Dietz-Exit Wounds (SP)-B/V/C/X/2M/4T/alm./Tuned gongs/P OS

Exit Wounds was written for Jim Campbell and the University of Kentucky percussion ensemble. It features dense rhythmic structures and limited instrumentation.

Number of Players: 6
Difficulty: Grade 5
Instrumentation:

Player I:Glockenspiel, Almglocken Bb3, Hi-Tom, Hi-Woodblock, Tubular Bell

Player II:Xylophone, Almglocken C4, Hi-Tom, Hi-Woodblock, Tubular Bell

Player III:Vibraphone, Almglocken B3, Med-Tom, Med-Woodblock, Tubular Bell

Player IV:Marimba 4.3, Tuned Gong Eb4, Med-Tom, Med-Woodblock, Tubular Bell

Player V:Marimba 5.0, Tuned Gong D4, Lo-Tom, Lo-Woodblock, Tubular Bell<

Player VI:4 Timpani, Tuned Gong C# 3, Lo-Tom, Lo-Woodblock

Brett William Dietz (b. 1972) is Assistant Professor of Percussion at the Louisiana State University School of Music.  He is the music director of Hamiruge (the LSU Percussion Group).  He earned the Bachelor of Music in Percussion and the Master of Music in Composition/Theory from the Mary Pappert School of Music at Duquesne University. In 2004, Dietz earned his Doctorate of Music from Northwestern University.  He has studied percussion with Jack DiIanni, Andrew Reamer, Stanley Leonard, and Michael Burritt while his principal composition teachers include Joseph W. Jenkins, David Stock, and Jay Alan Yim.