Collide

Remington, Jacob

Advanced Concert Percussion

17 Players

Written to depict the process of searching for new subatomic particles (often referred to as “dark matter” or “anti-matter”) at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) developed by CERN in Switzerland, Collide is a monstrous piece for percussion orchestra that grabs you from the start and never lets go!

Instrumentation:

Chimes
Glockenspiel
Vibraphone 1
Vibraphone 2
Vibraphone 3
Marimba 1 (5-octave)
Marimba 2 (5-octave)
Marimba 3 (5-octave)
Marimba 4 (5-octave)
Marimba 5 (5-octave)
Marimba 6 (5-octave)
Timpani (2 suspended cymbals)
Percussion 1 (4 concert toms, gong, snare drum, small suspended cymbal, hi-hat, China cymbal)
Percussion 2 (muffled concert bass drum, medium low tom, tam-tam, 20" gong, splash cymbal, medium suspended cymbal, hi-hat)
Percussion 3 (static whip, low tom, bell tree, siren, China cymbal, large suspended cymbal, sizzle cymbal, crash China cymbal)
Percussion 4 (kick bass drum, ribbon crasher, gong, medium suspended cymbal, splash cymbal)