Frost Flowers (2019) percussion sextet · 4 minutes · intermediate+
Frost Flowers was written for Allen High School percussion studio and premiered at the Allen ISD Performing Arts Center on February 29th, 2020 by Sebastian Zhang, Alex McPherson, Ty Hanson, Ethan Price, Camden Thomson, and Ben Strehle.
It is on the following state repretoire lists:
- Florida FBA Music List · Grade 5 · Percussion Sextet
You will be emailed a PDF file of the score within 24 hours of your purchase, which can be printed from any computer.
Instrumentation
Frost Flowers was written for percussion sextet, as follows:
- Player 1 - Glockenspiel, Crotales (shared with Player 2), Slapstick
- Player 2 - Vibraphone, Crotales (shared with Player 1)
- Player 3 - Chimes, Ocean Drum, Ride Cymbal (optional)
- Player 4 - Xylophone, Splash Cymbal, China Cymbal, Suspended Crash Cymbal, Mark Tree, Vibraslap, Wood Block, Tam-Tam (optional)
- Player 5 - Marimba (5.0 octave), Suspended Crash Cymbal, Concert Bass Drum
- Player 6 - Marimba (4.5 octave)
Frost Flowers drew its inspiration from a natural phenomenon of the same name where spiraling formations of ice will grow out of the ground during the night as if they were ephemeral flowers, melting by sunrise as fast as they had emerged.