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An impressive follow-up to Burritt?s extremely successful Shadow Chasers, Timeless centers more around the beautiful colors that the marimba can produce when combined with other mallet instruments and percussion instruments. Requires a well-rounded percussionist to perform the solo part ? virtuosic marimba writing, blazingly fast rudimental tenor drum solo, multiple percussion solo requiring much
Number of Players: 4
Difficulty: Grade 5
Instrumentation:
Player I: Marimba solo
Player II: Bells, High Wood Block, Bass Drum, Congas, Small Gong, Splash Cymbal
Player III: Vibraphone, Bongos, Splash Cymbal, 2 Wood Blocks, Tambourine
Player IV: Chimes, Castanets, Splash Cymbal, Bell Tree, Marimba, Large Gong, 2 Tom-Toms, Bass Drum
Michael Burritt is currently Professor and Director of Percussion Studies in the School of Music at Northwestern University. He has developed a program of international distinction. Mr. Burritt received his Bachelor and Master of Music Degrees, as well as the prestigious Performers Certificate from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. His teachers have included John Beck, Gordon Stout, Paul Yancich and Herbert Flower.
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