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Featured Composition
Six Pieces for Pedal Piano, op 56 & 58
arranged for timpani and piano (includes audio mp3)
by Robert Schumann/arr. Randy Max
$20
In 1982, while a student at Juilliard, Randy Max was approached by a pianist who said to him: "I have a recital coming up, and I have found these pieces which Schumann wrote for the pedal piano, which was a piano with pedals like an organ. I'm going to play the piano parts and I would like you to play the pedal lines on the timpani." They performed several of these pieces on his recital, which was an unforgettable experience.
Randy is pleased to be able to offer these beautiful pieces by Schumann, considered to be some of his very best, which Randy arranged for timpani and piano. The timpani parts are arranged for both 5 and 7 timpani. Also included are the timpani parts without markings written in, allowing you to use your own tuning plans and write in your own marking system.
In addition to the timpani parts and the piano/timpani scores, this publication comes with a CD recording of these arrangements performed by Randy Max, timpani and Shelley Katz, piano, whose idea it was to arrange these pieces for timpani and piano.
"What a great idea to expose timpanists, and the listener, to this lovely music arranged for timpani and piano. These pieces will help timpanists develop musical and technical skills and provide unique music for recital performance. I enjoyed listening to you and Shelley Katz perform this music with wonderful musical sensitivity and skill."Stanley Leonard,
Principal Timpanist, retired
Pittsburgh Symphony
Schumann Study No. 1
Schumann Sketch No. 1
Schumann Study No. 4
Schumann Sketch No. 4
Schumann Study No. 2
Schumann Study No. 5
Featured Book
Nine French-American Rudimental Solos Volume II
by Joseph Tompkins
$20
Christopher Lamb"Volume II of Nine French-American Rudimental Solos, a continuing journey of exploration by Joseph Tompkins, expands on the French-American view introduced in Volume I. These artfully conceived solos continue to present the complexities of triplets, quintuplets, sextuplets and septuplets with embedded 32nd and 16th notes in the context of long, flowing lines. The addition of the bass drum in Volume II, a musical reiteration of the Volume I text, affirms that these syncopated solos must be founded on a rock solid basis of time. These works combine the fundamental rhythmic anchor of the American Rudimental model along with the details and lightness of the French model. But they should not be viewed simply as a fascination with the dexterity of the hands or as mere calisthenics. These are intriguing and delightful musical gems.
This parade of solos is accompanied by an equally fantastic CD exhibiting the overall style as well as the relaxation which the performer should seek to attain. Considering that Joseph Tompkins himself provides the example, this CD should be evaluated as more than a suggestion for interpretation, but as the ultimate aim in the performance of these works. The novel ideas presented in both volumes are truly refreshing, and these skillfully crafted compositions are a substantial and welcome addition to the snare drum repertoire."
Principal Percussion, New York Philharmonic
Manhattan School of Music
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Audio Samples:
Solo I.
Solo III.
Solo V.
Solo VII.
Featured CD
Tribal Sage
by Javier Diaz
$12
Tribal Sage's first album Behind the Mask is a daring combination of sounds and traditions: Electronica meets Afro-Cuban Rumba, tribal spirituality and New Age. New York based percussionists/composers Roger Squitero and Javier Diaz have crafted a collection of beautiful songs with intoxicating rhythms inside a fantastic sonic world. The album features Javier Diaz on vocals and percussion, Roger Squitero on percussion and super talented guest artists such as Bill Evans on Sax, Toyin Spellman on English Horn, Lincoln Goines and Mark Egan on Bass and many more. Packed with top-notch guest artists, creative electronics and first-rate world percussion, this album is sure to be one of your favorites. Afro-Cuban, Jazz, New Age and World Beat genres blend together seamlessly aided by exotic vocals.
Featured Composer
Samuel Solomon
Percussionist Samuel Z. Solomon has been responsible for dozens of world premieres of solo and small ensemble works and has been involved in numerous additional projects to perpetuate the music of young composers. He is author of How to Write for PERCUSSION, a comprehensive guide for composers on percussion composition that has received critical acclaim from composers, performers, and conductors worldwide. He has also written three percussion method books. He currently teaches percussion at The Boston Conservatory, Boston University, and the Boston University Tanglewood Institute, and is the President of the Massachusetts Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society.
Mr. Solomon is co-founder of the Yesaroun' Duo, which has been featured in recitals in Italy, Cuba, and all over the northeast United States; between 1999 and 2004 the Duo commissioned and premiered twenty-six new works for saxophone and percussion. Solomon is also a founding member of the Line C3 percussion group, from 2005-2010 he was percussionist-in-residence at Harvard University, and and since 2003 he has been principal timpanist of the Amici New York Chamber Orchestra in residence each summer at the OKM festival in Bartlesville, OK. He is currently actively involved in the acquisition of works for a multi-percussion setup of set instrumentation; thus far nine solo and two small ensemble works have been written for the Setup.
Mr. Solomon made his Carnegie Hall debut in February of 2000 as guest soloist with the New York Youth Symphony. In December 1999 he was featured in Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall, performing the American premiere of Iannis Xenakis' O-Mega for percussion solo and chamber orchestra with the New Juilliard Ensemble. Appropriately titled, O-Mega would prove to be the final work Xenakis composed before his death. Solomon can be heard as soloist and chamber musician on GM, Albany, Bedroom Community, and Tzadik labels, as well as performing the music of Björk on the soundtrack to Matthew Barney's Drawing Restraint 9.