Legacies

General Info

Year: 2012 Duration: 8:00 Difficulty: Advanced Publisher: C. Alan Publication Commission: NC Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society

Instrumentation

Player 1: bells, crotales, high woodblock Player 2: vibraphone, sizzle cymbal, medium woodblock Player 3: vibraphone, low woodblock Player 4: chimes, xylophone, claves) Player 5: marimba, medium tom tom) Player 6: marimba, medium low tom tom) Player 7: marimba, low tom tom) Player 8: timpani(4), slapstick Player 9: snare drum, bongos, bell tree, splash cymbal, suspended cymbal, China cymbal Player 10: concert bass drum, pedal bass drum laid flat, tam-tam

Program Notes

Legacies was commissioned by the North Carolina Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society to honor renowned composer/percussionist/educator Lynn Glassock, who recently retired from his position at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This commission has a particularly special meaning to me, as Lynn's percussion octet "Layers" that was the first percussion ensemble work Nathan Daughtrey ever played. The impact his music has had on the world of percussion is immense, not to mention the impact it has had on Nathan Daughtrey own compositions.
As a starting point, Nathan Daughtrey used very similar instrumentation to Lynn’s piece “Factions” for 10 percussionists. Driven primarily by keyboard percussion, each performer additionally plays a battery or accessory instrument. The opening unison rhythm from “Factions” is also quoted and fragmented throughout “Legacies.” All of the melodic and harmonic material was derived from chromatically spelling out the name LYNN GLASSOCK with pitches.

Works for Percussion by this Composer

Mallet Ensemble

• Immortal Dream - Mallet Septet
• Spun - Mallet Octet

Percussion Ensemble

• A Yuletide Celebration
• Adaptation
• Almost Beyond
• Azul
• Black Rainbow
• Blaze
• Chasing Infinity- Percussion Ensemble (13)
• DrakenVuur - Percussion Ensemble 20+
• Edge of the World - Percussion Ensemble (10)
• Ellipsis
• Fever Dream
• Fidget
• Firefly (Nathan Daughtrey) - Percussion Ensemble (12)
• Jötenheim - Percussion (13)
• Legacies - Percussion Ensemble (10)
• Limerick Daydream - Percussion Ensemble (10)
• Lost Souls - Percussion Quintet
• Luminescence - Percussion Ensemble (12)
• Mercury Rising - Percussion Septet
• Power Struggle - Percussion Octet
• StarDancer - Percussion Octet
• Sunward/Onward - Percussion Nonet
• 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)

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
• Bounce - 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