Houllif-Festival Repertoire for Timpani

The eight solos in this collection are suitable for pedagogy, contest, recital, jury, and audition purposes.The techniques of tuning, muffling, rolling, double-stops, staccato and legato playing are employed as well as various tonal possibilities of the drums. Styles include classical, New Orleans 2nd line, contemporary, march walt, and latin.

Number of Players: 1
Difficulty:Grade 3-4
Instrumentation:

Player I: Timpani

A native of Woodbourne, New York, Murray Houllif holds degrees from the State University of New York at Potsdam (BS Music Education) and the State University of New York at Stony Brook (MM Percussion Performance). His teachers include Raymond Des Roches, Richard Fitz, James Petercsak, Sandy Feldstein and BeyPerry. Having subsequently served as co-coordinator of percussion at North Texas State University in Denton, Murray has recently retired from 32 years as a band director and percussion specialist in the public schools of Smithtown, New York.