Cohen-Red Alert (SP)-B/V/C/M/5T/P

This ensemble is the challenging fifth movement of Homeland Security Suite for Percussion. Red Alert (Severe Risk of Terrorist Attack) goes beyond 9/11 to musically explore a dark vision of world-wide apocalyptic destruction. The piece builds in tension and texture and reaches a climax with the sound of an air raid siren hovering over descending overlapping glissandos punctuated by the sounds of explosions. The end is represented by a relentless repeated figure in the timpani and a militaristic figure in the snare drum that crescendos into a deafening wall of sound.

• Number of players: 8
• Difficulty: Advanced
• Instrumentation:
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• Player 1: 5 timpani
• Player 2: glockenspiel. large suspended cymbal
• Player 3: Vibraphone, medium tam tam
• Player 4: Marimba (5 octave)
• Player 5: Chimes, whip, large tam tam
• Player 6: Snare drum, crash cymbal, medium and small suspended cymbals, tambourine, medium tam-tam, woodblocks, triangle, whip.
• Player 7: Bass drum, 4 tom toms, large and small suspended cymbals, snare drum, large tam tam
• Player 8: Air raid siren