Burritt-Home Trilogy (SP)-Solo M/2B/2V/Songbells/Cro./P

Home Trilogy by Michael Burritt for solo marimba and percussion quartet. The title is a reference both to the composer's home in Rochester and "our collective home", the earth. The first movement is titled, Painted Hills and refers to the stunning tapestry the landscape of colored leaves creates in the Fall Season. The movement is orchestrated for solo marimba and pitched metallic percussion. The second is titled White Pines, and was inspired by the energy, crispness and majesty of these snow-covered trees in the winter months. It is scored for solo marimba with both keyboard and battery percussion. The final Movement, titled Home, serves as the epilogue to the work. The solo marimba is a continuously evolving harmonic motor with sparsely placed pitched gong and keyboard percussion interjections.

Instrumentation:
Player 1 - Solo 5-Octave Marimba
Player 2 - Vibraphone, Small Bass Drum
Player 3 - Glockenspiel, 3 Congas, Tam Tam
Player 4 - Song Bells (or glockenspiel 8vb), Crotales, Bongos, Suspended Cymbal, Shaker
Player 5 - Tuned Copper Pipes, Bell Tree, Djembe, Prepared Vibraphone (two thin metal rods placed over each manual of the keyboard)