Bergamo-5 Miniatures(4S)-M/V/B/C

5 Miniatures is a collection of 5 short works for percussion. Bergamo allows some instrument selection up to the discretion of the performer. The works have a great range in the orchestrated sounds and will can help you expand your own sonic ideas.

Number of Players: 4
Difficulty: Grade 4
Instrumentation:

Player I: Glockenspiel, *

Player II: Vibraphone, *

Player III: Chimes, *

Player IV: Marimba, *

* Each player needs: A Ringing Metal Instrument (any bell, etc), A Metal Instrument (pipes, brake drums, etc), Wood Instrument (wood blocks, claves,etc), Skin Instrument (any drum with a parchment head), Other Percussion Instrument

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.