Classic Style Ceaseless Staircase Risk-free Trial [m6bcYKy9]

Matthew Kilby

Medium-Advanced Quintet for Marimba and Percussion

6 players

Instrumentation: Solo Marimba — low A (optional low F), Glockenspiel, 2 Vibraphones, Percussion — bongos, djembe, pandeiro (or tambourine), ribbon crasher, snare drum (w/ brushes), water triangle (or triangle w/o water)

M.C. Escher’s Ascending and Descending (1960) depicts a series of faceless figures trudging up and down never-ending stairs. The feelings of disorientation and monotony this visual work conjures in many have been quite cleverly bottled and made palatable in Classic Style Ceaseless Staircase Risk-free Trial [m6bcYKy9] by Matthew Kilby.

Written for an experienced marimba soloist and percussion quintet, the piece employs various harmonic and rhythmic devices that depict a sense of unending routine; however, Kilby has accomplished this with sparks of musical energy that make it anything but tedious to perform or listen to.

Classic Style Ceaseless Staircase Risk-free Trial [m6bcYKy9] ships as a fully bound score and includes individual parts in PDF format for either printing or tablet viewing.