Beautiful
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- Sarah
- Date Posted
- 01/11/2020
Beautifully arranged, however I would use the chimes for the 12 clock strikes at the beginning.
Description
An arrangement of Camille Saint-Saens's classic Danse Macabre. This arrangement is for a large percussion ensemble of 12 players. Josh Gottry has captured the essence of the Danse with this work.
Number of Players: 12
Difficulty:Grade 4
Instrumentation:
Player I: Bells
Player II: Chimes
Player III: Xylophone
Player IV: Vibraphone
Player V: Marimba
Player VI: Marimba
Player VII: Marimba
Player VIII: Marimba 5 oct.
Player IX: Timpani
Player X: Triangle
Player XI: Cymbals
Player XII: Bass Drum
Josh Gottry's first composition, Irrelevant for solo marimba, earned him an ASCAP Young Composer Competition grant in 1995. Since that time, he has been selected for six ASCAP Plus awards and has created over twenty published works in the catalogs of C. Alan Publications, Drop 6 Media Inc., HoneyRock Publishing, Row-Loff Productions, Studio 4 Music (a division of Mostly Marimba), and Gottry Percussion Publications. Mr. Gottry earned his BM in Percussion Performance at Northern Arizona University and is currently pursuing his MM in Composition at Arizona State University where his primary teachers have been Dr. Glenn Hackbarth, Dr. Jody Rockmaker, and Dr. Rodney Rogers. He is also a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors, & Publishers and the Society of Composers, Inc.
As a performer, Mr. Gottry has remained active as both a soloist and participant in various local ensembles. He currently serves as Principal Percussionist with the Mesa Symphony Orchestra and is the first-call alternate for the Broadway Palm Dinner Theater. Josh Gottry is a member of the Percussive Arts Society and the American Society of Composers, Authors, & Publishers, and is a clinician for Mike Balter Mallets, Pro-Mark Sticks, and Yamaha Percussion. Mr. Gottry currently serves as the Vice President for the Arizona State Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society and was published in the PAS June 2002 issue of Percussive Notes.
Number of Players: 12
Difficulty:Grade 4
Instrumentation:
Josh Gottry's first composition, Irrelevant for solo marimba, earned him an ASCAP Young Composer Competition grant in 1995. Since that time, he has been selected for six ASCAP Plus awards and has created over twenty published works in the catalogs of C. Alan Publications, Drop 6 Media Inc., HoneyRock Publishing, Row-Loff Productions, Studio 4 Music (a division of Mostly Marimba), and Gottry Percussion Publications. Mr. Gottry earned his BM in Percussion Performance at Northern Arizona University and is currently pursuing his MM in Composition at Arizona State University where his primary teachers have been Dr. Glenn Hackbarth, Dr. Jody Rockmaker, and Dr. Rodney Rogers. He is also a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors, & Publishers and the Society of Composers, Inc.
As a performer, Mr. Gottry has remained active as both a soloist and participant in various local ensembles. He currently serves as Principal Percussionist with the Mesa Symphony Orchestra and is the first-call alternate for the Broadway Palm Dinner Theater. Josh Gottry is a member of the Percussive Arts Society and the American Society of Composers, Authors, & Publishers, and is a clinician for Mike Balter Mallets, Pro-Mark Sticks, and Yamaha Percussion. Mr. Gottry currently serves as the Vice President for the Arizona State Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society and was published in the PAS June 2002 issue of Percussive Notes.
Product Info
| SKU | 13170 |
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| UPC | 804069131701 |