Vortex
General Info
Publisher: Meredith Music
Series: Meredith Music Publications Percussion Ensemble Series
Difficulty: Advanced
Number of Pages: 18
Cost: $14.95
Instrumentation
Player 1: Glockenspiel & Vibraphone & Tambourine
Player 2: Xylophone & Wind Chimes & Castanets
Player 3: 2 Brake Drums & 2 Tom toms & Wood Block
Player 4: Snare Drum & Triangle
Player 5: 2 Timpani & Suspended Cymbal & Marching Bass Drum
Description
Vortex is a whirlpool or a feeling of motion gravitating to the center. With circular motion in mind, composer Steve Grimo's musical material will remain connected through the use of metric modulation, polyrhythms and melodic transformation.
Works for Percussion by this Composer
Cortege (Grimo) - Timpani
Escapade (Grimo) - Percussion Quintet
Kalahari - Percussion Quintet
Matrix (Grimo) - Percussion Sextet
Tarantella (Grimo) - Percussion Quartet
Vortex - Percussion Quintet
Yagibushi - Percussion Quintet