welcoming some…
It’s been another busy year in the Tapspace bat cave, and we’re excited to finally unveil over 20 new concert pieces for the upcoming 2011 concert season. In addition to new titles from current Tapspace artists like Jim Casella, David Reeves, Brian Blume, Jason Baker, Robert McClure, Bobby Lopez, and Brian Slawson, we’re welcoming some amazing new folks to the Tapspace team
such as New York City Opera percussionist Montgomery Hatch, Oklahoma composer and percussionist Benjamin Finley, Ohio music educator Michael Eubanks, Texas composer and percussionist Eric Rodis, Northwest musicians and teachers Lewis Norfleet and Christopher Whyte, Wisconsin percussionist and educator Dr. Jeffery Crowell, and the legendary percussion icon Ralph Hardimon!
With a variety of styles, difficulty levels, solos, duets, and ensembles both large and small, we’re pleased as punch with these new titles and think they’ll bring some heat to your concert hall this season!
Below is a listing of new concert titles and audio tracks for previewing them. Learn more about each piece by clicking its title.
EASY
| Michael Eubanks SONGO CONCERTINO For Percussion Ensemble |
MEDIUM-EASY
| Isaac Albéniz, arr Christopher Whyte SEVILLA (SEVILLIANAS) For Percussion Ensemble and Solo Marimba | Premiering at the Midwest Clinic. Available December 15th |
MEDIUM
| Montgomery Hatch BALLET FOR BOUNCING BALLS for percussion quintet | |
| David Reeves CROSSWALK for percussion octet | Premiering at the Midwest Clinic. Available December 15th |
| Erik Satie, arr. Jim Casella GYMNOPEDIE NO. 1 for solo vibraphone | |
| Robert McClure IN MY MOTHER’S GARDEN for vibraphone trio | |
| J.S. Bach, arr. Brian Slawson JESU, JOY OF MAN’S DESIRING for mallet sextet | |
| Brian Slawson TOP TANK for percussion trio | |
MEDIUM-ADVANCED
| Eric Rodis COLOSSUS concerto for timpani | |
| Bobby Lopez CONVERSATION for two tambourines | |
| Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov, arr. Lewis Norfleet DANCE OF THE TUMBLERS from “The Snow Maiden” | |
| Jason Baker MAGNOLIA suite for snare drum in three movements | |
| Felix Mendelssohn, arr. Brian Slawson A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM: SCHERZO for mallet ensemble | |
| Robert McClure MOMENTS for solo marimba | |
| Tetsuro Naito, arr. Jeffery Crowell NANAFUSHI for percussion trio | |
ADVANCED
| Benjamin Finley BLADE for solo multipercussion | |
| Jim Casella COMPOUND AUTONOMY for percussion ensemble | |
| Jim Casella CYCLONE for percussion ensemble | Premiering at the Midwest Clinic. Available December 15th |
| Jim Casella JOAQUIN ON SUNSHINE for percussion ensemble & rhythm section | |
| Maurice Ravel, arr. Ralph Hardimon LE TOMBEAU DE COUPERIN: PRELUDE for percussion ensemble | |
| Brian Blume STRANDS OF TIME for marching snare solo and audio | |