Vector
General Info
Year of Published: 2020
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Difficulty: Grade 3
Duration: 2:55
Cost: 32.00
Instrumentation
Player 1: Xylophone/Glockenspiel
Player 2: Vibraphone 1, Suspended Cymbal
Player 3: Vibraphone 2, Suspended Cymbal
Player 4: Marimba 1
Player 5: Marimba 2
Player 6: Mallet MIDI Controller (MalletKAT, MalletStation, etc.)
Player 7: Keyboard MIDI Controller
Player 8: Acoustic Drumset/Drum Pad MIDI Controller (DTX, SPD, etc.)
Program Notes
Vector is written for keyboard percussion (front ensemble) and electronics. The keyboard percussion parts are easy/intermediate difficulty, with most of the challenge coming from ensemble timing / listening. It's fully playable with two mallets, though groups may choose to use four. Vector can serve as a "lot warmup" or stand on its own on a percussion ensemble concert.
Perform it with acoustic mallet instruments and a simple "play-along track" or with full manual control of all electronic sounds (including the drumming), using Apple's MainStage (.concert file included).
Recent Performance
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Solo
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More of Us - Marimba
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Sad Marimba & Mysterious Marimba - Marimba
Spicy Jam - Marimba
Surface - Marimba
Uma Para Ela - Marimba
Ensemble
Aquarium (Saint-Saens) - Percussion Sextet
Christmas Time is Here (Guaraldi) - Percussion Sextet
Cohesion - Percussion Duo
Critical Mass - Percussion Ensemble 12
Enchantment - Percussion Quintet
Imminent Launch - Percussion Quintet
OnRush - Percussion Quintet
Rocket Science - Percussion Sextet
Rogue Agent - Percussion Sextet
Seeing the World - Marimba Quartet
Stealing the Sandblade - Marimba Quartet
Symphony No. 5: Scherzo (Prokofiev) - Percussion Ensemble 12
Three Paintings for Marimba and Snare Drum - Percussion Duo
Together (Moore) - Marimba Quartet
Under Attack! - Percussion Quintet
Vector - Percussion Octet, Keyboards, Electronics
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