gordon stout: Compositions

(Click on the title of a composition to find general information and program notes. By the way, Gordon was born in 1952, in Wichita, Kansas.)

Etudes for Marimba, Book 1 (1973)

(solo marimba)

Sound Clip - No.3 (complete)

Two Mexican Dances (1974)

(solo marimba)

Sound Clip - No.2 (complete)

Sound Clip - complete. The recording here is probably the premiere performance at Eisenhower College. As I recall, Dave Mancini and I on marimba, John Serry on drums, Ted Moore on triangel, and Steve Kujala (?) on flute. I don't remember who the violist was. Enjoy!

Etudes for Marimba, Book 2 (1975)

(solo marimba)

Sound Clip - No.9 (complete)

Ode for Marimba (1975)

(solo marimba)

Duo (Dance-Song) (1976)

(trumpet and marimba)

Sound Clip - complete. This recording is an "oldie but a goodie", from 3/2/87 at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Performance by Gordon Stout and Robert Levy - The Wilder Duo. It's not perfect, but it has great feel to it, and will give you a very good idea of how the piece goes. Check out the great jazz licks by Levy!!!!!

Etudes for Marimba, Book 3 (1976)

(solo marimba)

Sound Clip - No.12 (complete)

Diptych No. 2 (1979)

(marimba solo with percussion ensemble)

Astral Dance (1979)

(solo marimba)

Sound Clip - partial

Triptych (1980)

(marimba duet)

Diptych No. 3 (1989)

(two marimbas)

Sound Clip - complete. This is from Michael Burritt's first recording, "Perpetual", from 1991. Michael and Gordon, marimbas.

Ideo-Kinetic Workbook (1990)

(method book for marimba)

Duo (Dance-Song) (1990)

(soprano saxophone and marimba)

Sound Clip - complete. This is a pretty intense and serious work, but I think it holds together quite well. Steve Mauk is an incredible saxophonist, and you will all enjoy his great playing.

Nocturnes for Marimba (1990)

(solo marimba)

Diptych No. 4 (1992)

(marimba and percussion duet)

Sound Clip - partial. Here's a taste of this work from a performance at Ithaca College right before we played at PASIC-Columbus in 1993. Leigh on marimba, Gordon on percussion.

Duo Concertante (1994)

(two marimba soloists and wind ensemble)

Sound Clip - complete. This is the recording with the Lawrence University Wind Ensemble, Dane Richeson and Gordon Stout, marimbas, on Mark Custom Recording Service, Inc.