What Lies Within

General Info

Year of Composed: 2020 Publisher: C. Alan Publications Duration: 00:05:15 Difficulty: Intermediate Commissioner: Prior Lake High School, Justin Schramm

Instrumentation

Player 1: Glockenspiel
Player 2: Vibraphone & Crotales
Player 3: Vibraphone
Player 4: Chimes
Player 5: Marimba
Player 6: Marimba
Player 7: Marimba
Player 8: Marimba
Player 9: Suspended Cymbal & Concert Bass Drum & Tam-Tam
Player 10: 2 Triangles & Rainstick

Program Notes

The title "What Lies Within" is derived from a quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson:
“What lies behind us
and what lies before us
are small matters
compared to
what lies within us.”

This, to me, seemed the perfect sentiment and advice for a group of seniors soon to be graduating from high school & moving on to bigger and better things. This piece was commissioned by the Prior Lake High School Percussion Ensemble, Justin Schramm, Director (Savage, Minnesota).

Works for Percussion by this Composer

Vibraphone Solo

Encantada
No One is Alone
Penelope
The Place Where Lost Things Go

Marimba Solo

Burned
Mountain Paths
The Giving Tree Variations
13 Morceaux

Multiple Percussion Solo

Multiple Musings

Mallet Ensemble

• Immortal Dream - Mallet Septet
• Spun - Mallet Octet
• A Yuletide Celebration
• Azul

Small Ensemble

• Almost Beyond
• Blaze - Percussion Septet
• Black Rainbow - Percussion Octet
• Ellipsis - Percussion Octet
• Fever Dream - Percussion Quartet
• Fidget - Percussion Octet
• Lost Souls - Percussion Quintet
• Mercury Rising - Percussion Septet
• Power Struggle - Percussion Octet

• Sunward/Onward - Percussion Nonet

Medium Ensemble

• Adaptation - Percussion (11)
• Chasing Infinity- Percussion Ensemble (13)
• Edge of the World - Percussion Ensemble (10)
• Firefly (Nathan Daughtrey) - Percussion Ensemble (12)
• Jötenheim - Percussion (13)
• Legacies - Percussion Ensemble (10)
• Limerick Daydream - Percussion Ensemble (10)
• Luminescence - Percussion Ensemble (12)
• The Cry - Percussion Ensemble (12)
• The Dreamers of Dreams - Percussion Ensemble (12)
• Till the Stars Come Down - Percussion Ensemble (10)
• Topsy Turvy - Percussion Ensemble (12)
• What Lies Within - Percussion Ensemble (10)

Large Ensemble

• DrakenVuur - Percussion Ensemble 20+
• Luna, Luna - Percussion (15)
• The Heroes Around Us - Percussion (16)

Flexible Ensemble

• Aftershock
  
• Drums of Moria
  
• Fallen Stars
  
• Sea of Tranquility (Full Percussion Ensemble Version)
  
• StarDancer

Indeterminate Instrumentation

Prism Schism

Percussion Concerto

• Concerto for Vibraphone & Percussion Ensemble
• Halcyon Days
• Irish Washerwoman
• The Foggy Dew
• Water Spirits

Percussion Ensemble with Other Instrument

As Above, So Below - Percussion Ensemble (12) with Piano
Be That of the Wind - Percussion Octet with Wind Quintet
Bounce (Daughtrey) - Percussion Ensemble (12) with Solo Trumpet
Coming Home - Percussion Quintet with Solo Euphonium
Spitfire II - Percussion Nonet with Solo Euphonium
Twitch - Percussion Ensemble (11) with Solo Clarinet
The Wexford Carol - Percussion Nonet with Solo Soprano Saxophone