Adams-Two Antiphonal Portraits (SP)-2B/2V/2C/Cro./2X/4M/P

An excellent study in polyrhythms, pitting quintuplets against triplets against syncopated sixteenth note patterns. Requires independence among all players. All keyboard parts require 4-mallet technique. Great challenge!

Number of Players: 12
Difficulty: Grade 5
Instrumentation:
Player I: Marimba, Cowbell
Player II: Marimba, Agogo Bells
Player III: Marimba, Maracas
Player IV: Marimba, Guiro
Player V: Vibraphone, 3 Suspended Cymbals
Player VI: Vibraphone, Large Tam-Tam
Player VII: Orchestra Bells, Woodblock, Claves
Player VIII: Orchestra Bells, Temple Blocks, Small Tam-Tam
Player IX: Xylophone, 4 Tom-Toms
Player X: Xylophone, Bass Drum, Bongos
Player XI: Crotales, Chimes, 3 Triangles
Player XII: Crotales, Chimes, Suspended Brake Drum

Daniel Adams was born in Miami Florida in 1956. He is currently a Professor of Music and Chair of the Faculty Senate at Texas Southern University. He has previously held teaching positions at the University of Miami and Miami-Dade Community College. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts (1985) from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a Master of Music (1981) from the University of Miami, and a Bachelor of Music (1978) from Louisiana State University. Adams is the composer of numerous published and unpublished musical compositions and the author of several articles and reviews on 20th. Century percussion music, music pedagogy, and the music of Texas. He is also the author of The Solo Snare Drum: A Critical Analysis of Contemporary Compositional Techniques, a book published in 2000 by HoneyRock Music. He has received awards and honors from ASCAP, the American Symphony Orchestra League, the Percussive Arts Society, and the Greater Miami Youth Symphony. His music is recorded on Capstone Records and Summit Records.