Ford-Night Watch (SP)-2V/3M/steel drs./P/BG or steel band

Nightwatch is an energetic composition for steel drum or percussion ensemble. All of the steel drum parts have suggestions for substitution by pitched percussion instrument. This arrangement also requires a rhythm section.

Number of Players: 10
Difficulty: Grade 4
Instrumentation:

Player I: Tenor Pan

Player II: Double Tenor (sub vibraphone 1)

Player III: Double Seconds (sub marimba)

Player IV: Double Seconds (sub marimba or vibraphone)

Player V: Guitar (sub marimba)

Player VI: Cello (sub marimba)

Player VII: Bass Pan (sub electric bass)

Player VIII: Drumset

Player IX and X: Mark Tree, Sleigh Bells, Suspended Cymbal, Bongos, Cabasa, Shaker, Claves, Congas

Mark Ford is the coordinator of percussion activities at The University of North Texas in Denton, Texas and Immediate Past-President of the Percussive Arts Society. He is a marimba specialist and the director of one of the largest percussion programs in the United States at UNT. Ford has premiered a variety of new works for solo marimba, and he is the author of Marimba:Technique Through Music, a marimba method book. Ford has been a featured performer/clinician throughout the states at universities and at music conferences including PASIC, MENC, TMEA, Mid-West and CBDNA. Mark has also performed at International Music Festivals in South America, Asia, Australia and Europe. With several marimba and percussion CDs to his credit, Mark's recordings have further established his dedication to excellence in music.