Raise The Roof Michael Daugherty

Raise the roof is a one movement concerto for timpani and orchestra by the american composer michael daugherty.

Raise the roof michael daugherty.

Daugherty creates a grand acoustic construction by bringing the timpani into the foreground and incorporating a wide variety of timpani techniques to create long expressive melodies and a tour de force cadenza. This arrangement was commissioned by the university of michigan. Boosey hawkes scores books. They offer some good examples of daugherty s large scale double meanings.

Except for niagara falls 1997 these compositions date from the 2000s. Raise the roof for example is both a tribute to large architectural structures such as the empire state building and an essay for timpani requiring a highly proficient player. Daugherty later arranged the piece for concert band in 2007. They offer some good examples of daugherty s large scale double meanings.

The work was commissioned by the detroit symphony orchestra for the opening of the max m.