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Quartz City

Quartz City is another winner – literally. Johnson’s piece won first prize in the 1995 P.A.S.Composition Contest. The vibraphone solo is very challenging; the ensemble parts somewhat less so.

-JOHNSON/QC ,
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David Johnson is marimba player, percussionist and composer. He has performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, was a member of the historic Blackearth Percussion Group and occasionally works in the Los Angeles film scoring industry.

Quartz City is another winner — literally. Johnson’s piece won first prize in the 1995 P.A.S.Composition Contest. The vibraphone solo is very challenging; the ensemble parts somewhat less so. This might be an excellent choice for a guest artist to perform with a student percussion ensemble. In Quartz City, the composer evokes the sounds of LA, the “City of Quartz,” with jazz, Mexican marimbas and Chinese gongs.

Difficulty

Advanced

Performance Type

6+ Players