Astrand-Ice Dance (SP)-2V/2M/ACC

Ice Dance was composed in 2002 for the dance company Barents Dansemsemble. Its premier performance was at the Winter Festival "Vintervägen" of the same year and featured ice instruments during the third movement. The combination of mallet instruments and accordian gives the piece a certain meditative mood and timbre that is further emphasized by a slow and repetitive rhythm. The 2nd movement from the multi-media performance "Vintervägen".

Number of Players: 5
Difficulty: Grade 5
Instrumentation:

Player I: Vibraphone

Player II: Vibraphone

Player III: Marimba

Player IV: Marimba

Player V: Accordion or Synthesizer

Anders Astrand regularly performs recitals and gives clinics throughout the US and Europe, both as a soloist and together with his percussion ensemble Global Percussion Network. Anders Åstrand has several times performed at PASIC (Percussive Arts Society International Convention). In his compositions, Åstrand focuses on improvisation as an essential feature for soloists as well as the ensemble. In addition to mallet music, Åstrand has been commissioned to composes for brass quintets, saxophone quartet, choirs, and big band.