by Dave Hall
12 Players + Piano
Instrumentation:
Crotales (2 octaves)
Vibraphone 1
Vibraphone 2
Bells (Double Seconds (Steel Pan) Tam-Tam)
Marimba 1 (4-octave) (Small Triangle, Suspended Cymbal (shared with Marimba 3)
Marimba 2 (4.3 or 5-octave) (Large Triangle, Suspended Cymbal (shared with Marimba 4)
Marimba 3 (5-octave) (Suspended Cymbal, China Cymbal, Tam-Tam (shared wth Percussion 1)
Marimba 4 (5-octave) (China Cymbal, Medium Suspended Cymbal, Bass Drum)
Timpani
Percussion 1 (Snare Drum, Wind Chimes, Flat Top Ride, Sizzle Cymbal, Hi-Hat, Tam-Tam, Concert Bass Drum)
Percussion 2 (Concert Bass Drum, 4 Concert Toms, Bell Tree, Hi-Hat, Ride Cymbal, Sizzle Cymbal)
Percussion 3 (Bass Drum, Tam-Tam (on table), Suspended Cymbal, Hi-Hat)
Piano
Commissioned by the TCU Percussion Orchestra for their perfomance at PASIC, this colorful, breath-taking work for large percussion ensemble takes the genre to a new level, exploring new sound combinations and timbres. Dave Hall demonstrates he is at the top of his compositional game with Doors.
