DESCRIPTION:
Sleepless was composed for a performance tour of The People's Republic of China with Iowa Percussion in the summer of 2006. It is dedicated to my friend and professor of percussion at the China Conservatory in Beijing, Jiao Shan Lin. Sleepless is a groove-oriented piece that combines Western percussion instruments such as vibes, marimba, bells, and xylophone with traditional Chinese drums and cymbals. The music also features elements of Western and Chinese musical styles.

This performance is from the studio recording of Sleepless which features the solo, transcribed by Dave Bugher, that is included with the published arrangement.

You can hear the terrific Row-Loff version of Sleepless and purchase the arrangement from Row-Loff Productions here:

http://www.rowloff.com/search/description.html?item=13CS5

You can also learn more about Sleepless from the Percussion Music Online website here:

http://www.percussionmusiconline.com/7329.shtml

Special thanks to members of Iowa Percussion 2006 for playing the premiere of Sleepless back in the day: Andrea Scheibel, Michelle Colton, Todd Rosendahl, Mike Moehlmann, Ernest Jennings, Brody Ross, Chris Sande, David Bertolatus, Jeff Strom, and Ginny Armstrong.

Learn more about it here also:
http://youtu.be/aNqmdn2Q0Gs