Alice gomez grew up in san antonio, texas, a city rich in cultural diversity, playing the drums in her fathers latin dance band. Jul 19, 2018 rain dance by alice gomez has become a popular choice for beginning marimba players. Beginning 4 mallet marimba players will enjoy the syncopated rhythms and independent left hand work throughout the piece. Gomez is composerinresidence with the san antonio symphony, for whom she has composed a number of orchestral and chamber works rooted in the southwests latino. Marimba sheet music book by alice gomez and marilyn rife. Jan 01, 2003 check out obsidian butterfly by alice gomez on amazon music. Alice gomez has gained international recognition for her latino and native american influenced compositions. Currently working on her dissertation, gumbo banaha stories. Percussion convocation andrew granelli, percussion alex tomlinson, percussion manny gamazo, marimba cameron knowles, marimba. Gomez is composerinresidence with the san antonio symphony, for whom she has composed a number of orchestral and chamber works rooted in the southwests latinoindian heritage. Alice gomez draws upon her multicultural heritage mexican indian and latino to create her unique recordings, on which she plays guitar, synthesizer, percussion, and vocal chants. Rain dance for percussion ensemble sheet music for percussion.
I like to use a graduated set of mallets when performing this piece. Aptly titled marimba solo that cleverly brings for. Rain dance, alice gomez, yellow after the rain or sea refractions. Christopher was askin the astronomer can your telescope tell me where the suns gone. Rain dance, by alice gomez marimba literature library youtube. Garwood whaley musical studies for the intermediate mallet player two mallets george hamilton green ragtime robin twomallets alice gomez rain dance fourmallets james moyer fourmallet method for marimba, solos from bartok, kabelevsky luther, goedicke, bach, beethoven, diabelli. Rain dance sheet music for piano, percussion download free. Vibraphone or marimba or xylophone, piano or organ 98 vibraphone or marimba or xylophone 90. Students should wear comfortable movement or dance attire and character shoes or shoes that are easy to move in. And i welcome commissions for custom orchestral compositions. Alice gomez, rain dance, gitano mitchell peters, yellow after the rain bill molenhof, vibe songs ney rosauro, three preludes timpani vic firth, the solo timpanist john beck, concepts for timpani or any solo saul goodman, modern method for timpani any etude. Rain dance marimba solo sheet music pdf rain dance by alice gomez has become a popular choice for beginning marimba players. Check out obsidian butterfly by alice gomez on amazon music. Education rain dance by alice gomez and marilyn rife.
Not my best performance, but something i am proud of nonetheless. Its groovy, repetetive minor tonality makes it popular and easily accessible to younger students. Undergraduate audition requirements moores school of music university of houston 120 school of music bldg. Gomez served as composerinresidence with the awardwinning san antonio symphony from 199396, creating new works to unite the symphony with the largely hispanic community of san antonio. Rain dance by alice gomez and marilyn rife, performed by nathan hewitt. Tarahumara for three agricultural festivalsrain, green corn, and harvestand for death and memorial rites. Rain dance by alice gomez and marilyn rife restless by rich omeara rhythm song by paul smadbeck rotation ii by eric sammut. Liberty university school of music percussiondrum set. Marimba recommendations rain dance, alice gomez and. Alice gomez rain dance fourmallets james moyer fourmallet method for marimba, solos from bartok, kabelevsky luther, goedicke, bach, beethoven, diabelli candidates will be asked to perform light sightreading on snare drum and a mallet instrument of choice twomallet. There will be dressing rooms available in which to change before and after the dance audition. Rain dance by alice gomez and marilyn rife marimba solo.
Yellow after the rain by mitchell peters sea refractions by mitchell peters rain dance by alice gomez restless for marimba by rich omeara cricket sang and set the sun by blake tyson snare drum. Alice gomez rain dance entertainment general scribd. Print and download in pdf or midi rain dance for percussion ensemble by alice gomez and marilyn rife arr. Rain dance for percussion ensemble sheet music for. James madison university percussion audition guidelines. See all 2 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. After triple invocations by a shaman, the women cross the dance space six times, then circle counterclockwise, holding hands and leaping with a stamp from left to right foot. Rain dance, alice gomez, yellow after the rain or sea refractions, mitchell peters, as well as works by nancy zeltsman, gordon stout, keiko abe, j. Rain dance for solo marimba has a continuous rhythmic groove as the main. Read, highlight, and take notes, across web, tablet, and phone. You be able to give me a link to some sheet music for this song. Simple melodic statements make this work a catchy favorite. University of west florida department of music levels of. Beginnig 4 mallet marimba players will enjoy the syncopated rhythms and independent left hand work.
Marimba unaccompanied paperback 1 july 1988 by alice gomez composer 4. A strong rudimental background as demonstrated by the performance of solos by pratt, wilcoxon, or any drum corpsmarching band. Beginnig 4 mallet marimba players will enjoy the syncopated rhythms and independent left hand work throughout the piece. Liberty university school of music percussiondrum set auditions. This composition for solo marimba is a wonderful contest or recital piece for the advanced player, requiring three mallet work throughout, with some sections of four mallets.
Rain dance marimba solo pdf rain dance by alice gomez has become a popular choice for beginning marimba players. Gomez served as composerinresidence with the awardwinning san antonio symphony from 199396, creating new works to unite the symphony with. This is makes it easier to separate voices bring out the melody. Reviews of rain dance by alice gomez and marilyn rife. Rain dance, alice gomez, yellow after the rain or sea. Marimba unaccompanied paperback july 1, 1988 by alice gomez composer 4. Music by alice gomez, text by pamela martin sheet music is available for purchase for all of my instrumental music from the various distributors listed. Gomes, carlos carlos gomes 11 july 1836 16 september 1896 alternative namestransliterations. Rain dance by alice gomez and marilyn rife performance. Title author type language date edition publication.