Balafon SAMPLE. Marching Percussion Symphony. By Dr. Michael Varner

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1 Balafon Marhing Perussion Symphony By Dr. Mihael Varner Marhing Perussion Feature perfet for indoor marhing ompetition. Balafon features Afrian sounds and grooves, ith advaned ontemporary marhing tehniques. The omposition is arranged in a number of unique phrases alloing you to tailor it to your on time limitations. Instrumentation:,, Xylophone,, 1, (, 9,, ) Perussion 1: Suspended Cymbal, Brake Drum, Five Temple bloks, Timbale, Conga, Cobell, Drum, Tambourine Perussion : Gong, Suspended Cymbal, Bongo Wind Battery: Drum Quint Toms Five Drums Cymbals (four parts) Duration: 4:00 Mihael Varner Musi MVarneruta.edu

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9 Dr. Mihael Varner, Perussionist and Eduator Dr. Mihael Varner has been Diretor of Perussion at the University of Texas at Arlington for the past 5 years. He holds a Bahelor of Musi Eduation from Boling Green State University, a Master s in Performane from The University of Mihigan, and a Dotorate in Performane from The University of North Texas. Varner released his latest CD in 014 featuring his on ompositions. With a long history as an eduator and liniian, he has been invited to give presentations throughout the United States, Japan and Europe fousing on developing musial expression. In reent past years he has presented by invitation at the European Musi Eduators Convention held in Frankfurt, Germany, and Musi Eduators National Conventions as ell as State Musi Eduation Conventions for Connetiut, Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Kansas, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia and Minnesota He dras from 40 years experiene as a performer presenting repertoire from every musial style inluding Classial, Contemporary, Jazz, and World beat. He brings to eah style of musi an unequalled sensitivity and exuberane. Dotor Varner reently presented a series of leture/reital tours throughout Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma. Dr. Varner's performanes inluded presentations on Japanese marimba ompositions, and a demonstration of the development of solo marimba literature in the late 0th entury. Exerpts from Dr. Varner's tour performanes an be vieed and listened to by podast at the Vi Firth Website. He has performed hamber musi and studio ork in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area inluding appearanes ith the Fort Worth Symphony Orhestra. During his time in Mihigan he as prinipal perussionist ith the Kalamazoo Symphony Orhestra and Prinipal st ith the Kalamazoo Chamber Orhestra. Dr. Varner has been a member of the UTArlington Honors ollege faulty sine 199. As the only musi faulty member to be an honors ollege professor he as hosen as honor faulty member of the year for teahing exellene in 004, the first year the Honors College named a reipient. He ontinues to be ative nationally in the field of marhing perussion adjudiating and presenting linis. Under his guidane the UT Arlington drum line has been nationally reognized performing at numerous marhing exhibitions inluding the 198, 1988, 199 and 000, 00, and 008 Perussive Arts Soieties International ompetitions. He has orked ith renoned drum and bugle orps, inluding the DCI hampion Chiago Cavaliers and the Toledo Glassmen. Dr. Varner ontinues his interest in omposition by aepting frequent ommission from university and high shools aross the United States. He publishes many of his on ompositions and has also released orks through Southern Musi, Studio Four, and Permus Publiations. Varner s interest in orld musi led to a sabbatial in Nigeria and Study-Abroad lasses to Ghana. His artile Skin That Speaks as published in the 01 Perussive Notes Journal. In 009 he reeived a Faulty Development Leave Grant to aept an invitation from Obafemi Aoloo University in Nigeria to ork ith their faulty and students. He maintains an Artist relationship ith Remo Heads and World Instruments, Vi Firth, Yamaha, and Sabian ymbals.

10 Ensemble Mihael Varner Musi Imagined diversions Contemporary Quartet features families of perussion instruments: membranes (bongos, snare drum, toms, bass drum), metals (suspended ymbals, China ymbal, hi-hat), and oods (laves, oodbloks, temple bloks, log drums). A ide range of olors and textures based around the Rondo form using as many variants on Seven as possible. Eah performer plays the tambourine giving lots of opportunity for various Tambourine tehnial ork. (TEXAS UIL LIST, CLASS 1 $45.00 Kingdom Five Departed A rhythm Poem for 9 Perussionists. A fantasy tale ritten in Perussion sounds, featuring only Membranophones and Aessories in a Semi-lassial vein (TEXAS UIL LIST, CLASS 1) $45.00 Arabian Skethes A perussion ensemble for eight players based on danes and rhythms from the Mid-east. The omposition for estern perussion instruments features the "Doumbek" hih is a goblet shaped hand drum. Mid-eastern "Zil" and "Riq" an be substituted for the Finger ymbals and tambourine if desired for a more authenti effet. "Arabian Skethes" aptures the "aura" of the fabled Mid-east desribed in novels and legends. Grade 5 8 players $45.00 Tala Experiene the unique aspets of Classial Indian musi! Based on a rhythmi pattern of telve beats divided into groupings of 5 and 7 subdivided into Written for stritly estern instruments, Challenges the ensemble to rhythmi preision and ensemble aareness offering a small taste of the relentless energy of Indian musi! Grade 5 7 players (TEXAS UIL LIST, CLASS 1) $45.00 Phantasm III Phantasm III is an imaginary "movie sound trak" featuring the idest possible variety of intriguing sounds and olors. From its first moment ith all performers exploring every imaginable possibility for suspended ymbal through a finale of spatial sixteenth notes Phantasm III drives forard ith relentless energy. Grade 5 7 players $45.00 Celestial Elements" for 7 Perussionists and Drum Soloist Written to spotlight the snare drum, eah movement gives the listener a different vie of musial and tonal apabilities. The movements an be performed separately. "The best vehile for shoasing the snare drums sound and olor that I have ever experiened." Rihard MaDonald, Diretor of Perussion Studies, Winona State University, Minnesota 1. Earth Reflets the orhestral role and sound of the snare drum. Grade 4 $0.00. Wind Highlights the sound olor aspets of the snare drum. Grade 5+ $0.00. Fire Aggressive "outdoor" harater of the snare drum. Grade 5+ $0.00 Sorery! Orhestral style ensemble ith 0th entury harmony, and a driving timpani ostinato. (TEXAS UIL ENSEMBLE LIST, CLASS 1) Grade 5 1 players $40.00 Mushroom Soup A flashy fusion omposition featuring bass and drumset ith ontrasting musial setions. 11 players, bass and drumset Grade 5 $40.00 Soul of the ne mahine A ontemporary ensemble for a younger group, that features a ide range of olors and textures. (TEXAS UIL ENSEMBLE LIST, CLASS 1) Grade -4 7 players $0.00

11 Mihael Varner Musi Solo The Silene Beteen. Advaned Multiple Perussion Solo ritten for 4 toms, 4 almgloken, and opera gong. This is a minimalist set up that explores an inredible voabulary of sounds and effets $5.00 FireStorm Very Advaned snare drum solo taking the marhing idiom to ne dimensions $11.00 Winds of Change Advaned Conert solo featuring every imaginable soni possibility $11.00 Challenging Horizons drum olletion of 11 solos progressing from intermediate to advaned featuring the latest tehniques ombined ith good musial phrasing. (TEXAS UIL SOLO LIST, CLASS 1) Grade -5 $1.00 Bamboo Dragon Challenging Multiple perussion solo for onert toms, drum, temple gongs, and ood blok. Wide variety of olors, featuring setions Requiring extensive hand independene...."the sounds of the orient!" (TEXAS UIL SOLO LIST, CLASS 1) Grade 5 $14.00 Counterpane II Advaned snare drum solo highlightig both the visual and exitement of marhing perussion. Grade 5 $9.50 Available through your loal musi store or diret from: Mihael Varner Musi University of Texas at Arlington Musi Department PO Arlington, TX

Mushroom Soup for Percussion Ensemble SAMPLE. By Michael Varner

Mushroom Soup for Percussion Ensemble SAMPLE. By Michael Varner Mushroom Soup for Perussion Ensemle By Mihael Varner Mushroom Soup is a flashy fusion omposition for 11 players featuring drumset and Eletri Bass Although the drumset, ass, and perussion parts are written