Avalanche Lake - Revision history

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	==General Info==		==General Info==
	Publisher: [[Tapspace]] <br/>		Publisher: [[Tapspace Publications]] <br/>
	Difficulty: Elementary <br/>		Difficulty: Elementary <br/>
	Duration: 00:02:20 <br/>		Duration: 00:02:20 <br/>
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	In addition to its use on a beginning percussion ensemble concert, ‘’Avalanche Lake’’ would be ideal for an honor band festival or guest conducting experience. Parts can also be doubled, allowing for greater student participation or pairing younger and older students on a combined ensemble concert. <ref> Jason Baker Percussive Notes Volume 57, No. 3, July 2019</ref>		In addition to its use on a beginning percussion ensemble concert, ‘’Avalanche Lake’’ would be ideal for an honor band festival or guest conducting experience. Parts can also be doubled, allowing for greater student participation or pairing younger and older students on a combined ensemble concert. <ref> Jason Baker Percussive Notes Volume 57, No. 3, July 2019</ref>

			== Recent Performance ==
			<embedvideo service="youtube"> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv2EKSuz8WY&list=RDSv2EKSuz8WY&start_radio=1 </embedvideo>

	== Works for Percussion by this Composer ==		== Works for Percussion by this Composer ==
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	==Reference==		==Reference==
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	[[Category:Percussion 13 ~~Works]]~~		[[Category: Percussion 13 Works]]
	~~[[Category:Percussion 12+~~ Works]]

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	In addition to its use on a beginning percussion ensemble concert, ‘’Avalanche Lake’’ would be ideal for an honor band festival or guest conducting experience. Parts can also be doubled, allowing for greater student participation or pairing younger and older students on a combined ensemble concert. <ref> Jason Baker Percussive Notes Volume 57, No. 3, July 2019</ref>		In addition to its use on a beginning percussion ensemble concert, ‘’Avalanche Lake’’ would be ideal for an honor band festival or guest conducting experience. Parts can also be doubled, allowing for greater student participation or pairing younger and older students on a combined ensemble concert. <ref> Jason Baker Percussive Notes Volume 57, No. 3, July 2019</ref>

			== Works for Percussion by this Composer ==
			{{Speranza, Patrick Works}}

	==Reference==		==Reference==
	[[Category: Percussion Ensemble Works]]		[[Category: Percussion Ensemble Works]]
	[[Category: Percussion 13 Works]]		[[Category: Percussion 13 Works]]

Rubyng2004 at 06:11, 5 February 2022

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	==General Info==		==General Info==
	Publisher: [[Tapspace]]		Publisher: [[Tapspace]] <br/>
	Difficulty: Elementary		Difficulty: Elementary <br/>
	Duration: 00:02:20		Duration: 00:02:20 <br/>
	Cost: $35.00		Cost: $35.00 <br/>

	==Instrumentation==		==Instrumentation==
	Player 1: [[Glockenspiel]]		Player 1: [[Glockenspiel]] <br/>
	Player 2: [[Vibraphone]]		Player 2: [[Vibraphone]] <br/>
	Player 3: [[Xylophone]]		Player 3: [[Xylophone]] <br/>
	Player 4: [[Marimba]] 1		Player 4: [[Marimba]] 1 <br/>
	Player 5: [[Marimba]] 2		Player 5: [[Marimba]] 2 <br/>
	Player 6: [[Timpani]]		Player 6: [[Timpani]] <br/>
	Player 7: [[Snare Drum]]		Player 7: [[Snare Drum]] <br/>
	Player 8: [[Bass Drum]]		Player 8: [[Bass Drum]] <br/>
	Player 9: [[Hand Cymbals]]		Player 9: [[Hand Cymbals]] <br/>
	Player 10: [[Suspended Cymbal]]		Player 10: [[Suspended Cymbal]] <br/>
	Player 11: [[Triangle]]		Player 11: [[Triangle]] <br/>
	Player 12: [[Tambourine]]		Player 12: [[Tambourine]] <br/>
	Player 13: [[Mark Tree]]		Player 13: [[Mark Tree]] <br/>

	==Description==		==Description==

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[[Patrick Speranza]]
==General Info==
Publisher: [[Tapspace]]
Difficulty: Elementary
Duration: 00:02:20
Cost: $35.00

==Instrumentation==
Player 1: [[Glockenspiel]]
Player 2: [[Vibraphone]]
Player 3: [[Xylophone]]
Player 4: [[Marimba]] 1
Player 5: [[Marimba]] 2
Player 6: [[Timpani]]
Player 7: [[Snare Drum]]
Player 8: [[Bass Drum]]
Player 9: [[Hand Cymbals]]
Player 10: [[Suspended Cymbal]]
Player 11: [[Triangle]]
Player 12: [[Tambourine]]
Player 13: [[Mark Tree]]

==Description==
Avalanche Lake by [[Patrick Speranza]] was inspired by a trip to Glacier National Park. [[Patrick Speranza]] was inspired by the views of the forest mountains that surround the park and the long waterfalls that he witnessed on a five-mile hike. The piece features a standard array of percussion instruments which can be found in most middle, and high school band rooms making it easily accessible to any music program. With upbeat ostinatos and catchy, light-heated melodic content, Avalanche Lake is a perfect compliment to any beginning percussion concert program!

==Review==
This cheerful sounding, 2-minute work for beginning percussion ensemble offers many pedagogical benefits as well as being engaging for the audience. Inspired by a visit to the Glacier National Park in Montana, the piece begins with a brief section of quiet, slow-tempo reflection before launching into an energetic faster tempo that portrays a sense of excitement and joy. The writing captures a distinct “movie music” or even drum corps-type sound that will be enjoyable for the students to perform.

The keyboard percussion parts take prominence throughout, with timpani and percussion instruments providing rhythmic reinforcement. All keyboard parts are written for two mallets, with most rhythms staying within quarter and eighth notes. Accessory parts are all intuitively written and do not require any advanced or extended techniques. Patrick Speranza’s orchestration for this level group is quite intelligent, as keyboard rhythms are often doubled in a non-melodic part, and there is always a solid quarter or eighth note rhythm somewhere in the scoring. This allows for a higher level of confidence for less experienced players, allowing the music to sound more difficult than it actually is!

In addition to its use on a beginning percussion ensemble concert, ‘’Avalanche Lake’’ would be ideal for an honor band festival or guest conducting experience. Parts can also be doubled, allowing for greater student participation or pairing younger and older students on a combined ensemble concert. <ref> Jason Baker Percussive Notes Volume 57, No. 3, July 2019</ref>

==Reference==
[[Category: Percussion Ensemble Works]]
[[Category: Percussion 13 Works]]