Kastuck Percussion Studio, Inc. - Percussion Ensembles

PERCUSSION ENSEMBLES - 7 PLAYERS
Favorite Holiday Carols I by John Russell	$35.00
This first collection of favorite traditional holiday carols includes: "Jingle Bells", Deck the Halls". and "Good King Wenceslas". These works will delight the audience at your winter concert. Each carol is a complete work with individual parts. Instrumentation: Glock/Bells, xylophone, chimes, snare drum. bass drum, timpani, 2 wood blocks, sleighbells, tom-toms, tambourine, suspended cymbals, temple blocks.
"John Russell has arranged three popular Christmas carols for the beginning percussion ensemble: "Jingle Bells," "Deck the Halls," and "Good King Wenceslas." Both "Jingle Bells" and Deck the Halls" utilize seven players while "Good King Wenceslas" employes eight players. Russell has made careful instrumentation choices in order to accommodate percussion instruments that are typically found in a school setting. ….Timpani parts for all three carols could employ two drums. All parts are of about equal difficulty." Lisa Rogers PERCUSSIVE NOTES October 2003
CLASSIC FAVORITES by John Russell	$35.00
Instrumentation: Bells, Xylo, Snare, Bass, Tom-toms, Wood Block, Two Timpani, Tenor Drum, Cymbals, Tambourine, Temple Blocks.Three Classic Favorites arranged for 7 players by one of America's leading composer and arranger – John Russell. They include "Camptown Races", "London Bridge" and "She Will Be Comin Around the Mountain". Students will have fun performing these classics favorites and audiences of all ages will certainly enjoy hearing them again. These are great crowd pleasers and will definitely impress the crowds.
"The "Classic Favorites" featured in this publication are "Camptown Races", "London Bridge is Falling Down" and She'll be Comin' Round the Mountain," each arranged for percussion septet. A basic instrumentation, used is all three selections, includes glockenspiel and xylophone, a pair of timpani, and snare and bass drums. Instruments chosen from an inventory of tom-toms, woodblocks, tenor drum, suspended cymbal, temple blocks and tambourine complete the instrumentation needed in each of the pieces. Russell's arrangements are cleverly written while remaining within the limitations of a young ensemble's abilities. He writes effectively for the two mallets instruments, often alternating melodic motives with other instruments in a statement/response mode. The arrangements contain solo and soli opportunities that give all members of the septet an active role in the musical dialogue. (The use of depictive programmatic devices is avoided with the exception of repetitive descending scales in xylophone and glockenspiel to represent parts of London Bridge falling down.) All aspects of this publication, including the nature of the material arranged, the required instrumentation and its level of difficulty should make it especially appealing to students of high school age or younger. John R. Raush - PERCUSSIVE NOTES June 2004
"Classic Favorites III" is an arrangement for percussion septet of Joseph Winner's "Little Brown Jug," the folk song "Jump Down Turn Around" and a march-styled presentation of two traditional tunes Russell calls "Red, White & Chester Doodle." In the latter, Russell cleverly alternates four-bar phrases from "Chester" and "Yankee Doodle" and, for good measure, throws in a surprise quotation from Sousa's "Stars and Stripes, Forever" In the course of the arrangement, the seven players perform on xylophone, glockenspiel, snare drum, bass drum, two toms and two woodblocks, suspended and crash cymbals, a tenor drum and a tambourine. Russell writes interesting parts for all members of the ensemble. The cymbal player, for example, gets to share the spotlight in "Little Brown Jug," playing a suspended cymbal rhythm that includes straight eighths as well as "ride" and "shuffle" rhythms, as the septet turns in a swing-styled performance. Russell's arrangement should please directors looking for entertaining middle school/high school literature that combines valuable instructional opportunities with an enjoyable performance experience for every student in the ensemble.” - John R. Raush PERCUSSIVE NOTES 2006
*Medieval Dances by John Russell -* Grade 2+**	$25.00
The instrumentation for this work for seven(7) players includes bells, snare and bass drum, tenor drum, tambourine, triangle, and two(2) timpani. The parts are not difficult and a high school or capable elementary percussion ensemble would derive much satisfaction from performing it. This interesting, creative, and enjoyable work for any percussion ensemble. NOTE: This piece is listed in the NORTH DAKOTA Selected Music List, the PENNSYLVANIA Selected Music List, the VIRGINIA VBODA Music Selection List and is eligible for the RHODE ISLAND Solo and Ensemble Festival.
"Medieval Dances" consists of three short percussion septets… These lively tunes require only two mallet ability on the glockenspiel, sixteenth-note reading comprehension elsewhere, and no timpani tuning changes. This would be a suitable three-movement suite for a young percussion ensemble concert or as a single works for a festival." Terry O'Mahoney - Percussive Notes - December 2002
Kick'n Easy by John Russell	$24.00
Instrumentation: glockenspiel, xylophone, snare drum, bass drum, tom-toms(2), suspended cymbal, timpani(2). Written for seven players, this composition bounces back and forth between two-four and four-four time. With a two-four sections being a repeated motif, as a bridge between the rnallet melodies and the un-tuned percussion. Scored for xylophone, glockenspiel, snare drum, bass drum, timpani, tom-toms, and cymbal, the mallet parts include sixteenth note patterns that are easy to learn. This would be a wonderful number for not only the performer, but for the listener.
Irish Jig by John Russell	$30.00
Instrumentation: xylophone, orchestra bells, Snare drum, bass drum, tenor drum, 2 timpani, temple blocks, tambourine. Inspired by the "Spirit of the Dance", this lively number flows with the force and intensity. Written for xylophone, glockenspiel, snare drum, bass drum, timpani, temple blocks, and tambourine, this wonderful number was composed to help introduce six-eight time. Fun to play, easy patterns, this number can be practiced and performed counting either six or two. Even the tambourine part is interesting for the performer. Perfect for middle and young high school groups.
"This percussion ensemble for eight players is scored for xylophone, glockenspiel, snare drum, bass drum, tenor drum, two timpani, temple blocks and tambourine. The tempo is dotted-quarter = 120. "Irish Jig" is just what the title implies. The xylophone and glockenspiel play the melody and the percussion plays accompaniment. There is quite a bit of question-andanswer style between melody and percussion, and the tenor drum acts as a bodhran, much like in Irish music. Statements of the melody are followed by statements from the percussion, which culminate in a closing statement from everyone. "Irish Jig" is brief (1:10) and is quite accessible to a young percussion ensemble. It would be fun to perform and rewarding to the players." - John H. Beck - PERCUSSIVE NOTES FEB. 2006
Classic Favorites III by John Russell	$40.00
Instrumentation: bells, xylophone, snare drum, bass drum, two tom-toms, suspended cymbal, two timpani, two wood blocks, tambourine, crash cymbals, tenor drum. Songs include: Little Brown Jug Jump Down Turn Around Red, White & Chester Doodle (Yankee Doodle) Students and audiences will enjoy these three favorites. Each work is a separate percussion ensemble. They have all been field tested with a middle school percussion ensemble and have met with great success and applause. This is another great collection by the outstanding composer/arranger John Russell. Highly recommended for a beginning or established percussion ensemble.
The British Grenadiers by John Russell	$25.00
Instrumentation: bells, xylophone, 2 timpani, snare drum, bass drum, tenor drum and crash cymbals. John Russell has written a wonderful arrangement of the 16 th Century tune "The British Grenadiers". Students will enjoy playing this well recognized tune. This worked performed with "Red, White & Chester Doodle" found in Classic Favorites III, makes a wonderful concert of early American era tunes.
"Reputed to have been popular with American soldiers in the 1770s and '80s, and much more recently used in the second of Ives' "Three Places in New England," "The British Grenadiers" is the melodic focus of this percussion septet by John Russell. Russell assigns melodic duties to glockenspiel and xylophone, with a pair of timpani furnishing a two-note bass line. This trio is supported by four other percussionists playing hand cymbals, snare and bass drums, and tenor drum in a march-like setting. The mallet writing should pose no difficulties for young students (no rolls are used). Xylophone and glockenspiel often double the tune. Technical requirements for the percussion instruments are well within the capabilities of junior high/middle school students; the snare part requires short rolls and flams. A number of passages are indicative of the arranger's imagination and expertise. The use of a tenor drum at the opening of the piece imparts an archaic flavor, perhaps a nod to the antiquity of the tune. Drum interludes are creative and make effective use of the timpani; the cymbal part features both normal crashes and afterbeats in hi-hat style. Building an ensemble around "The British Grenadiers" proved to be an excellent idea. This septet would make an outstanding choice for a festival or contest". - John R. Raush - PERCUSSIVE NOTES Feb. 2006
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