Medium Concert Percussion Ensemble
by Erik Sargent
6-9 Players
Instrumentation:
Glockenspiel Vibraphone 1 Vibraphone 2 Marimba 1 [4-octave]* Marimba 2 [4.3-octave] Marimba 3 [5-octave]* Percussion 1 (optional): Snare Drum, 2 Concert Toms Percussion 2 (optional): Bass Drum, Triangle Percussion 3 (optional): Suspended Cymbal, 2 Woodblocks
*Marimba 1 and 3 may share one 5-octave instrument
Dream Helix is a brief yet exciting work that uses overlapping patterns and ostinatos in the vibraphones and marimbas to capture a dreamlike, cyclic state of mind. It can be played as either a mallet sextet or with additional percussion parts.
