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Anubis by Blake Tyson is a virtuosic showpiece for solo marimba. The "Egyptian" scale and the presence of an ancient Egyptian folk song combine to conjure images of pharaohs and pyramids.

Instrumentation - Solo Marimba (5.0 octave, 4 mallets)
Difficulty - Medium-Advanced


Blake Tyson has a multifaceted career and is known as a teacher, performer, and composer. Since 2001 he has been a member of the faculty of the University of Central Arkansas. His international performances have taken him to Europe, Africa, South America and Asia. He has performed at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention, the Northwest Percussion Festival, the Leigh Howard Stevens Summer Marimba Seminar, and at numerous Days of Percussion throughout the United States. He has also performed as a percussionist with many orchestras throughout the United States, and is currently principal percussionist with the Conway Symphony Orchestra. He received the DMA degree from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. While there he was also awarded the prestigious Performer's Certificate. He holds a MM from Kent State University, and a BM from the University of Alabama.

Blake Tyson has composed many works for percussion, including Vertical River, Anubis, A cricket sang and set the sun, A Ceiling Full of Stars, and Cloud Forest. His teachers include John Beck, Michael Burritt, Larry Mathis, and Peggy Benkeser. He has also studied derabucca with Halim El-Dabh and has devoted intensive study to El-Dabh's unique notational system for the instrument. He has his own series of marimba mallets with Pro-Mark, and is a clinician and concert artist for Dynasty Percussion and the Zildjian Company.