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Dave CriderDave Crider is a percussionist, composer, and improviser, specializing in vibraphone performance. He is the recipient of numerous honors, including awards from Downbeat Magazine and the Percussive Arts Society. Classically trained, Dave earned his Bachelor of Music degree from Western Michigan University and his Master of Music degree from Ohio University, where his primary teachers were Judy Moonert and Roger Braun. He currently teaches mallet percussion at Kalamazoo College and serves as the Operations Director for the Kalamazoo Junior Symphony Orchestra.
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List of Works (Click title to link to details about the work)
Music for Vibraphone and Electronics Series
The Music for Vibraphone and Electronics series is a collection of intermediate/advanced level recital pieces for solo 4-mallet vibraphone and audio accompaniment (backing-track). Composer/performer, Dave Crider, describes the style of these works as Theme and Improvisation – classically inspired thematic material alongside jazz-style improvised solos. Influenced by the techniques of modern classical marimba repertoire and the harmonic language of modal jazz, the textures range from lyrical, spacious, and flowing, to angular and densely polyrhythmic. The electronic accompaniment tracks were crafted using virtual emulations and samples of vintage keyboards, programmed through midi sequencers, and manipulated with delay modules. Each meticulously prepared score includes detailed performance notes; cues for the electronics track; optional written melodies for those who don’t improvise, and chord symbols for those who do; and a separate lead-sheet for the improv sections with basic scale suggestions for developing improvisers.
As We Are (2020)
Music for Vibraphone and Electronics
Solo Vibraphone with electronic accompaniment track
3 minutes
On the Level (2020)
Music for Vibraphone and Electronics
Solo Vibraphone with electronic accompaniment track
3 1/2 minutes
Word to the Wise (2020)
Music for Vibraphone and Electronics
Solo Vibraphone with electronic accompaniment track
2 1/2 minutes
Music for Vibraphone and Electronics, Book 1 (2020)
Includes As We Are, On the Level, and Word to the Wise
Solo Vibraphone with electronic accompaniment track
9 minutes
The Music for Vibraphone and Electronics series is a collection of intermediate/advanced level recital pieces for solo 4-mallet vibraphone and audio accompaniment (backing-track). Composer/performer, Dave Crider, describes the style of these works as Theme and Improvisation – classically inspired thematic material alongside jazz-style improvised solos. Influenced by the techniques of modern classical marimba repertoire and the harmonic language of modal jazz, the textures range from lyrical, spacious, and flowing, to angular and densely polyrhythmic. The electronic accompaniment tracks were crafted using virtual emulations and samples of vintage keyboards, programmed through midi sequencers, and manipulated with delay modules. Each meticulously prepared score includes detailed performance notes; cues for the electronics track; optional written melodies for those who don’t improvise, and chord symbols for those who do; and a separate lead-sheet for the improv sections with basic scale suggestions for developing improvisers.
As We Are (2020)
Music for Vibraphone and Electronics
Solo Vibraphone with electronic accompaniment track
3 minutes
On the Level (2020)
Music for Vibraphone and Electronics
Solo Vibraphone with electronic accompaniment track
3 1/2 minutes
Word to the Wise (2020)
Music for Vibraphone and Electronics
Solo Vibraphone with electronic accompaniment track
2 1/2 minutes
Music for Vibraphone and Electronics, Book 1 (2020)
Includes As We Are, On the Level, and Word to the Wise
Solo Vibraphone with electronic accompaniment track
9 minutes