"Atmospheres-Mvt. II Fog and Frost" by Neil Paterson for Octet Percussion Ensemble DIGTAL Score/Parts/Recording

Fog and Frost is Part 2 of a series that seeks to create atmospheric, soundtrack-like pieces, hence the name “Atmospheres”. Many of the themes are weather related as a result. Fog and Frost was inspired by the many late night winter walks Neil would take home to the dorms after practicing. The practice building was on the opposite side of campus and the walks were often used to explore his imagination. The campus was not well lit and foggy nights were therefore especially eerie. This piece is for a percussion ensemble that covers a wide range of instruments and skill levels.

Duration ~4:30 8 Players w/ Common Percussion Ensemble Orchestration

Europa was written and premiered in 2014 by the Stetson University Percussion Ensemble. Europa explores the various sounds and extended techniques to create an incredibly spacious and ethereal mood. Uses of bowed instruments, scraped cymbals and tams, and an explosive optional organ part make this piece a must have for a refreshing ensemble piece.

Instrumentation: 5.0 Marimba, 3.0 Vibraphone, Bass Drum, Tam-Tam, Cymbals, Crotales, Piano, Optional Organ, and Pitched Gongs (Metals)

XYPublications recommends this for High School to University Ensembles

"Color" by Neil Paterson is an accessible, mallet instrument heavy percussion ensemble piece ready to be learned and played swiftly by Percussion Ensembles with varying degrees of experience among their students.

Color was performed/premiered at the 2017 Arboretum Concert at University of Idaho, and was later performed and featured throughout the 2017 fall semester within the Lionel Hampton School of Music.

Duration: ~3:00+

XY recommends this piece for advanced High Schools and University groups with a wide variety of student ability.

Concerto for Solo Tenor Drum by Neil Paterson, is a three movement work for a flashy tenor drum soloist and three percussionists utilizing common percussion instruments. This work is a fantastic addition to any recital or percussion ensemble concert.

XY recommends this work for Advanced High School to Graduate School level players.

Duration: ~6:00

"Resonance10" by Joshua Albert is an exploratory work for a single 5.0 Octave Marimba and single Vibraphone. Inspired heavily by Steve Reich and Phillip Glass, Resonance10 aims to provide a beautiful, full featured, pseudo minimalist work, that can fit on a couple of instruments that most programs have. That is to say there is no harm in playing the piece on more than one marimba. The vibraphone player acts as a conductor while six players share sections behind and in front of the marimba. The work is easy enough to put together in a short time and perform in any environment. The "10" in the title refers to the harmonic series in which a marimba is tuned to, utilized in the piece to maximize the resonance of the instrument.

XY Recommends this piece for High School to College level percussionists.

Duration: ~6:00

Europa was written and premiered in 2014 by the Stetson University Percussion Ensemble. Europa explores the various sounds and extended techniques to create an incredibly spacious and ethereal mood. Uses of bowed instruments, scraped cymbals and tams, and an explosive optional organ part make this piece a must have for a refreshing ensemble piece.

Instrumentation: 5.0 Marimba, 3.0 Vibraphone, Bass Drum, Tam-Tam, Cymbals, Crotales, Piano, Optional Organ, and Pitched Gongs (Metals)

XYPublications recommends this for High School to University Ensembles

Written for the instrumentation from "Carmina Burana" by Carl Orff, Hirsch's work allows percussionists to have an ensemble piece to play using very accessible percussion equipment. The work is a suite written for five very short and to the point movements.

XY recommends this work for Advanced High Schools to University level students.

Duration: ~6:00-8:00

Trinomio by Fidel Zaldumbide is a work composed for symphonic percussion ensemble in which three different scenarios with customs and traditions are sought, taking the viewer on a journey through the colors of Ecuador. The valley: It is based on Afro Ecuadorian music, both in the coastal area and in the mountains, in which both themes converge as a mestizaje to give way through a marimba cadence to "Lo Sacro" alone. The Sacred: Based on the religious processions, it seeks to capture the song and Funeral march through the long pilgrimage of the faithful. Los Andes: Composed in 5/4 and 4/4, it begins with small typical sounds in the first part of an Andean ascension, followed by the forceful force of the mountain giving way to the unequaled splendor of the Ecuadorian Andes whose theme is climax end of the work gives way to a small Coda that says goodbye and closes this trip to Ecuador and its colors.

Duration: ~8:00

XY recommends this for HighSchool-College Percussionists.