Mason-Rochambeaux (SP)-3V/3M/4T/DS/P/BG

Written for the Phantom Regiment percussion ensemble, Rochambeaux was awarded first prize in the 2001 DCI percussion ensemble competition. The dominating 7/8 feel, flashy keyboard runs, and ethnic modalities drive the three distinct sections of this groove-based work.

As an option, an 11th player may be added as a featured marimba soloist. There is a separate part for this optional soloist which can be featured over an elongated treatment of the slower, middle phrase. Other solos may be traded among some (or all) other performers during the 6/8 African section ensuring that no two performances of this piece will ever be the same. Certain to garner audience appeal!
Rochambeaux comes with a full, bound score and includes an MP3 recording and all individual parts available for printing on included CD-Rom. Various performance notes are also included to help with suggested sticking patterns.


Number of Players: 12
Difficulty: Grade 4
Instrumentation:

Player I: Solo Marimba

Player II: Vibe

Player III: Vibe

Player IV: Vibe

Player V: Marimba

Player VI: Marimba

Player VII: Marimba

Player VIII: Timpani

Player IX: Percussion

Player X: Bass Guitar

Player XI: Drum Set

Brian S. Mason is highly respected in the development of the contemporary, marching percussion ensemble. In high demand as a clinician, designer, and adjudicator, he has traveled extensively throughout the United States, Japan, Canada, Korea, and Mexico. Brian gained worldwide recognition for his percussion writing and teaching with the Cavaliers Drum & Bugle corps and the Phantom Regiment Drum & Bugle Corps, claiming numerous awards and honors with both organizations during his tenure.Currently, Brian is a member of the percussion faculty at Morehead State University, in Morehead, KY, and is the Director of the award-winning Marching Percussion Ensemble. At MSU, Mr. Mason is a member of the Faculty Jazz Ensemble, the Faculty Chamber Ensemble and performs regularly with the Faculty Brass Quintet. Off-campus, Brian is a member of the Lexington Philharmonic Orchestra, and appears as a guest artist with many high school percussion ensembles across the country, in addition to performing with Steven Snyder in their jazz vibraphone/piano duo.
Brian received his M.M at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and is pursuing his DMA at the University of Kentucky, where he received his B. M. He is a member of the Vic Firth Education Committee, the Percussive Arts Society Health and Wellness Committee, and the Percussive Arts Society Marching Percussion Committee. He has published articles in Percussive Notes, has been interviewed in Modern Drummer and Band and Orchestra Magazine, and was a contributing editor for Stick It magazine. Brian co-authored the 2000 Modern Drummer Readers Poll's "No. 1 Drum Set Method Book", The Commandments of R&B Drumming, (Warner Brothers). Brian proudly endorses Vic Firth sticks and mallets, makers of his signature line of mallets and drumsticks, as well as Zildjian cymbals, Evans drumheads, and Pearl Drums and Adams Musical Instruments.