JAMES M. DAVID, composer
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S C A L A   E N I G M A T I C A
​Concerto for Vibraphone

Concerto for Solo Vibraphone 
with Wind Ensemble or Percussion Ensemble (2016)


Commissioned by:
Shilo Stroman, soloist
Special Assistant Professor of Percussion, Colorado State University
Dr. Richard Frey, conductor
Associate Director of Bands, Colorado State University

Program Notes:

The vibraphone strikes me as a truly modern instrument that is just beginning to be discovered by composers.  In this one-movement concerto, I seek to utilize the many colors of the instrument while respecting its legacy in both jazz and 20th/21st century music.  The work will explore the elusive and beguiling qualities of scales from numerous musical traditions including Japanese Gagaku, Indonesian Gamelan, and the Arabic Maqam.
Perusal Score (opens new window)

Payment Info:

​$150 plus shipping - full wind ensemble score and parts

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Work Details:

  • Duration: ca. 12 minutes
  • Ensemble Difficulty - High School+ (Grade 4)
  • Percussion ensemble version coming in Fall 2018
  • Home
  • about
  • wind ensemble
    • Fallingwater at Twilight
    • Atomic Time
    • Symphony No 2
    • Arise and Awaken
    • Message from Arecibo
    • Flying Jewels
    • Urban Light
    • Troublesome Fire
    • Symphony no. 1
    • Ghosts of the Old Year
    • Call to Commitment
    • With Soul Serene
    • March Tumbao
    • Lookfar
    • Menlo Park, 1879
    • Zephyrus
    • Flexible Instrumentation
    • Heartland Verses
    • Swing Landscape
    • I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold
    • Concerto for Vibraphone
    • The Moorlands
    • Big Four on the River
    • All Dark Is Now No More
    • Temple's Grace
    • From the Shaken Tower
    • Two-Lane Blacktop
    • Sinfonietta no. 3
  • compositions
    • wind ensemble
    • clarinet >
      • all clarinet works
      • clarinet sonata
      • AUTO '66 - Clarinet Concerto
    • saxophone >
      • all saxophone works
      • Saxophone Sonata
      • L'oiseau dans l'espace
      • Saxophone/Percussion Double Quartet
    • trombone >
      • all trombone works
      • Trombone Concerto
      • Trombone Sonata
      • Cloudlands
      • Five American Dances
      • Song of the Valar
      • Bass Trombone Sonata
      • Partiels 2
      • Garden of the Gods
    • Other Brass Works >
      • Of Unsurpassed Heroes
      • Trumpet Sonata
    • Percussion >
      • The Dandelion
      • NOLA - BELA - SOWEGA
    • large ensemble >
      • Tin Lizzies on Old Fall River
      • LASCAUX
      • KAFKA - Sax Concerto
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      • Clarinet and Horn Trio
    • solo / electroacoustic
    • choral / vocal >
      • KUBLA KHAN
  • contact
  • Report Performance
  • Pale Blue Dot