Tag
General Info
Year of Published: 2025
Publisher: Southern Percussion
Difficulty: Advanced
Cost: £11.95
Instrumentation
Player 1: Marimba
Plaeyr 2: Marimba
Player 3: Marimba
Player 4: Shaker
Player 5: Djembe
Description
TAG was written for the percussionists of the Hallé Youth Orchestra. The main technical challenge of the piece is fitting five players behind one marimba. The effect is very impressive though, especially when viewed from above. Three of the performers start in front of the marimba, playing an ostinato groove on un-pitched percussion. Then the pitched ostinato starts on the marimba and develops as it moves up the instrument. The players consequently move up the instrument in tandem whilst staying close to each other, and the music reaches a climax with all five performers playing marimba. The music gradually subsides and we end as we began, with three performers playing the groove in front of the marimba whilst the marimba motifs fade and dissolve.
Works for Percussion by this Composer
Marimba Solo Works
Caprice
Lullaby for Olivia
Suite for Solo Marimba
Vibraphone Solo Works
Snare Drum Solo Works
Timpani Solo Works
With Piano Works
Church Ope Waltz
Dance Suite for Snare Drum and Piano
Ianto's Dances
Suite Concertante for Timpani
Tango Twister
Ensemble Works
Sound Blocks - 4 Players
Spicy Sauce - 2 Players
Suite Concertante for Snare Drum and Marimba - 2 Players
Tag - 5 Players
Tumbledown Mountain - 2 Players