Difficulty: Advanced
N^3 is a three movement suite inspired on Newton’s Third Law: “Every action has an equal and opposite reaction”. The first movement, Action, sets the force into motion. The second movement, Reverb, represents the rebounding sound. The third movement, Ricochet, depicts the resulting chaos.
Solo for tenor pan
Difficulty: Intermediate
“Never Let Me Down” is a short but sweet tenor pan solo perfect for the beginning to intermediate player.
Solo for tenor pan
Difficulty: Advanced
Intended to stretch any performer’s abilities, “Oceans” contains a host of complex motifs which continue in constant counterpoint throughout the piece. For the first section, the right and left hand are each given their own line featuring different rhythmic sequences. A new sound is also featured in the right hand, asking for the mallet to strike between two notes in order to sound a more “hollow-like” sound. This eventually gives way to a section of rich harmonies over complex meter changes and melodic runs. All together, “Oceans” is a beautiful tenor pan solo which is sure to please the listener and challenge the performer.
Solo for tenor pan
Difficulty: Intermediate
As the name suggests, this piece is an upbeat soca structured for solo tenor pan. Alternating between syncopated strum patterns and soaring melodies, it offers a difficult challenge for any player.
Solo for tenor pan
Difficulty: Intermediate
Summer Rain features a large use of perpetual motion which gives way to a section of traditional calypso strum patterns while exploring the key of C minor. Over this backdrop, a gentle melody rises and falls, portraying feelings of melancholy amid the surrounding storm.
Solo for tenor pan
Difficulty: Advanced
Stars paints a picture of the turmoil and quiet beauty of the night sky. Beginning and ending with a slow moving chorale that symbolizes the setting and rising of the sun, it features a fast-moving middle section of perpetual motion as the twinkling of the emerging stars is heard throughout the nighttime sky.
Solo for tenor pan
Difficulty: Advanced
Featuring a syncopated harmonic progression under a gently moving melody above, “Starfruit at Midnight” paints a picture of an evening lime in Trinidad and Tobago. A challenge for any performer, it stands out as a work which explores the lesser used side of the pan while stretching the possibilities of simultaneously playing both melody and harmonic accompaniment.
Solo for tenor pan
Difficulty: Advanced
Evening Tides features a diverse mixture of chord progressions, monophonic melodies, and reoccurring themes that work to form a balance between elements of rest and the perpetual motion that I often employ in my works. This piece works to illustrate the rising of the tides and the turmoil that the resulting waves can bring, before sinking back once again to where they began.
Solo for tenor pan
Difficulty: Intermediate
Beginning with a soothing chorale passage, Autumn features gently moving melodies that are sure to please any listener.
Solo for tenor pan
Difficulty: Advanced
From beginning to end, Hurricane is a whirlwind of fast, soaring melodies over dark harmonic progressions that take you full circle clockwise around the pan. With the use of perpetual motion and chromatics, it paints the picture of a raging hurricane only interrupted briefly by its calm eye before descending back into chaos.
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