Sprint
General Info
Year: 2006
Duration: c. 3:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C. Alan
Cost: Score and Parts - $48.00 | Digital Score and Parts - $50.00
Movements
Instrumentation
Player 1: Xylophone 1
Player 2: Xylophone 2
Player 3: Vibraphone 1
Player 4: Vibraphone 2
Player 5: Marimba 1
Player 6: Marimba 2
Player 7: Marimba 3
Player 8: Marimba 4
Player 9: Slapstick & Vibraslap & Glockenspiel & Guiro
Player 10: Tambourine & Vibraslap & Splash Cymbal
Player 11: Splash Cymbal & 4 Suspended Cymbals & Sand Blocks & 4 Wood Blocks
Player 12: Bass Drum & Tom Tom & Snare Drum & Temple Blocks
Program Notes
Sprint was commissioned by Dr. Blake Wilkins and the Moores School of Music Percussion Ensemble for a premiere performance at the Percussive Arts Society International Conference in Austin, Texas on November 11, 2006. The work was written to feature the ensemble’s formidable keyboard technique.
The innovative and highly energetic music of Rob Smith is frequently performed throughout the United States and abroad. His music has received numerous awards, including those from ASCAP and the National Band Association. He has received commissions from the Texas Music Festival Orchestra, the New York Youth Symphony, the American Composers Forum and several nationally renowned university wind ensembles, among others. He has been the recipient of a Fulbright Grant to Australia and a number of commercial recordings include his works. Currently, he teaches at the University of Houston’s Moores School of Music where he is Associate Professor of Music Composition and director of the AURA Contemporary Ensemble.[1]
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Works for Percussion by this Composer
Breaking Point - Multiple Percussion
Mainspring - Percussion 12
Sprint - Percussion 12
Sprung-Out - Percussion Sextet
Surge - Percussion 12
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