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General Info

Year: 2014
Duration: 00:08:30
Difficulty: Intermediate
Publisher: Tapspace
Cost: $42.00

Movements

1. Minimalistic Dance
2. Festive Dance
3. Eastern Dance
4. Percussive Dance

Instrumentation

Player 1A: Xylophone
Player 1B: Marimba
Player 2A: Glockenspiel
Player 2B: Vibraphone
Player 3: Timpani
Player 4: Snare Drum & Bongos & Tambourine & Suspended Cymbal & 3 Opera Gongs
Player 5: Congas & 4 Concert Tom-toms
Player 6: Concert Bass Drum & Tambourine & Claves (High & Low)
Player 7: Shaker & Caxixi & Triangle & Wind Gong & Temple Gong & Crash Cymbals & Suspended Cymbal
Player 8: Marimba & Finger Cymbals & Wind Chimes & Suspended Cymbal & Tam-Tam

Program Notes

Four Dances for Percussion Ensemble by Rick Dior gives 8 (or more) percussionists the chance to explore sounds heavily influenced by traditional South American, Asian, and African percussion. This groove-central piece is entertaining for both the players and the audience. The first movement, Minimalistic Dance, relies on a repetitive timpani figure based on an African rhythm. Then comes Festive Dance, inspired by Flamenco clapping, Central/South American melodies, and (oddly enough) an Irish Jig. The third movement, Eastern Dance, utilizes some sounds the audience might not be used to hearing: opera gongs, bowed cymbals, a Vibratone and more. The piece ends with Percussive Dance, a frenzied homage to orchestral percussion. Add this piece to your percussion ensemble concert to give everybody a taste of the outside world.

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Works for Percussion by this Composer

Solo

Till the Cows Come Home - Timbales with foot percussion

Small Ensemble

Equinox - Percussion Nonet
Flesh and Bone - Percussion Octet
Heavy Metals - Percussion Octet
Wiggle Room - Percussion 10

Large Ensemble

Minor Infraction - Percussion 13
Science Fiction - Percussion 12
When Worlds Collide - Percussion 12

Flexible Ensemble

Four Dances

Additional Resources

References

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 == Instrumentation ==
+Player 1A: [[Xylophone]] <br>
+Player 1B: [[Marimba]] <br>
+Player 2A: [[Glockenspiel]] <br>
+Player 2B: [[Vibraphone]] <br>
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+Player 3: [[Timpani]] <br>
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+Player 4: [[Snare Drum]] & [[Bongos]] & [[Tambourine]] & [[Suspended Cymbal]] & 3 [[Opera Gongs]] <br>
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+Player 5: [[Congas]] & 4 Concert [[Tom-toms]] <br>
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+Player 6: Concert [[Bass Drum]] & [[Tambourine]] & [[Claves]] (High & Low) <br>
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+Player 7: [[Shaker]] & [[Caxixi]] & [[Triangle]] & [[Wind Gong]] & [[Temple Gong]] & [[Crash Cymbals]] & [[Suspended Cymbal]] <br>
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 == Program Notes ==
+Four Dances for Percussion Ensemble by Rick Dior gives 8 (or more) percussionists the chance to explore sounds heavily influenced by traditional South American, Asian, and African percussion. This groove-central piece is entertaining for both the players and the audience. The first movement, Minimalistic Dance, relies on a repetitive timpani figure based on an African rhythm. Then comes Festive Dance, inspired by Flamenco clapping, Central/South American melodies, and (oddly enough) an Irish Jig. The third movement, Eastern Dance, utilizes some sounds the audience might not be used to hearing: opera gongs, bowed cymbals, a Vibratone and more. The piece ends with Percussive Dance, a frenzied homage to orchestral percussion. Add this piece to your percussion ensemble concert to give everybody a taste of the outside world.
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