Bergamo-Duets and Solos(2S)-2V/M - Product Information
The duets in this collections feature many extended techniques for the vibraphone and marimba. Arco sections combine with the texture of a triangle beaters on the vibraphone to crate an interesting effect in the introductions. Bergamo also employs finger muffling later on in the movement.
Number of Players: 2
Difficulty: Grade 5
Instrumentation: Marimba and Vibraphone and for 2 Vibraphones
From his early days as a drummer in New Jersey, John Bergamo has never lost his desire to expand his interest in percussion. In 1959 John attended the Lenox School of Jazz in Lenox Mass. next door to Tanglewood, the summer home of the Boston Symphony. Under a scholarship, John studied drumset with Max Roach; had Percy Heath and Kenny Dorham as jazz band instructors; studied history and theory with Gunther Schuller, Marshall Stearns and George Russell; and was classmates with Ornette Coleman, and Don Cherry. In 1962 John earned an M.M. degree from Manhattan School of Music, followed by three summers in Tanglewood and time in New York City as a freelance musician.
Number of Players: 2
Difficulty: Grade 5
Instrumentation: Marimba and Vibraphone and for 2 Vibraphones
From his early days as a drummer in New Jersey, John Bergamo has never lost his desire to expand his interest in percussion. In 1959 John attended the Lenox School of Jazz in Lenox Mass. next door to Tanglewood, the summer home of the Boston Symphony. Under a scholarship, John studied drumset with Max Roach; had Percy Heath and Kenny Dorham as jazz band instructors; studied history and theory with Gunther Schuller, Marshall Stearns and George Russell; and was classmates with Ornette Coleman, and Don Cherry. In 1962 John earned an M.M. degree from Manhattan School of Music, followed by three summers in Tanglewood and time in New York City as a freelance musician.
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