Remington-Collide (SP)-B/3V/C/Cro./X/6M/5T/P

Written by Jacob Remington to depict the process of searching for new subatomic particles (often referred to as "dark matter" or "anti-matter") at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) developed by CERN in Switzerland, Collide is a monstrous piece for percussion orchestra that grabs you from the start and never lets go!

Number of players: 17
Difficulty: Advanced

Instrumentation

Player 1: Glockenspiel
Player 2: Vibraphone 1
Player 3: Vibraphone 2
Player 4: Vibraphone 3, Chimes
Player 5: Chimes
Player 6: Xylophone, crotales, marching machine
Player 7: Marimba 1 (5-octave)
Player 8: Marimba 2 (5-octave)
Player 9: Marimba 3 (5-octave)
Player 10: Marimba 4 (5-octave)
Player 11: Marimba 5 (5-octave)
Player 12: Marimba 6 (5-octave)
Player 13: 5 Timpani, 2 suspended cymbals
Player 14: 4 concert toms, gong, snare drum, small suspended cymbal, hi-hat, China cymbal
Player 15: muffled concert bass drum, medium low tom, tam-tam, 20" gong, splash cymbal, medium suspended cymbal, hi-hat
Player 16: static whip, low tom, bell tree, siren, China cymbal, large suspended cymbal, sizzle cymbal, crash China cymbal
Player 17: kick bass drum, ribbon crasher, gong, medium suspended cymbal, splash cymbal