Chapman-High Rise (SP)-2B/V/C/2X/M/4T/P

Written to depict the construction of a skyscraper, John Paul Chapman's piece High Rise uses elements of blues, jazz, & contemporary classical music to invoke an urban imagery. In addition to standard percussion instruments like marimba, timpani, toms, & vibraphone, this piece includes a host of "found" percussion instruments like glass plates, metal pipes, wine glasses, and brake drums.


Each performer in this advanced 8-player ensemble has a multipercussion setup comprised of a pitched mallet instrument along with a variety of non-pitched percussion instruments. High Rise is a whirlwind of a piece, guaranteed to engage performers as well as listeners.


This piece ships as a professionally bound folio with full-color cover, and individual parts on CD-ROM.

Number of players: 8
difficulty: Advanced

Instrumentation

Player 1: Glockenspiel, wine glass, high woodblock, brake drum, 23" timpano
Player 2: Vibraphone, small glass dish, flexatone, temple blocks, 26" timpano
Player 3: Chimes, tall bottle, claves, log drum (2 pitches), 29" timpano
Player 4: Marimba (4 octave), ride cymbal, hi hat, claves, 32" timpano
Player 5: Marimba (4.3 octave), splash cymbal, sizzle cymbal, drinking glass, metal plates (2 pitches), bass drum
Player 6: Xylophone, ride cymbal, China cymbal, triangle, high tom, vibraslap
Player 7: Xylophone, ride cymbal, maracas, suspended cymbal, brake drum, whip, large cowbell, medium tom
Player 8: Glockenspiel, suspended cymbal, wooden guiro, large glass dish, low woodblock, tam tam, low tom