The Escape X Publication Series contains many of the commissions by the Escape X Percussion Duo (Dr. Annie Stevens and Dr. Andrea Venet). Escape X has commissioned works by many top percussion (and non-percussionist) composers, including: Michael Burritt, Joe Locke, Stephen Ridley and Drew Worden. While the fundamental basis of each composition remains a keyboard percussion duo, non-pitched percussion instruments (including concert toms, ribbon crashers, and ankle bells) often find their way into the instrumentation as well.
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A One Way Ticket is inspired by a poem of Kelsey Burritt’s entitled Drone. This percussion duet was written for and performed by the percussion duo, Escape X.
A One Way Ticket is inspired by a poem of Kelsey Burritt’s entitled Drone. This percussion duet was written for and performed by the percussion duo, Escape X.
A marimba duet commissioned by the percussion duo Escape X.
A marimba duet commissioned by the percussion duo Escape X.
Chorale Variations is scored for two marimbas and consists of five short movements. Chorale Variations was commissioned by Escape X in 2013.
Chorale Variations is scored for two marimbas and consists of five short movements. Chorale Variations was commissioned by Escape X in 2013.
Titled after the Walt Whitman poem, Burritt wrote Clear Midnight for the Escape X Percussion Duo to showcase their dynamic virtuosity.
Titled after the Walt Whitman poem, Burritt wrote Clear Midnight for the Escape X Percussion Duo to showcase their dynamic virtuosity.
Two movements from Bach’s C-minor lute suite, arranged for marimba and vibraphone.
Two movements from Bach’s C-minor lute suite, arranged for marimba and vibraphone.
This piece attempts to create a kind of wavering sustain by tasking each marimba with a similar-but-different part in the same register. That sound inspired the name of the work. The title is also meant to hint at the two most important musical forces in the piece: meters and mediants.
This piece attempts to create a kind of wavering sustain by tasking each marimba with a similar-but-different part in the same register. That sound inspired the name of the work. The title is also meant to hint at the two most important musical forces in the piece: meters and mediants.
The classic song from “The Sound Of Music” given a unique arrangement only fit for the Escape X Percussion Duo.
The classic song from “The Sound Of Music” given a unique arrangement only fit for the Escape X Percussion Duo.
Commissioned by the Escape X Percussion Duo, Locke’s programmatic duet for marimba and vibraphone takes the listener on an idyllic (and sometimes crazy) drive along one of New Jersey’s most famous highways.
Commissioned by the Escape X Percussion Duo, Locke’s programmatic duet for marimba and vibraphone takes the listener on an idyllic (and sometimes crazy) drive along one of New Jersey’s most famous highways.
This arrangement of Eric Sammut’s Rotation 1 by Andrea Venet is for a percussion ensemble of 10-14 players. The arrangement is a fun, relatively short work for large percussion ensemble that would fit well in any percussion ensemble concert and could be performed by advanced high school and college percussion programs.
This arrangement of Eric Sammut’s Rotation 1 by Andrea Venet is for a percussion ensemble of 10-14 players. The arrangement is a fun, relatively short work for large percussion ensemble that would fit well in any percussion ensemble concert and could be performed by advanced high school and college percussion programs.
Commissioned for Escape X, this marimba duo uses shell bracelets and ankle bells to create imagery of sand dunes.
Commissioned for Escape X, this marimba duo uses shell bracelets and ankle bells to create imagery of sand dunes.
