Like a Giant Refreshed
percussion ensemble
Download a sample MP3 music clip
Composer: Clif Walker
Publisher: Innovative Percussion, Inc.
Instrumentation: player 1:
glockenspiel, Garden Weasels(2), bow*
player 2:
vibraphone, bow
player 3:
vibraphone, bow
player 4:
chimes, claves, , vibra slap, bow*
player 5:
tam tam, field snare drum, wind chimes, crotales (C7-C8),
xylophone
player 6:
marimba (low A), bow*
player 7:
concert bass drum, marimba (low C)
player 8:
marimba (low A), bow*
player 9:
marimba (low C) , bow*
player 10:
timpani
player 11:
drumset
player 12:
large toms or bass drums, sus cymbal, tambourine, bongos, concert bass
drum, bow*
*-bow - players
move to shared vibraphones (player 2 and 3) or additional vibraphones if
availble
Program Notes: Like a Giant
Refreshed: written for
Dr. Megan Arns, Dr. Julia Gaines, and the University of Missouri Percussion
Ensemble and was premiered at the Missouri Music Educators Convention January
27th, 2017.
The piece
loosely depicts the approaching footsteps of a waking giant and his or her
eventual exit into a fog. Some of the phrases/ideas appeared in earlier
unpublished works/indoor drumline shows, but finally came together as complete
idea here.