Escape to Freedom (Digital Copy) Fambrough

Escape to Freedom (Digital Copy) Fambrough"This percussion ensemble for nine players is scored for a trio of mallet instruments (glockenspiel, xylophone, chimes), snare and bass drums, three toms, tambourine, suspended cymbals, and two timpani, and has attributes that make it ideal for the high school level, including performance demands appropriate to that age group. An unusual feature in the score is the chime part, which is given a prominent melodic role throughout and requires the use of

suspended cymbals

is more advanced in terms of its syncopated accents and rhythms

Many parts can be easily doubled in increase the size of this ensemble from eight to twelve players

four roto-toms

stick on stick and on various areas of the drum head

Written in six-eight time using typical rhythms plus the eighth two sixteen eighth pattern in the mallet trumpet calls

Listen to Un

starting at measure 41 and continue for the next 11 measures

junior high or high school percussion ensembles

giving it a lively feel

Listen to Midnight Reign

Carribean Sea