Robertson (arr.)-Sacred Favorites-M

Sacred Favorites includes arrangements of three of my favorite church hymns. Often times, marimbists have found themselves preparing to perform a recital at a church, not knowing what to play. Sure, we can always play Bach transcriptions, and we can play literature that is written for our instrument, and the audience will love it, but sometimes, nothing can grab a church audience more than a simple sacred hymn that they are familiar with. My goal in arranging these hymns is to provide marimbists with their own version of these hymns that go beyond the standard chorale form, but still contains the same original melodies.

-WR

Number of Players: 2
Difficulty: Grade 4
Instrumentation:

Player I: Marimba 5 Oct.

Wes Robertson is an accomplished percussionist and a successful composer of percussion music from Greensboro, North Carolina. As a percussionist, he has performed with numerous ensembles in the Triad area including the UNCG Percussion Ensemble, the UNCG Wind Ensemble, the Greensboro Philharmonia, the Triad Brass Quintet, and Gate City Brass. He has performed solo recitals throughout North and South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee, and in Pennsylvania.
Wes is currently a percussionist with the Air National Guard Band of the Smokey Mountains in Knoxville, Tennessee. Along with performing, he is an active teacher, teaching private percussion lessons, and teaching percussion for several high schools in the Guilford County School System.
Wes holds the Bachelor of Music degree in Percussion Performance from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG), and is currently pursuing his Master of Music degree at UNCG.