High Rise for percussion ensemble Percussion Ensemble - Sheet Music

SKU: TA.TSPCE17-009

Written to depict the construction of a skyscraper, High Rise by John Paul Chapman uses elements of blues, jazz, & contemporary classical music to invoke an urban imagery. In addition to standard percussion instruments like marimba, timpani, toms, & vibraphone, this piece includes a host of found percussion instruments like glass plates, metal pipes, wine glasses, and brake drums.

Each performer in this advanced 8-player ensemble has a multipercussion setup comprised of a pitched mallet instrument along with a variety of non-pitched percussion instruments. High Rise is a whirlwind of a piece, guaranteed to engage performers as well as listeners.

This piece comes as a professionally printed and bound score and includes individual parts in PDF format for printing or for tablet viewing.

2 glockenspiels/ Chimes/ 2 xylophones/ Vibraphone/ 2 marimbas--(1) 4-octave, (1) low A/ 4 timpani (split amongst players 1, 2, 3, & 4)/ Drums (high tom, medium tom, low tom, bass drum)/ Cymbals & gongs (splash cymbal, hi-hat, 3 ride cymbals, 2 suspended cymbals, sizzle cymbal, China cymbal, tam tam)/ Accessories (wine glass, drinking glass, small glass dish*, large glass dish*, tall bottle, 2 metal plates, triangle, 2 pairs of claves, high woodblock, low woodblock, temple blocks, flexatone, vibraslap, wooden guiro, brake drum, large cowbell, maracas, log drum (two pitches))/ / *(e.g.,a small or large casserole dish, carafe, or a resonant dinner plate).