Wanderlust by Chad Heiny is a travelling-inspired 7-8 player percussion ensemble. This piece offers improvised solo opportunities to allow players the chance to express themselves in that setting, with an optional voice part and part doubling written into the instrumentation to support more varied ensemble compositions!
Difficulty: Medium
Duration: 5:15
Instrumentation:
- Glockenspiel
- Vibraphone
- 2 marimbas - (1) 4-octave, (1) low A
- Steel pans (optional) - (1) lead pan, (1) double seconds
- Drum set (kick, snare, 2 toms, hi-hats, ride cymbal, splash cymbal, crash cymbal)
- Drums - bongos, conga (1), cajon
- Cymbals & gongs - sizzle cymbal, crash cymbal, wind gong (or tam-tam)
- Accessories - egg shaker, rainstick, mark tree, triangles (2), claves, cabasa
- Optional voice (can also be performed by one or more of the keyboard players)
- Optional live looping station (for marimba 2)
