Bergamo-On The Edge (additional scores 1/3 off)-P/T/Almg

On the edge was commissioned by CalArt in 1982. Any number of players from 1-5 will produce a suitable realization. The instrumentation for the most part is similar through all players, however there should be separation between each of the like instruments. Player 5 requires a jet plane cowling A jet plane cowling is the outer ring of a jet plane engine. We do not stock these., contact you local airport.

Number of Players: 1-5
Difficulty: Grade 5
Instrumentation

Player I: Almglocke, Tam-Tam, Aluminum Disc, 1 Timpani, Snare Drum

Player II: Almglocke, Tam-Tam, Aluminum Disc, 1 Timpani, Snare Drum

Player III: Almglocke, Tam-Tam, Aluminum Disc, 1 Timpani, Snare Drum

Player IV: Almglocke, Tam-Tam, Aluminum Disc, 1 Timpani, Snare Drum

Player V: Almglocke, Tam-Tam, Jet Plane Engine Cowling

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.