Treehouses

Clif Walker

General Info

Year of Published: 2019
Publisher: Tapspace
Difficulty: Advanced
Duration: 00:05:30
Cost: $48.00

Instrumentation

Player 1: Concert Tom-toms (14" & 15" & 16") & Stacked Cymbal & Finger Cymbals
Player 2: Concert Tom-toms (10" & 12" & 13") & Stacked Cymbal & Finger Cymbals
Player 3: Concert Tom-Toms (6" & 8" & 10") & Stacked Cymbal & Finger Cymbals
Player 4: Roto-toms (6" & 8" & 10") & Stacked Cymbal & Finger Cymbals
Player 5: Roto-toms (10" & 12" & 14") & Stacked Cymbal & Finger Cymbals
Player 6: Roto-toms (14" & 16" & 18") & Stacked Cymbal & Finger Cymbals
Player 7: Glockenspiel & Tam tam (shared w/Player 18)
Player 8: Chimes & Bird Call & Wooden Clacker (high) & Claves
Player 9: Vibraphone 1 & Wooden Clacker (high)
Player 10: Vibraphone 2 & Wooden Clacker (Low) & Vibraslap
Player 11: Xylophone & Patio Chimes & Temple Blocks & Wooden Clacker (Low)
Player 12: Marimba 1 (4.3 octave) & Nightingale Whistle & Rainstick & Hand Cymbals
Player 13: Marimba 2 (4.5 octave) & Audubon bird call & Rainstick
Player 14: Marimba 3 & Crotale (high F#)
Player 15: Marimba 4 & Crotale (high G)
Player 16: 5 Timpani & Crotale (high A)
Player 17: Suspended Cymbal & Ride Cymbal w/sizzle attachment & Triangle & Mark Tree
Player 18: Concert Bass Drum & Sizzle cymbal & Slapstick & Tam-tam
Player 19: Piano
Player 20: Synthsesizer & Bird Call

Description

Clif Walker‘s expansive and brilliant piece Treehouses was inspired by a backyard treehouse project that he was working on at the same time he was composing this piece. Both projects seemed intertwined and were amalgams of varied materials and ideas which came about as the projects unfolded. Both are places of discovery where kids can play

Utilizing a large array for percussion orchestra, piano and synthesizer, various natural sounds such as bird calls, organic wooden effects, and leafy bundle rods are used to embellish the modern sonorities. Six performers serve as a focal point throughout in “pod” configurations, each with three drums, stacked cymbals, and wood textures throughout (rims, bundled sticks, etc.) serving as highlighted branches to the foundation of the piece. These pods use advanced, deliberate stickings, emphasizing that they are to be enjoyed visually as well as musically.

Treehouses was commissioned by Joe Hobbs and the Vandegrift High School Percussion Ensemble (Austin, Texas) for the 2017 Midwest Clinic.

Works for Percussion by this Composer

all hearts and minds be clear - Percussion Ensemble
Beacons - Percussion Ensemble (22)
Curious Surroundings - Percussion Ensemble (16)
Dad Dances - Percussion Ensemble (12)
Disguised - Percussion Ensemble 8-13 players
Fade (Free) - Drumset, Percussion Ensemble (11)
Gotham (1940) - Percussion Nonet
Gravity (Falling) - Percussion Ensemble (15)
Like a Giant Refreshed - Percussion Ensemble (12)
Shine - Percussion Octet
The Rule of Three - Percussion Ensemble (20), Bass, Piano
Treehouses - Percussion Ensemble (20)