Medium to Medium Difficult
Solo Marimba
4-mallet
Duration approx. 20:00 total
The Yuletide Marimbist was created to fill a void in Christmas literature for 4-mallet solo marimba. Spanning a wide range of styles, these arrangements are suitable for diverse performance venues – both sacred and secular. Only a 4 1/3-octave marimba is necessary, but cue notes are provided throughout for extended range if you have access to a 5-octave instrument. With one exception ("O Holy Night"), all of the arrangements are flexible in that they may be repeated one or more times by utilizing ending repeats or "D.S./D.C." indication. The book includes performance notes and mallet suggestions for each solo.
Click on titles to hear sound clips:
Silent Night
God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen
O Holy Night
Carol of the Bells
What Child Is This?
In the Bleak Midwinter
Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella
Deck the Halls
ABOUT THE COMPOSER/ARRANGER
Composer and percussionist Nathan Daughtrey (b. 1975) has distinguished himself in recent years as an artist of great range. Described as “fresh and imaginative” (Percussive Notes) and “evocatively crafted” (Indiana University Herald Times), his works have been performed by individuals and ensembles of all levels at festivals and venues around the world, including the Percussive Arts Society International Convention, the International Double Reed Society Conference, and the Midwest Band & Orchestra Clinic. With several awards to his credit, Dr. Daughtrey is the only composer to win 2nd and 3rd Place the same year in the Percussive Arts Society Composition Contest. He was also the recipient of 2007 and 2008 ASCAP Plus Awards. With over 50 publications for percussion, concert band, and orchestra, he is in great demand for commissions and clinics.
Dr. Daughtrey is also extremely active and sought after as a solo marimba artist and clinician. His performances have taken him throughout the United States and overseas to Eastern Europe and Japan, appearing as featured soloist with orchestras such as the North Carolina Symphony and the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. His first CD, “Spiral Passages,” was released in 2001 and features original and adapted works for solo and accompanied marimba.Other recent collaborative recordings include Emma Lou Diemer’s work “Concerto in One Movement for Marimba and Orchestra,” Michael Udow’s CD “Footprints,” and Daniel McCarthy’s CD “Song of Middle Earth.”
Dr. Daughtrey is a Performing Artist and Clinician for Yamaha Corporation and Vic Firth, Inc. He serves on the Composition Contest Committee for the Percussive Arts Society and is the Director of Operations for the Classical Marimba League. All of his works are available from C. Alan Publications.
