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ROLLING SILENCE

Medium: Percussion Orchestra (12 players)
Publisher: OU Percussion Press
Composed: Coming Spring 2009*
Duration: 10:00
Difficulty: Grade V

Instrumentation:
bells, crotales, chimes, xylophone, 4 marimbas, 2 vibraphone, bass drum, castanets, tambourine, cajon, congas, bongos, concert toms

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NOTES
Based on a colorful poem by Federico García Lorca with vivid imagery and a wonderful arc, Rolling Silence was commissioned by the OU Percussion Press and the University of Oklahoma Percussion Orchestra, directed by Dr. Lance Drege. The work will be completed in this winter and will receive its premiere in the spring of 2009.