April is a flowing work of gentle harmony and musical imagery. Subtle mallet parts with an easy piano part add to the atmosphere of this almost dreamlike work...
Inspired by cinemagraphic techniques in which one image is gradually transformed into another, this work allows resonant sounds to dissolve according to their...
After a brief slow introduction, Fever Flash takes off, driven by punchy brass, syncopated percussion and long lines in the woodwinds. As the piece builds...
The title, Inner Sanctum, was derived from feeling the commissioning ensembles feels about their bandroom: a safe, sacred place free of all of the distractions...
The inspiration for Shimmer was light in motion. Brilliant flourishes are contrasted by two introspective sections of music, giving the overall composition a...
Latin percussion performance and Medieval composition techniques are combined in Talea to create unusual musical patterns and colors. Although the piece is...
Drawing from the poetry of Stephen Cochran, Adams attempts to portray the beauty, mystique, and caprice that he has come to know through his many visits to...
Times Two is so named because each dimension of the piece is constructed in multiples of two. Two performers each play four tom-toms in a four-movement piece...
The coloristic and registral transformations occurring in Twilight Remembered allude to the gradually dimming hues of sunset over water. The sounds move...
An excellent study in polyrhythms, pitting quintuplets against triplets against syncopated sixteenth note patterns. Requires independence among all players....
