Musica Boema (Lukáš)

by Jeff Moore

Advanced Concert Percussion

14-15+ Players

Instrumentation:

• Glockenspiel
• Crotales (2 octaves)
• Chimes
• Xylophone
• 2 Vibraphones
• 2 Marimbas — (1) 4-octave, (1) 5-octave
• 4 Timpani
• Drums — Scottish pipe drum (or kevlar marching snare), concert bass drum, concert snare drum, kick drum with pedal
• Cymbals and gongs — tam-tam, bell plate or cymbal bell, finger cymbals, suspended cymbal, splash cymbal, hi-hat, flat ride cymbal (optional)
• Accessories — sleigh bells, mark tree, shekere (mounted), triangle, 5 temple blocks, guiro (mounted), claves (mounted), tambourine, opt. patio/wind chimes

Musica Boema, arranged for percussion ensemble by Jeff Moore, transforms the first movement of by Zdeněk Lukáš’s “Cantabile” into a vivid and challenging concert work. Drawing inspiration from Ralph Hardimon’s legendary 1984 percussion feature for the Santa Clara Vanguard Drum & Bugle Corps, this advanced-level arrangement fuses concert and marching percussion traditions into a mesmerizing, rhythmically intricate texture.

Scored for 14–15 players, the ensemble includes a full complement of mallet keyboards, timpani, and an expanded battery section featuring a Scottish-style snare drum solo. The arrangement highlights layered polyrhythms, shifting phrase lengths, and rich dynamic interplay—qualities that make it both technically demanding and musically rewarding for mature ensembles.

This piece ships as a fully bound score. Individual parts come exclusively in PDF format.