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A very powerful molto perpetuo which makes a great concert opener or closer. Feels like the train is about to come off the tracks! Lots of interlocking rhythms and powerful unisons. This high energy piece for six players is 5 minutes in duration and can be done without a conductor. Division 1 ensemble on the Texas UIL PLM list.
Number of Players: 6
Difficulty: Grade 4
Instrumentation:
Player I: Low Tom-Tom, Wood Block, China Cymbal, Suspended Cymbal
Player II: Bass Drum, Temple Blocks, Brake Drum
Player III: Medium Tom-Tom, Snare Drum, Timbale
Player IV: Low Clave, Floor Tom, Triangle
Player V: High Clave, Low Clave, High Tom-Tom, 26 inch Timpani, Brake Drum, 2 Roto-Toms
Player VI: Whip, Bongos, 32 inch Timpani, Tambourine
Dr. Paul Bissell (b. 1966) is currently the associate professor of music technology at Del Mar College in Corpus Christi, Texas. Dr. Bissell has written many articles for Percussive Notes, The Louisiana Musician and The Transoniq Hacker in both percussion and music technology related fields. He has also performed with the Austin Symphony, Shreveport Symphony, The Florida Orchestra and the Joeffrey Ballet among many others. He is featured as a performer on compact discs as diverse as Eric Johnson's Ah Via Musicom, Karl Korte's Extensions: A Retrospective of Elctro-Acoustic Music and the Spy Kids II movie sound track.
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