Skeleton Key

Skeleton Key by Brian Nozny is a high-speed percussion quartet written for found percussion instruments. This piece is a flexible and fun addition to concert repertoire as directors and students have the opportunity to scout out and select the "instruments" they would like to play. The four parts can be achieved with a combination of high metal, low metal, high drum-like, and low drum-like objects. The work primarily focuses on developing simple syncopation and sixteenth-note timing at an accelerated speed, pushing students' mental and kinetic coordination, respectively. The parts can also be doubled (or tripled) depending on the number of players available. Skeleton Key is a lighthearted and energetic piece to a begin or end a concert on a high note. Skeleton Key ships as a printed, professionally bound score and includes individual parts in PDF format for printing or tablet viewing.