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 out, the players should feel that there is room to "streth out" and enhane the parts as long as the spirit and the harater of the piee are maintained Strive for as muh ontrast in the setions as possile so the audiene an appreiate the wide variety of olors availale from perussion instruments Good Luk! Mihael Varner Instrumentation: Bells Xylophone Viraphone 1 Viraphone 2 Marima 1 Marima 2 Eletri Bass Drum Set Perussion 1(Lines given in trele lef) Suspended Cymal (G), 2 Congas (F,C), Temple Bloks (lines) Perussion 2 Viraslap(G), Finger Cymals (D), Timales (F,B), "Mark Tree" (E) Duration: :15
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Dr Mihael Varner, Perussionist and Eduator Dr Mihael Varner has een Diretor of Perussion at the University of Texas at Arlington for the past 5 years He holds a Bahelor of Musi Eduation from Bowling 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 201 featuring his own ompositions With a long history as an eduator and liniian, he has een invited to give presentations throughout the United States, Japan and Europe fousing on developing musial expression In reent past years he has presented y invitation at the European Musi Eduators Convention held in Frankfurt, Germany, and Musi Eduators National Conventions as well as State Musi Eduation Conventions for Connetiut, Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Kansas, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia and Minnesota He draws from 0 years experiene as a performer presenting repertoire from every musial style inluding Classial, Contemporary, Jazz, and World eat He rings to eah style of musi an unequalled sensitivity and exuerane Dotor Varner reently presented a series of leture/reital tours throughout Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma Dr Varner's performanes inluded presentations on Japanese marima ompositions, and a demonstration of the development of solo marima literature in the late 20th entury Exerpts from Dr Varner's tour performanes an e viewed and listened to y podast at the Vi Firth Wesite He has performed hamer musi and studio work in the Dallas/Ft Worth area inluding appearanes with the Fort Worth Symphony Orhestra During his time in Mihigan he was prinipal perussionist with the Kalamazoo Symphony Orhestra and Prinipal Timpanist with the Kalamazoo Chamer Orhestra Dr Varner has een a memer of the UTArlington Honors ollege faulty sine 1996 As the only musi faulty memer to e an honors ollege professor he was hosen as honor faulty memer of the year for teahing exellene in 200, the first year the Honors College named a reipient He ontinues to e ative nationally in the field of marhing perussion adudiating and presenting linis Under his guidane the UT Arlington drum line has een nationally reognized performing at numerous marhing exhiitions inluding the 1982, 1988, 199 and 2000, 200, and 2008 Perussive Arts Soieties International ompetitions He has worked with renowned drum and ugle orps, inluding the DCI hampion Chiago Cavaliers and the Toledo Glassmen Dr Varner ontinues his interest in omposition y aepting frequent ommission from university and high shools aross the United States He pulishes many of his own ompositions and has also released works through Southern Musi, Studio Four, and Permus Puliations Varner s interest in world musi led to a saatial in Nigeria and Study-Aroad lasses to Ghana His artile Skin That Speaks was pulished in the 201 Perussive Notes Journal In 2009 he reeived a Faulty Development Leave Grant to aept an invitation from Oafemi Awolowo University in Nigeria to work with their faulty and students He maintains an Artist relationship with Remo Heads and World Instruments, Vi Firth, Yamaha, and Saian ymals http://wwwutaedu/faulty/mulerry/aover
Ensemle Mihael Varner Musi Imagined diversions Contemporary Quartet features families of perussion instruments: memranes (ongos, snare drum, toms, ass drum), metals (suspended ymals, China ymal, hi-hat), and woods (laves, woodloks, temple loks, log drums) A wide range of olors and textures ased around the Rondo form using as many variants on Seven as possile Eah performer plays the tamourine giving lots of opportunity for various Tamourine tehnial work (TEXAS UIL LIST, CLASS 1 $500 Kingdom Five Departed A rhythm Poem for 9 Perussionists A fantasy tale written in Perussion sounds, featuring only Memranophones and Aessories in a Semi-lassial vein (TEXAS UIL LIST, CLASS 1) $500 Araian Skethes A perussion ensemle for eight players ased on danes and rhythms from the Mid-east The omposition for western perussion instruments features the "Doumek" whih is a golet shaped hand drum Mid-eastern "Zil" and "Riq" an e sustituted for the Finger ymals and tamourine if desired for a more authenti effet "Araian Skethes" aptures the "aura" of the faled Mid-east desried in novels and legends Grade 5 8 players $500 Tala Experiene the unique aspets of Classial Indian musi! Based on a rhythmi pattern of twelve eats divided into groupings of 5 and 7 sudivided into 2--2-2- Written for stritly western instruments, Challenges the ensemle to rhythmi preision and ensemle awareness offering a small taste of the relentless energy of Indian musi! Grade 5 7 players (TEXAS UIL LIST, CLASS 1) $500 Phantasm III Phantasm III is an imaginary "movie sound trak" featuring the widest possile variety of intriguing sounds and olors From its first moment with all performers exploring every imaginale possiility for suspended ymal through a finale of spatial sixteenth notes Phantasm III drives forward with relentless energy Grade 5 7 players $500 Celestial Elements" for 7 Perussionists and Snare Drum Soloist Written to spotlight the snare drum, eah movement gives the listener a different view of musial and tonal apailities The movements an e performed separately "The est vehile for showasing 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 $2000 2 Wind Highlights the sound olor aspets of the snare drum Grade 5+ $2000 Fire Aggressive "outdoor" harater of the snare drum Grade 5+ $2000 Sorery! Orhestral style ensemle with 20th entury harmony, and a driving timpani ostinato (TEXAS UIL ENSEMBLE LIST, CLASS 1) Grade 5 12 players $000 Mushroom Soup A flashy fusion omposition featuring ass and drumset with ontrasting musial setions 11 players, ass and drumset Grade 5 $000 Soul of the new mahine A ontemporary ensemle for a younger group, that features a wide range of olors and textures (TEXAS UIL ENSEMBLE LIST, CLASS 1) Grade - 7 players $000
Mihael Varner Musi Solo The Silene Between Advaned Multiple Perussion Solo written for toms, almgloken, and opera gong This is a minimalist set up that explores an inredile voaulary of sounds and effets $2500 FireStorm Very Advaned snare drum solo taking the marhing idiom to new dimensions $1100 Winds of Change Advaned Conert Snare solo featuring every imaginale soni possiility $1100 Challenging Horizons Snare drum olletion of 11 solos progressing from intermediate to advaned featuring the latest tehniques omined with good musial phrasing (TEXAS UIL SOLO LIST, CLASS 1) Grade -5 $1200 Bamoo Dragon Challenging Multiple perussion solo for onert toms, Bass drum, temple gongs, and wood lok Wide variety of olors, featuring setions Requiring extensive hand independene "the sounds of the orient!" (TEXAS UIL SOLO LIST, CLASS 1) Grade 5 $100 Counterpane II Advaned snare drum solo highlightig oth the visual and exitement of marhing perussion Grade 5 $950 Availale through your loal musi store or diret from: Mihael Varner Musi University of Texas at Arlington Musi Department PO 19105 Arlington, TX 76019 http://wwwutaedu/mvarner/aover