Dream Helix

Sargent, Erik

Medium Concert Percussion

6-9 Players

"Dream Helix" is a brief yet exciting work that uses overlapping patterns and ostinatos in the vibraphones and marimbas to capture a dreamlike, cyclic state of mind. It can be played as either a mallet sextet or with additional percussion parts.

Instrumentation:

Glockenspiel
Vibraphone 1
Vibraphone 2
Marimba 1 [4-octave]*
Marimba 2 [4.3-octave]
Marimba 3 [5-octave]*
Percussion 1 (optional): Snare Drum, 2 Concert Toms
Percussion 2 (optional): Bass Drum, Triangle
Percussion 3 (optional): Suspended Cymbal, 2 Woodblocks

*Marimba 1 and 3 may share one 5-octave instrument