Timberjax
General Info
Year of Published: 2023
Difficulty: Advanced
Duration: 00:04:30
Cost: $45.00
Instrumentation
Player 1: Glockenspiel
Player 2: Vibraphone 1
Player 3: Vibraphone 2
Player 4: Marimba 1
Player 5: Marimba 2
Player 6: Marimba 3
Player 7: Hi-hat & Ride Cymbal & Kick Drum
Description
Timberjax was written for and premiered by the Stephen F. Austin State University Percussion Ensemble, Dr. Brad Meyer, director, in the spring of 2023. The inspiration for the piece stems from the SFASU nickname, the Lumberjacks. As the title states, the “Timberjax” can be heard in the opening, as they aggressively work on clearing the wood (the marimba bars). As other voices enter it’s apparent that other workers have arrived and are contributing to the task. As with several of my other works, a strong sense of groove is evident throughout the piece. It is essential that this groove be intrinsically felt by each performer and conveyed throughout the ensemble and to the audience. A unique feature of this work is the “percussion” part (the only non-keyboard part) which simulates a drum set and requires a hi-hat, ride cymbal, and kick drum (positioned upright). The primary motivic material is performed at the beginning with 16th-note figures in the marimba voices. This motivic material is presented throughout the piece in various forms.
Recent Performance
Works for Percussion by this Composer
Marimba Solo
Blue Sly
Every Other
Long Way Home ... (Solo)
Out of the Woodwork
Rustle
Summer Treehouse
unBENt
Vibraphone Solo
Snare Drum Solo
Triptych Boom
Without a Murmur
Drum Set Solo
Bossa Bits
Campbell's Villain
Green Swing
Hexyl
Imbue
Hand Drum Solo
Solo with Percussion Ensemble
Dynamotion - Drum Set; Mallet Quintet
EscALE8 - Bodhrán; Mallet trio
TigerLike - Drum Set; Mallet Sextet
Triptych Boom (Ensemble) - Snare Drum, Percussion Trio
Mallet Ensemble
Long Way Home ... (Ensemble) - Marimba, Vibraphone
Noland Road - Percussion Sextet
Six of One - Mallet Sextet
TetraCurrent (Quartet Version) - Marimba Quartet
Percussion Ensemble
Dayspring - Percussion Octet
TetraCurrent (Nonet Version) - Percussion Nonet
Timberjax - Percussion Septet
Tombolo - Percussion Quartet
Tres Case - Drum Ensemble
Two the Equator - Drum Ensemble