Metamorphosis (Buss)

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Howard Buss

General Info

Year: 2025
Duration: c. 13:40
Difficulty: Grade V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Brixton
Cost: Score and Part - $20.00   |   Score Only - $0.00

Movements

1. Genesis of Discontent 2:21

2. Awakened 2:04

3. Onward 2:00

4. Inflection Point 3:00

5. Transformation 3:42

Instrumentation

Drumset Solo with Flute

Program Notes

Metamorphosis (2025) for flute and drum set by Howard J. Buss musically reflects on the human ability to significantly change in intellectual and spiritual ways. It is dedicated to the Windstruck Duo: flautist Ana Laura González, and percussionist Julie Licata. The five movements track one’s journey on the path to self-realization. Musically, they traverse a wide range of moods and sonic atmospheres. I. Genesis of Discontent (2’21”) II. Awakened (2’04”) III. Onward! (2’00”) IV. Inflection Point (3’00”) V. Transformation (3’42”) Total performance time: @ 13’40” Metamorphosis received its world premiere on March 28, 2025 by the Windstruck Duo at Hartwick College in Oneonta, NY. It is the sixth in a series of works for flute and one percussion by the composer that include Kaleidoscope (1988,) Wave Train (1990,) Sky Blossoms (1998,) Scenes from the Holy Land (2002,) and Stellar Visions (2005.) [1]

Commercial Discography

Recent Performances

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Works for Percussion by this Composer

Solo Works

A Day In The City - Marimba
Concerto For Marimba And Percussion Ensemble (Buss)
Rite of Passage - Marimba

Marimba or Vibraphone Solo With Other Instruments Works

De La Madera - Marimba; Oboe
Dreams from the Shadows - Vibraphone; French horn
Impromptu - Marimba; Clarinet or Sop. Saxophone
Night Tide - Marimba; Trombone
Night Tide (Buss) - Marimba; French horn
Stellar Visions - Marimba; Flute
Sylvan Magic - Vibraphone; Clarinet
Two Caprices - Marimba; Flute; Oboe
Wave Train - Marimba; Flute

Multiple Percussion Solo with Other Instrument Works

Atmospheres - Multiple Percussion; Trumpet
Behind The Invisible Mask - Multiple Percussion; Bassoon
Boom Time - Multiple Percussion; Trombone
Capriccio (Buss) - Multiple Percussion; Clarinet; Trombone
Incantation - Multiple Percussion; Trumpet
Into Each Life - Multiple Percussion; Flute; Cello; Piano
Kaleidoscope (Buss) - Multiple Percussion; Flute
Metamorphosis (Buss) - Drum Set Solo; Flute
Rendezvous (Buss) - Multiple Percussion; Trumpet(4)
Scenes From The Holy Land - Multiple Percussion; Flute
Sky Blossoms - Multiple Percussion; Flute
Sonic Fables: "Lessons from Aesop" - Multiple Percussion; Brass Quintet
Ventures - Multiple Percussion (one or two players); Euphonium

Percussion Ensemble With Other Instruments Works

American Pheonix - Percussion Quartet; Bass Trombone or Tuba
Coexistence - Percussion Quartet; Clarinet
Crossroads - Percussion Octet; Trombone Choir
Dream Sequence - Percussion Quartet; Trombone
Escapade - Percussion Quartet; Saxophone
Modern Times - Percussion Quartet; Flute/Piccolo; Narrator
Mysterious Exit - Percussion Quartet; Flute/Piccolo
Spanish Memoirs - Percussion Quartet; Trumpet
There Is A Season - Percussion Duo; Clarinet
Where Now Rusts The Iron? - Percussion Quartet; Soprano; Flute; Cello

Percussion Ensemble Works

Currents (Buss) - Percussion Quartet
Overture for Percussion - (Buss) - Percussion Ensemble
Sci-Fi Percussives - Percussion Ensemble(12)
The Big Bang (Buss) - Percussion Sextet; Piano



Additional Resources

http://www.howardbuss.com/percussion-4.html



References

http://www.howardbuss.com/percussion-4.html

https://www.cimarronmusic.com/metamorphosisbuss