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== Program Notes ==
== Program Notes ==
Waterfalls was originally a commission from the Japan Percussion Society and was premiered as a concerto for marimba and six percussionists in Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya, Japan, in the 2004 Japan Percussion Society Festival Concerts.
The piece is also available as a one-movement concerto for marimba and orchestra. The textures translate the motion of cascading water into sound.
The concerto in one movement for marimba and orchestra was premiered in Warsaw, Poland, in 2006, at the Crossdrumming Festival.


== Errata ==
== Errata ==

Latest revision as of 01:43, 25 October 2026

Julie Spencer

General Info

Year of Published: 2004
Publisher: Norsk
Difficulty: Advanced
Duration: c.
Cost: $58.00

Instrumentation

Soloist

Marimba

Percussion Ensemble

Player 1: 3 Timpani & Cymbal & high Tom tom & 4 Crotales (A, B, Bb, E), large sheet of thick paper, several sheets of thin aluminum foil & Triangle
Player 2: Snare Drum & Suspended Cymbal & medium low Tom tom & Wind chimes & several sheets of thin aluminum foil
Player 3: medium Tom tom & Agogo bells & Triangle, large sheet of thick paper, several sheets of thin aluminum foil
Player 4: medium high Tom tom & Hi-hat & Samba Whistle & Triangle & Wind Chimes & Gong & several sheets of thin aluminum foil & large sheet of thick paper
Player 5: Bass Drum & low Tom tom & Snare Drum & Triangle & several thin sheets of aluminum foil
Player 6: Chimes & Wood Block & Gong & Ratchet & large sheet of thick paper & several sheets of thin aluminum foil

Program Notes

Waterfalls was originally a commission from the Japan Percussion Society and was premiered as a concerto for marimba and six percussionists in Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya, Japan, in the 2004 Japan Percussion Society Festival Concerts. The piece is also available as a one-movement concerto for marimba and orchestra. The textures translate the motion of cascading water into sound. The concerto in one movement for marimba and orchestra was premiered in Warsaw, Poland, in 2006, at the Crossdrumming Festival.

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Works for Percussion by this Composer

Solo Marimba Works

After The Storm
Almost 5 A.M.
Bamboo Leaf
Brothers In Peace
Chelsea Window
Color Suite
DJ Dog Demockracy
Ecstatic Sunlight on the Mountain Snow
Ecstatic Sunlight Suite
The Emperors New Clothes
Elim
Everybody Talk About Freedom
Fire Elves
Glowing Horizon at Dawn
Gomer in the Desert
Ice Cream
Mountain Spring
Soulhouse Suite
Summer Music
Swirling Light in the Mist by the Sea
Waterfalls
White Squirrel
Wild Heron

Solo Vibraphone Works

Ask
Tranquility

Solo Percussion with Ensemble Works

7 Souls X a Billion - Multiple Percussion and Orchestra
Before The Beginning - Marimba; Marimba Quartet
Pink Elisa Spring - Marimba; Marimba Duet
Tree Song - Marimba Duo and Orchestra - Marimba Duo and Orchestra
Tribeca Sunflower - Marimba; Marimba Quartet; World Music Ensemble
Waterfalls Concerto (Orchestra Version) - Marimba and Percussion Ensemble
Waterfalls Concerto (Percussion Ensemble Version) - Marimba and Percussion Ensemble
Zalan-Zalan - Concerto for Percussion & Orchestra - Multiple Percussion, Orchestra

Percussion Ensemble Works

Grateful Metamorphosis - 13 Players
Stronger Every Day - 4 Players
When You Hear The Soft Roar When There Is No Sound - 4 Players

With other instrument Works

If You Don't - Women Voice, Marimba, Vibraphone
Hot Chai - Marimba Duet; Marimba, Bass Clarinet
Peace of Mind - Marimba, Piano
Tree Song - Marimba, Flute Duo; 2 Marimbas; Marimba, Piano
Voices for Peace - Flute and Marimba with Vibes and Percussion

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