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Patterns I, II, III

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[[Peter Hoch]]

== General Info ==
'''Year''': 1984 
'''Publisher''': [[Manuscript]] 
'''Difficulty''': (see [[Ratings]] for explanation) 
'''Duration''': c. 10:00 
'''Cost''': Score and Parts - $0.00   |   Score Only - $0.00 

==Movements==



== Instrumentation ==
PATTERNS I: 
Player I: [[Conga]] 
Player II: [[Tom-toms]](2) 
Player III: Conga 
Player IV: [[Wooden tom-tom]] 
Player V: [[Jingle-ring]] 
Player VI: [[Temple blocks]](4-5) 
Player VII: [[Guiro]] 
Player VIII: [[Woodblocks]] 
Player IX: [[Bongos]] 
Player X: [[Triangle]] 
Player XI: [[Hand drum]] 
Player XII: [[Cymbal]], [[tam tam]] 
Player XIII: [[Timpani]] (2) 

PATTERNS II - (Melody Instruments) 

PATTERNS III - (Voices) 



== Program Notes ==

== Errata ==



== Awards ==


== Commercial Discography==



==Recent Performances==

{{performances}}



== Works for Percussion by this Composer ==
{{Hoch, Peter Works}}
 

== Additional Resources ==



 
 

== References ==
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[[Category: Percussion Ensemble Works]]
[[Category: Percussion 13 Works]]

Make a Joyful Noise

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[[Ivan Trevino]]
== General Info ==
Year: 2018 
Publisher: [[Ivan Trevino Publications]] 
Difficulty: Intermediate / Advanced 
Duration: 00:05:30 
Cost: $40.00 

== Instrumentation ==
Player 1: [[Piano]] 
Player 2: [[Vibraphone]] 1 
Player 3: [[Vibraphone]] 2 
Player 4: [[Marimba]] 1 
Player 5: [[Marimba]] 2 
Player 6: [[Marimba]] 3 
Player 7: [[Xylophone]] 
Player 8: [[Glockenspiel]] 1 
Player 9: [[Glockenspiel]] 2 
Player 10: [[Tom-toms]] & [[Hi-hat]] 
Player 11-15: Clapper 

== Program Notes ==
Make a Joyful Noise was commissioned by Vista Ridge High School Percussion Ensemble for the group’s 2018 PASIC showcase concert. The piece is notated for nine percussionists, one pianist, and a group of clappers unspecified in number. I became a father in 2018, and my son has opened my mind and heart to so many things. His presence has put things in perspective for me from both a professional and personal standpoint, and he has brought abundant joy to me and my family. Make a Joyful Noise attempts to capture this joy, and is my first composition in this new stage of my life.
==Recent Performance==
<embedvideo service="youtube"> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1ZP1-2-hP8 </embedvideo>

==Works for Percussion by this Composer==
{{Trevino, Ivan Works}}

==Reference==

[[Category: Percussion Ensemble Works]]
[[Category: Percussion 14 Works]]
[[Category: Piano Works]]

Marimba Sketches (Book 2)

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[[Nathan Daughtrey]]
== General Info ==
Year: 2026 
Publisher: [[C. Alan Publications]] 
Difficulty: Elementary to Intermediate 
Duration: 00:17:10 (Total) 
Cost: $30.00 

== Contents ==
1. Shimmering Sky (adapted from "Luminescence") 
2. Eternal Reveries (adapted from "Immortal Dream") 
3. Power Surge (adapted from "Power Struggle") 
4. Infinite Moons (adapted from "Sea of Tranquility") 
5. Limerick Fantasy (adapted from "Limerick Daydreams") 

== Instrumentation ==
Player 1: [[Marimba]] 
Player 2: [[Piano]] 

== Program Notes ==
Outside of marimba concertos, percussionists do not have a ton of literature for marimba with piano accompaniment. To remedy this issue, I thought it would be fun to revisit some of my most popular percussion ensemble works and create reductions of sorts, giving the primary themes to the marimba. Additionally, we have put so much energy into writing 4-mallet solos that we have neglected our 2-mallet playing. These bite-sized pieces span a myriad of styles, techniques, moods, and tempi, so they are appropriate for any number of performance situations – from lessons to studio classes to recitals.

== Books for Percussion by this Author ==
{{Nathan Daughtrey Books}}

== Reference ==

[[Category: Percussion Books]]

Fall No.3

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[[Christian Wolff]]
== General Info ==
'''Year''': 2000 
'''Publisher''': [[C.F. Peters Corporation]] 
'''Difficulty''': (see [[Ratings]] for explanation) 
'''Duration''': 00:07:00 
'''Cost''': Score and Parts - $19.50   |   Score Only - $0.00 

== Instrumentation ==



== Program Notes ==

=== Review ===

== Errata ==



== Awards ==


== Commercial Discography==

===Online Recordings===







==Recent Performances==

{{performances}}



== Works for Percussion by this Composer ==
{{Wolff, Christian Works}} 

== Additional Resources ==



 
 

== References ==
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[[Category: Percussion Ensemble Works]]
[[Category: Percussion 12 Works]]

Funny Marimba - Book 1

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[[Nebojsa Jovan Zivkovic]]
== General Info ==
'''Year''':1992 
'''Publisher''': [[Gretel Musikverlag]] 
'''Difficulty''': Grade 3-4 
'''EAN''': 4025511005937 
'''Cost''': $21.00 

==Movements==
ten easy to moderate pieces for young players 

1. Mazurka 
2. Bauern - Tanz 
3. Sizilianisches Lied 
4. Kampf der Samurai 
5. Silvias Lied 
6. Der Wanderer 
7. Ein Liebeslied? 
8. Auf der Wiese 
9. Srpska igra 
10. Ballade fur Petra 

== Instrumentation ==
[[Marimba]] 

== Program Notes ==
This book encloses ten short solo pieces for [[marimba]], which vary between very easy to moderate. These songs are composed for young beginners starting to learn the four-mallet-technique. The similarity of this music is in the tonality, the easy understandable form and in relatively short time span these songs are written in. Also each song deal with one or two technical problems which are introduced systematically. The songs 1-5 are written for technical education whilst the piece 6-10 are very suitable for concert performances for students.

== Errata ==



== Awards ==


== Commercial Discography==



==Recent Performances==
<embedvideo service="youtube"> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO9eW7zuEhc </embedvideo>
{{performances}}



== Works for Percussion by this Composer ==
{{Zivkovicworks}} 

== Additional Resources ==



 
 

== References ==
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[[Category: Solo Works]]
[[Category: Mallets Works]]
[[Category: Marimba Works]]
[[Category: Marimba Method Books]]
[[Category: Percussion Books]]
[[Category: Pedagogical Books]]
[[Category: Examination Materials]]
[[Category: Combined Percussion Examination Materials]]
[[Category: Tuned Percussion Examination Materials]]
[[Category: Australian Percussion Academy Percussion Examination Materials]]

Sky Music

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[[Sarah Santa Cruz]]
==General Info==
Year: 2013 
Publisher: [[Tapspace Publications]] 
Difficulty: Advanced 
Duration: 00:05:40 
Price: $40.00 

==Instrumentation==
===Brass Octet===
Player 1: [[Trombone]] 
Player 2: [[Trombone]] 
Player 3: [[Bass Trombone]] 
Player 4: [[Bass Trombone]] & [[Tam Tam]] & [[Suspended Cymbal]] 
Player 5: [[Euphonium]] 
Player 6: [[Euphonium]] 
Player 7: [[Tuba]] 
Player 8: [[Tuba]] & [[Bass Drum]] 
===Percussion Septet===
Player 1: [[Marimba]] & 2 [[Tom-toms]] (High) & [[Hand Cymbals]] 
Player 2: [[Marimba]] & 2 [[Tom-toms]] (Medium) & [[Suspended Cymbal]] 
Player 3: [[Marimba]] & 2 [[Tom-toms]] (Low) & [[Suspended Cymbal]] 
Player 4: [[Marimba]] & [[Crotales]] & [[Snare Drum]] 
Player 5: [[Vibraphone]] & 2 [[Suspended Cymbal]]s (High & Low) 
Player 6: [[Vibraphone]] & [[Suspended Cymbal]] 
Player 7: [[Vibraphone]] & [[Glockenspiel]] & [[Bass Drum]] 

==Program Notes==
Meant to be a musical representation of the many colorful images one would experience along a flight to an unknown destination, Sky Music by [[Sarah Santa Cruz]] uses an accompanying low-brass octet to provide a warm background and additional melodic depth to the seven-member percussion group that carries the overall ensemble. This unique instrumentation is one of the numerous contradictory elements of this diverse piece. Others include soaring lines and rooted ones, frenetic figures and calm ones, and lush lines and stark ones. Together, this variety allows for personal interpretations as varied as the sky. Sky Music was commissioned by the Cedar Ridge High School Low Brass Ensemble for their performance at Midwest Clinic 2013 and the Cedar Ridge Percussion Ensemble for their performance at TMEA2014.

==Performance Notes==
* Number of Players on each brass part is flexible
* Marimba 1 and Marimba 4 can share a 5-octave marimba.
* Two or more cymbals should be used

==Reference==

[[Category: Percussion Ensemble Works]]
[[Category: Percussion Septet Works]]

Marcha del Tambor

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[[Siegfried Fink]]



== General Info ==
'''Year''': 1973 
'''Duration''': 00:03:05 
'''Difficulty''': (see [[Ratings]] for explanation) 
'''Publisher''': [[Benj-Simr]] 
'''Cost''': Score and Parts - $0.00   |   Score Only - $0.00 

==Movements==



== Instrumentation ==
Player I - VI: tamborim, bongos, snare drum, tom-toms(2), congas(2), tenor drum, tambourine 



== Program Notes ==

=== Review ===

== Errata ==



== Awards ==


== Commercial Discography==



==Recent Performances==

{{performances}}



== Works for Percussion by this Composer ==
{{Fink, Siegfried Works}} 



== Additional Resources ==



 
 

== References ==
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[[Category:Percussion Ensemble Works]]
[[Category: Percussion Sextet Works]]

El Fuego

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[[Henk Mennens]]
== General Info ==
Year: 1992 
Publisher: [[Da Capa Music]] 
Difficulty: Advanced 
Duration: 00:05:05 
Cost: €104.50 

== Instrumentation ==
Player 1a: [[Bell Lyra]] 1 
Player 1b: [[Vibraphone]] 1 
Player 2a: [[Bell Lyra]] 2 
Player 2b: [[Vibraphone]] 2 
Player 3: [[Xylophone]] 1 
Player 4: [[Xylophone]] 2 
Player 5: [[Snare Drum]] 
Player 6: [[Snare Drum]] (Snare Off) 
Player 7: [[Bongos]] 
Player 8: [[Castanets]] & [[Claves]] 
Player 9: [[Beat Ring]] 
Player 10: [[Suspended Cymbal]] 
Player 11: [[Bass Drum]] 

== Works for Percussion by this Composer ==
{{Mennens, Henk Works}}

== Reference ==

[[Category: Percussion Ensemble Works]]
[[Category: Percussion 13 Works]]

Mallets on the Rocks

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[[Eckhard Kopetzki]]
== General Info ==
Year: 2003 
Publisher: [[conTakt Musikverlag]] 
Cost: $17.00 

== Instrumentation ==
Part 1: Mallet Percussion 1 
Part 2: Mallet Percussion 2 
Part 3: Mallet Percussion 3 
Part 4: [[Bongos]] 
Part 5: [[Cowbell]] & [[Suspended Cymbal]] 
Part 6: [[Drumset]] 

== Works for Percussion by this Composer ==
{{Kopetzki, Eckhard Works}}

== Reference ==

[[Category: Percussion Ensemble Works]]
[[Category: Percussion Sextet Works]]

Montauk

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[[Samuel Bang]]
== General Info ==
Year: 2025 
Publisher: [[C. Alan Publications]] 
Difficulty: Advanced 
Duration: 00:06:30 
Cost: $52.00 

== Instrumentation ==
Player 1: [[Glockenspiel]] 
Player 2: [[Xylophone]] 
Player 3: [[Vibraphone]] 1 (2 mallets, bass bow) 
Player 4: [[Vibraphone]] 2 (2 mallets, bass bow) 
Player 5: [[Marimba]] 1 (4.3-octave) 
Player 6: [[Marimba]] 2 (4.3-octave) 
Player 7: [[Marimba]] 3 (4.3-octave) 
Player 8: [[Marimba]] 4 (4.5-octave) 
Player 9: [[Piano]] 
Player 10: [[Shaker]] 
Player 11: [[Cajón]] 

== Description ==
Montauk is a hauntingly evocative piece that draws its inspiration from the poignant narrative of Michel Gondry's "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind." Through a delicate interplay of melancholic melodies and minimalistic fragments, the piece explores the profound sense of loss and emotional disintegration one might experience when cherished memories are forcibly erased. The music weaves a sonic tapestry that reflects the turbulence of a mind grappling with the fading fragments of love and connection, ultimately leaving listeners with a resonant and haunting impression of the fragility of human memory and the enduring, bittersweet nature of the past.

== Recent Performance ==
<embedvideo service="youtube"> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnvEqt4IOkA&t=1s </embedvideo>

== Works for Percussion by this Composer ==
{{Bang, Samuel Works}}

== Reference ==

[[Category: Percussion Ensemble Works]]
[[Category: Percussion 11 Works]]

No Screws Required

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[[Brett William Dietz]]
== General Info ==
'''Year''': 2000 
'''Publisher''': [[Keyboard Percussion Publications]] 
'''Difficulty''': Advanced 
'''Duration''': c. 
'''Cost''': $15.00 

== Instrumentation ==
[[Marimba]]

== Program Notes ==
A much anticipated, “In Your Face” piece for the marimbist in need of new rep. Strong technique, ability to execute independent rolls, and a 5.0 octave instrument required.

=== Review ===

== Errata ==



== Awards ==


== Commercial Discography==

===Online Recordings===





==Recent Performances==
<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EBwXZS92L8</embedvideo>

== Works for Percussion by this Composer ==
{{Dieta, Brett Works}} 

== Additional Resources ==



 
 

== References ==
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[[Category: Solo Works]]
[[Category: Mallets Works]]
[[Category: Marimba Works]]

Timpani Concerto No. 1

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[[Liu Heng]]
== General Info ==
Year: 2026 
Publisher: [[Edition Svitzer]] 
Difficulty: Advanced 
Duration: 00:25:00 
Cost: €80.00 

== Movements ==
1. Fanfare of Chinese Scenery 
2. Three Variations on the Plum Blossom (梅花三弄) 
3. Neither Humble nor Arrogant (不卑不亢) 
4. Celebration 

== Instrumentation ==
=== Solo ===
[[Timpani]] ((32”, 29”, 26”, 23”, 20”) 
Percussion instruments on timpani: [[China Cymbal]], Naobo (Chinese large paired cymbals), 1 piece Chinese gong (down-tuned), Qing (bowl) & [[Splash cymbal]]

=== Ensemble ===
Player 1: [[Glockenspiel]] & Bowl (high) 
Player 2: [[Xylophone]] & Bowl (low) 
Player 3: [[Vibraphone]] 
Player 4: [[Marimba]] (shared with Percussion 5) 
Player 5: [[Chimes]] & [[Marimba]] (shared with Percussion 4) 
Player 6: [[Crash Cymbal]] & [[Ride Cymbal]] & [[Bell Tree]] & [[Hi Hat]] & [[Xiaocha]] (Chinese small paired cymbals) & [[Bongos]] & [[Conga]] & [[Wood Blocks]] (high and low) & [[Shaker]] 
Player 7: [[Bass Drum]] & 3 [[Tom Tom]]s & Bowl or waterphone & Suspended chuanbo (paired cymbals from Sichuan, China) or suspended China cymbal 

== Description ==
Timpani Concerto No. 1 is a four-movement work for solo timpani and seven percussionists. It was composed for the composer’s doctoral debut concert at the Central Conservatory of Music in China, following the suggestion of his mentor, Professor [[Li Biao]]. The piece premiered on May 27, 2025, performed by Heng Liu and the Percussion Ensemble of the Central Conservatory of Music.

== Recent Performance ==
<embedvideo service="youtube"> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42AuhhrxjgQ&t=1s </embedvideo>

== Works for Percussion by this Composer ==
{{Liu, Heng Works}}

== Reference ==

[[Category: Solo Works]]
[[Category: Percussion Ensemble Works]]
[[Category: Percussion Septet Works]]
[[Category: Timpani Works]]
[[Category: Concerto Works]]
[[Category: Timpani Concerto Works]]
[[Category: Timpani Concerto With Percussion Ensemble Works]]

Bucket Bonanza

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[[Ed Argenziano]]
== General Info ==
'''Year''': 2022 
'''Publisher''': [[Row-Loff Productions]] 
'''Series''': [[Blast-Off]] 
'''Difficulty''': Medium - Grade 4 
'''Duration''': 00"06:00 
'''Cost''': Score and Parts - $40.00   |   Score Only - $0.00 

==Multiple Pieces in Collection ==
Bucket King (1:34) 
Buckets Of Joy (3:01) 
Bucket Mania (1:22) 

== Instrumentation ==
Player I - II (to C): A Collection of 3 Ensembles for 5 Gallon Plastic Bucketsc for 2 to 100 players 

== Program Notes ==

=== Review ===

== Errata ==



== Awards ==


== Commercial Discography==

===Online Recordings===







==Recent Performances==

{{performances}}



== Works for Percussion by this Composer ==
{{Argenziano, Ed Works}} 

== Additional Resources ==



 
 

== References ==
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[[Category:Percussion Ensemble Works]]
[[Category:Percussion Duo Works]]
[[Category:Percussion 12 Works]]
[[Category:STOMP Style Works]]
[[Category:Bucket Drumming Works]]

Emerge

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[[Kyle Peters]]
== General Info ==
Year: 2024 
Publisher: [[Tapspace Publications]] 
Difficulty: Intermediate 
Duration: 00:02:30 
Cost: $12.00 

== Instrumentation ==
[[Marimba]]

== Description ==
Joy by Kyle H. Peters is a short, musically expressive work designed to introduce students to four-mallet technique. Repetition is utilized to allow the player to focus on technique and making music quickly.

== Recent Performance ==
<embedvideo service="youtube"> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Psp194cTqeM </embedvideo>

== Works for Percussion by this Composer ==
{{Peters, Kyle Works}}

== Reference ==

[[Category: Solo Works]]
[[Category: Marimba Works]]

Lucid Mantra

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[[Dustin Schulze]]
==General Info==
Year: 2019 
Publisher: [[Tapspace Publications]] 
Difficulty: Intermediate 
Duration: 00:04:36 
Cost: $45.00 

==Instrumentation==
Player 1: [[Crotales]] 
Player 2: [[Glockenspiel]] 
Player 3: [[Chimes]] 
Player 4: [[Vibraphone]] 1 
Player 5: [[Vibraphone]] 2 
Player 6: [[Vibraphone]] 3 
Player 7: [[Marimba]] 1 
Player 8: [[Marimba]] 2 
Player 9: [[Marimba]] 3 
Player 10: [[Marimba]] 4 
Player 11: [[Piano]] 
Player 12: [[Drumset]] 
Player 13: [[Djembe]] & [[Cajon]] & [[Sizzle Cymbal]] & [[Triangle]] & [[Shaker]] & [[Shekere]] 

==Description==
Lucid Mantra by Dustin Schulze is a 13-player percussion ensemble piece inspired by jazz and funk. The piece has a very syncopated texture, featuring a running 16th-note groove throughout, and has a consistent pocket of rhythm that carries the entire piece. The use of metals overtop the running 16th-note syncopated rhythms creates a dreamy quality, underscored by a rhythm section consisting of piano and drum set.

==Recent Performance==
<embedvideo service="youtube"> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xicF6WzKng4 </embedvideo>

==Works for Percussion by this Composer==
{{Schulze, Dustin Works}}

==Reference==

[[Category: Percussion Ensemble Works]]
[[Category: Percussion 13 Works]]

Starlight (Tan)

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[[Adam Tan]]
== General Info ==
Year: 2023 
Difficulty: Advanced 
Duration: 00:05:30 
Cost: $14.00 

== Instrumentation ==
[[Marimba]]

== Description ==
Starlight is my first solo work that is fully chorale-based, with chorale rolls making up the majority of the work. As a solo creator of music and online content, I often get caught up in deadlines and other projects and forget to take some time to go outside.

Nowadays, I will often go to a quiet place at night, sit down and admire the stars to remind myself of three things - how small my problems and I are, how lucky I am to have wonderful people in my life and most importantly, how peaceful and warm things can become when you take a moment to enjoy the shining of the stars.

Starlight captures this warmth through the player's own interpretation and manipulation of roll speed to bring out the melodic separation and leading voices. The melody is simple and clear, but becomes transformed both in key (from F major to D major) and in style (alternating between chorale rolls and non-rolled sections), signifying the ever-changing nature of stars in their alignment and appearance.

Starlight was commissioned by Marimbafest Australia and premiered by Adam Tan on Friday 7th July 2023 at Marimbafest 2023, where it was the Compulsory Work for the OPEN CLASS Solo Category.

== Recent Performance ==
<embedvideo service="youtube> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7weIf6_zao </embedvideo>

== Works for Perucssion by this Composer ==
{{Tan, Adam Works}}

== Reference ==

[[Category: Solo Works]]
[[Category: Marimba Works]]

Sudden Change

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[[Siegfried Fink]]
== General Info ==
'''Year''': 1991 
'''Publisher''': [[Musikverlag Zimmermann]] 
'''Difficulty''': (see [[Ratings]] for explanation) 
'''Duration''': 00:05:30 
'''ISMN''': 979-0-1029-410-0 
'''Cost''': $9.99 

== Instrumentation ==
[[Bass Drum]] & 2 [[Tom Toms]] & [[Bongos]] & [[Temple Blocks]] & [[Hi Hat]] 

== Program Notes ==

=== Review ===
Sudden Change is a multiple percussion solo based on sudden free change of meters, rhythm, dynamics and sound colors. The solo is presented in sections and are based on influences such as Take Five, Ratzenitzza and the Jongo from Brazil. Instrumentation includes bass drum, 2 toms, 2 bongos, hi-hat and 5 temple blocks. Technical demands include flams, drags and counter rhythms between the hands. Mallet changes and instrument changes are clearly indicated. The solo is 6 pages in length, but the editor has taken care that all page turns are at rests providing time for the turns. The composer suggests that all accents be exaggerated. An excellent multiple percussion solo and highly recommended. - George Frock, February 1994<ref>http://www.pas.org/resources/research/ResearchCompos.aspx</ref>

== Errata ==



== Awards ==


== Commercial Discography==



==Recent Performances==
<embedvideo service="youtube"> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZNHcfT5PJY </embedvideo>

== Works for Percussion by this Composer ==
{{Fink, Siegfried Works}} 

== Additional Resources ==



 
 

== References ==
<references/>


 
 

[[Category: Solo Works]]
[[Category: Multiple Percussion Works]]

Etude 111

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[[Klaus Tresselt]]
== General Info ==
Year: 2014 
Publisher: [[Edition Svitzer]] 
Difficulty: Advanced 
Duration: 00:06:00 
Cost: €10.00 

== Instrumentation ==
[[Timpani]]

== Description ==
Etude 111 covers different musical and technical aspects of high level timpani playing. It is divided into three parts: 
Part One is focusing on relaxed and easy movements of both hands and arms in order to train virtuoso independent playing. Depending on the technical skills, the player should try to play the left kettle drum with the left and the right with the right hand if possible. If sixteenth notes can not be articulated precisely with one hand it is recommended to play hand by hand. The use of wooden sticks creates a pizzicato-like sound. 
In Part Two the rhythmic structures of the beginning are transferred from two to four instruments, which widely extends the spectrum of intervals. This allows plenty of musical lines, particularly through the use of pedals. Flannel mallets both improve the quality of sound and the exact articulation. “Sticking “ can be chosen individually. 
Part Three puts emphasis on a differentiated playing of the roll. The precise beginning or ending of a roll, with accent or without, the musical development of crescendo and decrescendo, the legato playing over several timpani and/or the speed of tremolo are some of the basics for a high level interpretation. 

== Works for Percussion by this Composer ==
{{Tresselt, Klaus Works}}

== Reference ==

[[Category: Solo Works]]
[[Category: Timpani Works]]

6th Street Stomp

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[[David Ratliff]]
== General Info ==
'''Year''': 2022 
'''Publisher''': [[Tapspace]] 
'''Difficulty''': Elementary 
'''Duration''': 00:01:30 

== Instrumentation ==
=== Small Ensemble ===
Player 1: [[Temple Blocks]] 
Player 2: [[Snare Drum]] 
Player 3: 2 [[Tom Tom]]s 
Player 4: [[Bass Drum]] 

=== Medium Ensemble ===
Player 1: [[Temple Blocks]] 
Player 2: [[Bongos]] 
Player 3: [[Wood Block]] 
Player 4: [[Snare Drum]] 
Player 5: [[Hi Hat]] 
Player 6: [[Field Drum]] 
Player 7: 1 [[Tom Tom]] 
Player 8: 2 [[Tom Tom]]s 
Player 9: 3 [[Tom Tom]]s 
Player 10: [[Bass Drum]] 
Player 11: [[Timpani]] 
Player 12: [[Floor Tom]] 

=== Medium Ensemble ===
Player 1: [[Temple Blocks]] 
Player 2: [[Bongos]] 
Player 3: [[Wood Block]] 
Player 4: [[Snare Drum]] 
Player 5: [[Hi Hat]] 
Player 6: [[Field Drum]] 
Player 7: 1 [[Tom Tom]] 
Player 8: 2 [[Tom Tom]]s 
Player 9: 3 [[Tom Tom]]s 
Player 10: [[Bass Drum]] 
Player 11: [[Timpani]] 
Player 12: [[Floor Tom]] 
Player 13: Alternate [[Snare Drum]] 
Player 14: [[Drum Set]] 
Player 15: [[Suspended Cymbal]] 

== Description ==
Growing up in the 1980s in a small rural town in the Appalachian Mountains of eastern Kentucky, I lived on 6th Street. I have so many wonderful childhood memories of that street, like riding my bicycle until the streetlights came on (the universal signal it was time to head back home for the day) or that first time setting off on an adventure behind the wheel of my parents' car. This piece is a tribute to that time in my life and that little town.

== Performance Notes ==
1. The diamond-shaped noteheads represent stomping with one foot. 
2. Since there are no open hi hat parts, feel free to lock the hi hat in the closed position. 
3. The [[Bass Drum]] part can be played on any [[bass drum]] (concert, marching or kick drum on its side). Lay a towel or cloth across the head and play a hard felt or marching [[bass drum]] mallet. 
4. If you use the [[floor tom]] part, lay a tower or cloth across the head and play with hard felt [[timpani]] mallets or something similar. 

== Recent Performance ==
<embedvideo service="youtube"> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rkp9BMUzfJE&list=PLH-W15Fi8fUoNTaC1sw1OYr1pPGqadWxd&index=6 </embedvideo>

== Works for Percussion by this Composer ==
{{Ratliff, David Works}}

== Reference ==

[[Category: Percussion Ensemble Works]]
[[Category: Percussion Quartet Works]]
[[Category: Percussion 12 Works]]
[[Category: Percussion 15 Works]]

When Worlds Collide

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[[Rick Dior]]
== General Info ==
Year: 2016 
Publisher: [[Tapspace Publications]] 
Difficulty: Advanced 
Duration: 00:20:00 
Cost: $59.00 

== Movements ==
Movement 1: Ethnic Jazz Minimalism 
Movement 2: Afro-Brazil/European Bombast 
Movement 3: Afro-Cuban/Rudimental Fusion 

== Instrumentation ==
Player 1: [[Glockenspiel]] & [[Claves]] & [[Shekere]] & [[Brazilian Tamborim]] 
Player 2: [[Xylophone]] & [[Chimes]] & Concert [[Triangle]] & Brazilian [[Triangle]] & [[Congas]] & [[Gong]] & [[Berimbau]] 
Player 3: [[Vibraphone]] & [[Suspended Cymba]] & [[Metal Crasher]] 
Player 4: [[Marimba]] & [[Suspended Cymbal]] 
Player 5: [[Marimba]] & [[Tenor Drum]] 
Player 6: [[Marimba]] & [[Hand Cymbal]] & [[Cowbell]] (Mounted) 
Player 7: [[Timpani]] & [[Shaker]] & [[Udu]] 
Player 8: [[Marimba]] & [[Bongos]] & Concert [[Snare Drum]] & [[Shaker]] 
Player 9: [[Drumset]] & [[Cowbells]] & [[Claves]] 
Player 10: [[Temple Blocks]] & [[Surdo]] & [[Surdo]] (Small) & [[Djembe]] & [[Guiro]] & [[Claves]] & [[Caxixi]] 
Player 11: Concert [[Tom Tom]] & [[Suspended Cymbal]] & [[China Cymbal]] & [[Djembe]] & [[Castanets]] & [[Pandiero]] & [[Caxixi]] & [[Metal Crasher]] 
Player 12: [[Hand Cymbals]] & Concert [[Bass Drum]] & [[Djembe]] & [[Darbuka]] & [[Cuica]] & [[Shaker]] & [[Shekere]] & [[Cuica]] 
Optional Soloists: Marching [[Bass Drum]] & Marching [[Snare Drum]] & [[Slit Drum]] & [[Timbales]] & [[African Talking Drum]] 

== Description ==
In When Worlds Collide, the title couldn’t be more fitting. The multifaceted [[Rick Dior]] creates a mash up of numerous cultures and musical styles. If played in its entirety, the total duration of the piece lasts around 20 minutes. At its core, When Worlds Collide is a groove-base composition containing several aspects of the World Music genre. Improvisation also plays a large role throughout the piece which can be configured to feature one or more soloists. (It would also be a great vehicle for featuring guest artists!) The parts in this composition vary in skill level from rather basic to quite advanced. It can be treated as a solo feature for a talented [[drumset]] player or as a feature for the director performing on [[vibraphone]] and [[drumset]]. There’s plenty of room to make it your own and tailor it to the strengths of your own group.

== Works for Percussion by this Composer ==
{{Dior, Rick Works}}

== Reference ==

[[Category: Percussion Ensemble Works]]
[[Category: Percussion 12 Works]]

My First Book for Xylophone and Marimba

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[[Nebojša Jovan Živkovic]]
== General Info ==
'''Year''': 1992 
'''Publisher''': [[Gretel Verlag]] 
'''Difficulty''': Elementary 
'''Series''': [[Funny Mallets]] 
'''Cost''': $23.99 

==Overview==
15 easy solo pieces for beginners with accompaniment

==Song Lists==
1. Tanz der Gummibärchen 
2. Polka 
3. Walzer 
4. Ententanz 
5. Kosakenlied 
6. Das kleine Zirkuspony 
7. Das tapfere Schneiderlein 
8. Der Drehorgelmann 
9. Auf der Wiese 
10. Der Hase und der Igel 
11. Holzschuh-Tanz 
12. Xylophon-Polka 
13. Lied des Einsamen 
14. Schottisches Lied 
15. Ein Frühlingslied 

== Instrumentation ==
[[Xylophone]] 
[[Marimba]] 
[[Piano]] 

== Works for Percussion by this Composer ==
{{Zivkovic, Nebojsa Jovan Works}}

== Additional Resources ==



 
 

[[Category: Percussion Books]]
[[Category: Xylophone Works]]
[[Category: Marimba Works]]

Until the Wind Changes

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[[Joe W. Moore III]]
== General Info ==
Year: 2023 
Publisher: [[C. Alan Publications]] 
Difficulty: Intermediate 
Duration: 00:09:45 
Cost: $15.00 

== Instrumentation ==
[[Glockenspiel]] / Concert [[Bass Drum]] / Low [[Tom Tom]] / [[Conga]] / [[Bongos]] / [[Wind Chimes]]

== Program Notes ==
When Dillon Lewis approached Joe Moore about writing a piece for me, he was completely open to the commission and ideas I had for it. The title of the piece is a direct quote from the novel and feature ﬁlm “Mary Poppins.” In the story, the two children ask Mary, “How long will you stay with us? What will we ever do without you?” Mary replies, “I shall stay until the wind changes.” My grandmother, Ann Schneider, who sadly passed away about three years ago, was the inspiration for this piece. She is my greatest musical inspiration and continues to inspire me to do what I do every day. She loved Disney and she especially loved backyard wind chimes. My family and I continue to mourn her loss; it has been very hard for us to let go. Nobody was ready for the “wind to change.”

This short three-movement work opens with a calm introduction to the instruments and, especially, a large set of backyard wind chimes. These chimes, along with the rest of the instruments, are played softly until we hear the wind change in the second movement. This movement is played entirely on a glockenspiel and has many running passages, representing the movement of the wind. This explodes into the third movement, which is played mostly on the percussion set-up. This movement represents the feeling of hesitation to the wind changing until the very end, in which the performer slowly lets go of the music, allowing the sound of the wind chimes to completely dissipate.

== Works for Percussion by this Composer ==
{{Moore, Joe W. Works}}

== Reference ==

[[Category: Solo Works]]
[[Category: Multiple Percussion Works]]

Idols of an Ancient God

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[[Christian Kilgore]]
== General Info ==
'''Year''': 2022 
'''Publisher''': [[Title Publisher]] 
'''Difficulty''': (see [[Ratings]] for explanation) 
'''Duration''': 00:07:30. 
'''Cost''': Score and Parts - $90.00   |   Score Only - $0.00 

== Instrumentation ==
Player 1: [[Marimba]] 1 
Player 2: [[Marimba]] 2 
Player 3: [[Marimba]] 3 
Player 4: [[Marimba]] 4 
Player 5: [[Xylophone]] 
Player 6: [[Glockenspiel]] 
Player 7: [[Crotales]] 
Player 8: [[Vibraphone]] 1 
Player 9: [[Vibraphone]] 2 
Player 10: [[Timpani]] 
Player 11-14: Thunder Sheet, Sordo, 7 [[Tom Tom]]s, 2 [[Ride Cymbals]] & [[Hi-Hat]], Conch Shell, [[Wind Chimes]] (Wooden) & [[Snare Drum]] & 2 Suspended Cymbals, Djembe, 2 Anvils, Mounted Bass Drum, 2 [[Tam-Tams]] & [[Ocean Drum]] & [[Bell Tree]] & [[Triangle]] & [[Bongos]] & 2 [[Crash Cymbals]] & [[Temple Blocks]] & [[Bass Drum]] & [[Log Drum]]s 

== Program Notes ==
dols of an Ancient God was a long-term project that was completed and performed in Spring of 2022. The work explores the soundscape and timbres that comes with a very large percussion ensemble. Through this project, I tried capturing a darker side of this instrumentation through eerie dissonance and heavy orchestration. The work is programmatic and tells the story of an adventurer who stumbles across something almost unholy. Hopefully, as the piece moves along, you can notice a series of things start to feel more and more out of control. There is no certainty if you choose to grip Idols of an Ancient God.

=== Review ===

== Errata ==



== Awards ==


== Commercial Discography==

===Online Recordings===







==Recent Performances==

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== Works for Percussion by this Composer ==
{{Kilgore, Christian Works}} 

== Additional Resources ==



 
 

== References ==
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[[Category: Percussion Ensemble Works]]
[[Category: Percussion 14 Works]]

Water Plant Road

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[[David Ratliff]]
== General Info ==
Year: 2022 
Publisher: [[Tapspace Publications]] 
Difficulty: Elementary 
Duration: 00:01:50 

== Instrumentation ==
=== Small Ensemble ===
Player 1: [[Glockenspiel]] 
Player 2: [[Vibraphone]] 
Player 3: [[Marimba]] 
Player 4: [[Timpani]] 

=== Medium Ensemble ===
Player 1: [[Glockenspiel]] 
Player 2: [[Chimes]] 
Player 3: [[Vibraphone]] 1 
Player 4: [[Marimba]] 1 
Player 5: [[Vibraphone]] 2 
Player 6: [[Xylophone]] 1 
Player 7: [[Marimba]] 2 
Player 8: [[Xylophone]] 2 
Player 9: [[Timpani]] 

=== Large Ensemble ===
Player 1: [[Glockenspiel]] 
Player 2: [[Chimes]] 
Player 3: [[Vibraphone]] 1 
Player 4: [[Marimba]] 1 
Player 5: [[Vibraphone]] 2 
Player 6: [[Xylophone]] 1 
Player 7: [[Marimba]] 2 
Player 8: [[Xylophone]] 2 
Player 9: [[Timpani]] 
Player 10: [[Bass Guitar]] 
Player 11: [[Piano]] 
Player 12: [[Crotales]] 
Player 13: [[Marimba]] 3 
Player 14: [[Triangle]] 
Player 15: [[Tambourine]] 
Player 16: [[Sleigh Bells]] 

== Performance Notes ==
1. [[Vibraphone]] 1 and 2 can be played on a single [[vibraphone]]. 
2. [[Marimba]] 2 and 3 can be played on a single 4.3-octave [[marimba]] if [[Marimba]] 3 plays down an octave. 
3. Careful mallet selection is important in maximizing ensemble balance and blend. For [[xylophone]], a softer rubber or cord(vibe) mallet will keep the tone and volume more characteristic of the piece. 
4. The optional piano part is written to combine Voices 1,2 and 3. 

== Recent Performance ==
<embedvideo service="youtube"> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CViQDb0vOAo&list=PLH-W15Fi8fUoNTaC1sw1OYr1pPGqadWxd&index=4 </embedvideo>

== Works for Percussion by this Composer ==
{{Ratliff, David Works}}

== Reference ==

[[Category: Percussion Ensemble Works]]
[[Category: Percussion Quartet Works]]
[[Category: Percussion Nonet Works]]
[[Category: Percussion 15 Works]]
[[Category: Bass Guitar Works]]

Jokers Wild

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[[Brian Slawson]]
==General Info==
Year: 2016 
Publisher: [[Tapspace Publications]] 
Difficulty: Elementary 
Duration: 00:02:20 
Cost: $36.00 

==Instrumentation==
Player 1: [[Glockenspiel]] 
Player 2: [[Xylophone]] 
Player 3: [[Marimba]] 
Player 4: [[Marimba]] 
Player 5: [[Marimba]] 
Player 6: [[Chimes]] 
Player 7: [[Timpani]] 
Player 8: [[Snare Drum]] 
Player 9: [[Bass Drum]] 
Player 10: [[Crash Cymbals]] 
Player 11: [[Triangle]] 
Player 12: [[Cowbell]] & 2 [[Woodblock]]s 
Player 13: [[Vibraslap]] & [[Brake Drum]] & school bell & cork pop gun & police whistle & slide whistle & nightingale bird whistle & 2 bulb horns 

==Program Notes==
Veteran percussionist and composer [[Brian Slawson]] may have just created the catchiest tune on your next concert. Whether for younger middle school groups, or an encore piece for more advanced groups, Jokers Wild is a Vaudville-style circus piece that’s sure to bring the house down! Jokers Wild is as adaptable as it is entertaining. Playable as a trio ([[xylophone]] & basic 4-mallet [[marimba]] & percussion), it’s also expandable through optional parts that can reach thirteen or more players! Listed in the score is an order of priority for adding extra parts to the trio – a kind of “choose your own adventure” approach to building the ensemble.

==Recent Performance==
<embedvideo service="youtube"> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85SFzIQyZPo </embedvideo>

==Works for Percussion by this Composer==
{{Slawson, Brian Works}}

==Reference==

[[Category: Percussion Ensemble Works]]
[[Category: Percussion 13 Works]]

Carol of the Bells (Rath)

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== General Info ==
'''Year''': 2019 
'''Composer''': Mykola Leontovych 
'''Arranger''': [[Eric Rath]] 
'''Publisher''': [[Tapspace]] 
'''Difficulty''': Elementary 
'''Duration''': 00:02:51 
'''Cost''': $35.00 

== Instrumentation ==
Player 1: [[Glockenspiel]] 
Player 2: [[Xylophone]] 
Player 3: [[Chimes]] 
Player 4: [[Vibraphone]] 
Player 5: [[Marimba]] 
Player 6: [[Marimba]] 
Player 7: [[Timpani]] 
Player 8: [[Snare Drum]] 
Player 9: [[Bass Drum]] 
Player 10-11: [[Suspended Cymbal]] & [[China Cymbal]] & [[Hand Cymbals]] 
Player 12: [[Triangle]] 
Player 13: [[Tambourine]] 

== Program Notes ==
Carol of the Bells by Mykola Leontovych is a classic holiday piece with a gorgeous melody that seems to stick in everyone's head. [[Eric Rath]] has taken that piece and arranged it for percussion ensemble - 11 to 14 players, playing a modernized version of the piece, with some more "pop-music-ish" chord progressions and an optional bass guitar.

This piece is a blast to perform, and is absolutely perfect for holiday concerts - give your percussionists a chance to have fun and to shine during the holidays!

=== Review ===

== Errata ==



== Awards ==


== Commercial Discography==

===Online Recordings===







==Recent Performances==

{{performances}}



== Arrangements for Percussion by this Arranger ==
{{Rath, Eric arrangements}} 

== Additional Resources ==



 
 

== References ==
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[[Category: Percussion Ensemble Works]]
[[Category: Percussion 13 Works]]
[[Category: Transcription Works]]

Rooted

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[[Brian Blume]]
== General Info ==
Year: 2023 
Publisher: [[Tapspace Publications]] 
Difficulty: Advanced 
Duration::00:08:10 
Cost: $24.00 

== Instrumentation ==
Concert [[Snare Drum]] & Muted [[Snare Drum]] & [[Glockenspiel]] 

== Description ==
Rooted by Brian Blume is a contemporary, advanced percussion solo with audio track accompaniment inspired from Blume’s personal reflection on life, the changes he has undergone, and the pillars that have remained constant. The piece musically embodies these concepts with recurring harmonic and melodic language along with rhythmic motifs that appear in various altered and unaltered states.

Written for two snare drums (one a muted, prepared drum) and glockenspiel, the piece marries many facets of Blume’s musical upbringing. The snare drum portions of the piece undergo numerous treatments from orchestral to rudimental and sometimes something in between. This provides a rich canvas for the performer to explore interpretation, touch, and tone.

The piece begins with whimsical, orchestral snare drum playing before ramping up into a more aggressive rudimental style. The middle of the piece is constructed of three components, including an interactive glockenspiel passage with the audio track, a bold and exuberant snare drum cadenza, and a disorienting snare drum section. Finally, the piece concludes with a flurry of blended orchestral and rudimental snare drum passages that propel the piece to the end.

== Recent Performance ==
<embedvideo service="youtube"> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92QpqgS95N0&source_ve_path=OTY3MTQ&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Ftapspace.com%2F </embedvideo>

== Works for Percussion by this Composer ==
{{Blume, Brian Works}}

== Reference ==

[[Category: Solo Works]]
[[Category: Multiple Percussion Works]]

…And the Earth Melted Into the Sun

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[[Adam Grim]]
== General Info ==
Year: 2020 
Publisher: [[PerMus Publications]] 
Cost: $30.00 

== Instrumentation ==
Player 1: [[Glockenspiel]] with acrylic or hard plastic mallets 
Player 2: [[Chimes]] with 2 hard mallets 
Player 3: [[Vibraphone]] 1 
Player 4: [[Vibraphone]] 2 
Player 5: [[Marimba]] 1 (the top half of the 5 octave marimba) 
Player 6: [[Marimba]] 2 (4.3 octave) 
Player 7: [[Bass Marimba]] (bottom half of the 5 octave marimba) 
Player 8: [[Timpani]] (4 drums, with an assortment of mallets) 
Player 9: [[Bongos]] & [[Brake Drum]] 
Player 10: [[Drum Set]] 
Player 11: [[Suspended Cymbal]] & [[Wind Chimes]] 
Players 12 and 13: [[Crash Cymbals]] & [[Guiro]] & [[Bass Drum]] (on one shared part) 
Player 14: [[Tam-tam]] & [[Shaker]] 

== Description ==
…And the Earth Melted Into the Sun is about the imagery of the giant mass of the Earth cascading into the Sun and vanishing as if nothing was ever there. This piece is for a large percussion ensemble. It was written for the Ohio Northern University Percussion Ensembles under the direction of Dr. Sarah Waters. She was one of the biggest influences on my musical career, so this piece is dedicated to my very last concert performing under her instruction. This piece shows exactly what her personality and teaching philosophy shows: everyone can play together and make music in harmony no matter what the conditions are. In such a small school, there is a desire for musicians to play, whether they are music majors or not. This is dedicated to the strong percussion program she holds and to her phenomenal efforts in the percussion community through Ohio Northern University.

== Works for Percussion by this Composer ==
{{Grim, Adam Works}}

== Reference ==

[[Category: Percussion Ensemble Works]]
[[Category: Percussion 14 Works]]

Science Fiction

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[[Rick Dior]]
==General Info==
Year: 2014 
Publisher: [[Tapspace Publications]] 
Difficulty: Intermediate to Advanced 
Duration: 00:12:20 
Cost: $60.00 

==Instrumentation==
Player 1: [[Glockenspiel]] & [[Chimes]] & 2 [[Caxixi]] & [[Song Bells]] & [[Field Drum]] 
Player 2: [[Xylophone]] & [[Vibraphone]] & [[Ratchet]] (Low) & 3 [[Opera Gongs]] 
Player 3: [[Vibraphone]] & [[Gong]] (Small) & Concert [[Tom-tom]] 
Player 4: [[Marimba]] & [[Vibratone]] & [[Vibraslap]] & [[Bass Drum]] (Small) 
Player 5: [[Marimba]] & [[Gong]] (Medium) 
Player 6: [[Timpani]] & [[Flexatone]] & [[Cowbell]] & [[Cymbal]] & 4 pitched [[Gongs]] 
Player 7: [[Suspended Cymbal]] & [[Bongos]] & [[Congas]] & 4 low metallics & [[Ratchet]] (High) & [[Doumbek]] & [[Bell Tree]] 
Player 8: [[Bass Drum & pod rattle & 2 [[Brake Drums]] & [[Surdo]] & [[Suspended Cymbal]] & MPC2000 drum machine (or MPC mobile tablet app or other drum machine with playable surface) 
Player 9: [[Drumset]] & Wooden Clacker & high [[Waterphone]] & [[Ribbon Crasher]] 
Player 10: [[Gong]] (Large) & [[Marimba]] & [[Temple Blocks]] & [[Shakers]] & [[Tuiro]] & [[Bell Tree]] & [[Brake Drum]] & 4 [[Suspended Cymbals]] 
Player 11: 4 high metallics & 2 [[Congas]] & [[Djembe]] & [[Slapstick]] & 5 [[Cowbells]] (Different Pitch) 
Player 12: Theremin (or theremin mobile app), synthesizer, sample player for triggering fx audio (or soundboard/sample player app) 

==Description==
Science Fiction by Rick Dior for percussion ensemble. Scored for 12 players, this piece is a tribute to all of the great science fiction and horror movies of the mid-20th century. It was conceived to be performed with an accompanying video montage of sci-fi clips.

==Recent Performance==
<embedvideo service="youtube"> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqlyaTvRUj4 </embedvideo>

==Works for Percussion by this Composer==
{{Dior, Rick Works}}

==Reference==

[[Category: Percussion Ensemble Works]]
[[Category: Percussion 12 Works]]

Brother

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[[Tanja Hafenstein]]
== General Info ==
'''Year''': 2015 
'''Publisher''': [[Rhythmscape Publishing Australia]] 
'''Difficulty''': Elementary to Intermediate 
'''Duration''': c. 
'''Cost''': $25.71 

== Instrumentation ==
Player 1: [[Marimba]] 
Player 2: [[Piano]] 

== Program Notes ==
An up-beat lyrical two mallet marimba solo. Brother has a rock-style structure with the melody being heard in many simple variations. This upbeat and engaging work allows the marimba to truly rock-on!

=== Review ===
Joshua D. Smith: How about Billy Joel on marimba?.. The work is memorable and accessible from a melodic/harmonic standpoint and is sure to elicit compliments from audience members."

== Errata ==



== Awards ==


== Commercial Discography==

===Online Recordings===
<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQXMNzj9ST8</embedvideo>

==Recent Performances==

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== Works for Percussion by this Composer ==
{{Hafenstein, Tanja Works}} 

== Additional Resources ==



 
 

== References ==
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[[Category: Solo Works]]
[[Category: Mallets Works]]
[[Category: Marimba Works]]
[[Category: 4.3 Octave Range Works]]
[[Category: Piano Works]]
[[Category: Australian Music Examinations Board Percussion Examination Materials]]
[[Category: Tuned Percussion Examination Materials]]
[[Category: Combined Percussion Examination Materials]]

Wellspring

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[[Stuart Saunders Smith]]
== General Info ==
Year: 2014 
Difficulty: Advanced 
Cost: €39.00 

== Instrumentation ==
[[Glockenspiel]]

== Description ==
This piece was commissioned by Joseph Van Hassel and puts to shame the assumption that bell parts are easy. This mixed meter work is truly unique and challenging.

== Works for Percussion by this Composer ==
{{Smith, Stuart Saunders Works}}

== Reference ==

[[Category: Solo Works]]
[[Category: Mallet Works]]
[[Category: Glockenspiel Works]]

A Sky Full of Stars

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[[Heng Liu]]
== General Info ==
'''Year''': 2017 
'''Publisher''': [[Edition Svitzer]] 
'''Difficulty''': Advanced 
'''Duration''': c. 10:00 
'''Cost''': Score and Parts - €80.00   |   Score Only - $0.00 
== Instrumentation ==
Player 1: [[Chimes]] 
Player 2: [[Glockenspiel]] 
Player 3: [[Xylophone]] 
Player 4: [[Vibraphone]] 
Player 5: [[Marimba]] 1 
Player 6: [[Marimba]] 2 
Player 7: [[Marimba]] 3 & [[Bass Drum]] 
Player 8: [[Marimba]] 4 & [[Bass Drum]] 
Player 9: [[Marimba]] 5 & [[Bass Drum]] 
Player 10: 3 [[Tom Toms]] (12" & 14" & 16") & [[Bass Drum]] 
Player 11: [[Bass Drum]] & [[Cymbal]] (12") & [[Snare Drum]] & [[Trash Cymbal]] 
Player 12: [[Tam tam]] & [[Ride Cymbal]] (20") & [[Sizzle Cymbal]] (18") & [[Suspended Cymbal]] (16") & [[Hi-hat]] & [[Bass Drum]] 

== Program Notes ==
A Sky Full of Stars, is a piece for 12 percussionists. Each of us is a Star in the Sky. Because of music, we are connected. Different Stars like our tutors and ourselves connected and handed down from generation to generation.

=== Review ===
Composer Heng Liu states, “Each of us is a star in the sky. Because of music, we are connected. Different stars, like our tutors and ourselves, (are) connected and handed down from generation to generation.” These sentiments are reflected in Liu’s composition, as individual musical fragments appear discreetly and are combined gradually over the course of this 10-minute work. The harmonies are largely tonal throughout, creating a complex web of sound characterized by interlocking rhythms across the ensemble. The final section of the piece features unison statements from non-pitched instruments with the keyboard percussion instruments executing repetitive figures whose counterpoint almost invokes a Steve Reich-like texture on a grand scale. Liu offers two codas from which the conductor can choose: one ending softly and the other loud.

While the scoring is dense, especially in later sections of the piece, all parts are idiomatically written to be playable by intermediate to early-advanced players. Four-mallet writing is chordal (either as block or broken chords) with the exception of a brief passage featuring an eighthnote melody and accompaniment in one of the marimba parts. Many of the non-pitched parts are unison or easily coordinated with the aid of a conductor.

“A Sky Full of Stars” would make a good “cornerstone” piece on an intermediate/advanced college percussion ensemble concert. In addition to the programmatic beauty of the music, it will provide a strong vehicle for ensemble playing and listener engagement.

—Jason Baker<ref>https://www.editionsvitzer.com/catalog/8tb7pg70cq/c-23/p-2641</ref>

== Errata ==



== Awards ==


== Commercial Discography==

===Online Recordings===







==Recent Performances==

{{performances}}



== Works for Percussion by this Composer ==
{{Liu, Heng Works}} 

== Additional Resources ==



 
 

== References ==
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[[Category: Percussion Ensemble Works]]
[[Category: Percussion 12 Works]]

Slide

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[[Dave Hall]]
== General Info ==
Year: 2017 
Publisher: [[C. Alan Publications]] 
Difficulty: Intermediate 
Duration: 00:07:10 
Cost: $75.00 

== Instrumentation ==
Player 1: [[Vibraphone]] 1 
Player 2: [[Vibraphone]] 2 
Player 3: [[Vibraphone]] 3 
Player 4: [[Vibraphone]] 4 
Player 5: [[Marimba]] 1 (5-octave) 
Player 6: [[Marimba]] 2 (5-octave) 
Player 7: [[Marimba]] 3 (5-octave) 
Player 8: [[Marimba]] 4 (5-octave) 
Player 9: [[Marimba]] 5 (5-octave) 
Player 10: [[Marimba]] 6 (5-octave) 
Player 11: [[Timpani]] 
Player 12: [[Rainstick]] & [[Timpano]] & [[Crotales]] 
Player 13: [[Timpano]] & [[Glockenspiel]] 
Player 14: [[Sizzle cymbal]] & [[Timpano]] & [[Sandpaper Blocks]] & [[Suspended Cymbal]] 
Player 15: [[Rainstick]] & [[Sandpaper Blocks]] & [[Suspended Cymbal]] & [[Bass Drum]] 
Player 16: [[Piano]] & [[Rainstick]] 

== Description ==
Slide is a quasi-minimalistic work scored for percussion orchestra. Throughout the piece, driving repeated rhythms produce a choral effect of long sustained phrases. The title of the piece refers at the same time to smooth, continuous motion and also falling or sliding gestures (resonator and timpani glissandi and descending chromatic runs for example). Slide was composed as a companion piece for my percussion orchestra work “Surfacing.” Slide begins in the same sonic world and then proceeds to fixate for the rest of the piece on the plagal cadence at the end of Surfacing.

My toddler loves going down slides on the playground, and I am sure in a year or so my infant twins will too. There is something so beautiful about how effortlessly and happily a child goes down a slide after the hard work of climbing the stairs to get there. I’ve found it to be apt metaphor for music: after the work of an arduous period of preparation a performance is the effortless and joyful reward (as long as the preparation is true).

Slide is dedicated to my three children Ariadne, Emily, and Porter; and composed for my “other kids”: the 2016 UNL Percussion Ensemble for their showcase concert at the 2016 [[Percussive Arts Society International Convention]].

== Recent Performance ==
<embedvideo service="youtube"> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MRzYGe1IFw </embedvideo>

== Works for Percussion by this Composer==
{{Hall, Dave Works}}

== Reference ==

[[Category: Percussion Ensemble Works]]
[[Category: Percussion 15 Works]]
[[Category: Piano Works]]

Begin Transmission

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[[John Herndon]]
==General Info==
Year: 2016 
Publisher: [[Tapspace Publications]] 
Difficulty: Elementary 
Duration: 00:02:10 
Price: $30.00 

==Description==
[[John Herndon]]’s Begin Transmission is an exciting work for percussion ensemble designed for students with about one year of experience. The mallet keyboard parts primarily feature step-wise motion and lay very comfortably in the key of D-minor while the [[Chimes]] and [[Timpani]] provide harmonic impact. In most cases, rhythms are comprised of quarter notes and eighth notes.
The piece is written for 13 players but fear not! Smaller groups can omit certain specified parts (down to 8 players) or alternately, larger groups can double or even triple parts for an exciting, percussive spectacle. This work provides a great platform for young performers to apply the skills and concepts learned in beginning percussion literature. Let the transmission begin

==Instrumentation==
Player 1: [[Glockenspiel]] 
Player 2: [[Xylophone]] 
Player 3: [[Vibraphone]] 
Player 4: [[Marimba]] 
Player 5: [[Marimba]] 
Player 6: [[Chimes]] 
Player 7: 4 [[Timpani]] 
Player 8: [[Snare Drum]] 
Player 9: Concert [[Bass Drum]] 
Player 10: 2 High Concert [[Tom-toms]] 
Player 11: 2 Low Concert [[Tom-toms]] 
Player 12: [[Triangle]] & [[Wind Chimes]] & [[Suspended Cymbal]] 
Player 13: [[China Cymbal]] & [[Ride Cymbal]] & [[Tam-Tam]] 

==Recent Performance==
<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWTCoTXjXdE</embedvideo>

==Works for Percussion by this Composer==
{{Herndon, John Works}}

==Reference==
[[Category: Percussion Ensemble Works]]
[[Category: Percussion 13 Works]]

Flat Circle

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[[John Kosch]]
== General Info ==
Year: 2025 
Publisher: [[Tapspace Publications]] 
Difficulty: Advanced 
Duration: 00:04:00 
Cost: $36.00 

== Instrumentation ==
1 [[Marimba]] shared by 4 Players

== Description ==
Flat Circle by John Kosch is written for four players sharing a single 4.3-octave (low A) marimba. Designed for developing percussionists beginning to explore four-mallet technique, the piece uses double vertical strokes and comfortable intervals (mainly 4ths and 5ths) as well as a repeated sticking permutation found across all four parts.

Two performers play from each side of the marimba—an increasingly popular setup that conserves stage space and encourages ensemble awareness. The writing keeps the “backwards” players primarily on the upper manual to simplify pitch navigation while still creating engaging musical interplay.

== Works for Percussion by this Composer ==
{{Kosch, John Works}}

== Reference ==

[[Category: Percussion Ensemble Works]]
[[Category: Percussion Quartet Works]]

Steppin' 'Round

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[[Al Anderson]]
== General Info ==
'''Year''': 20 
'''Publisher''': [[C. Alan Publications]] 
'''Difficulty''': Intermediate 
'''Duration''': 00:05:00 
'''Cost''': Score and Parts - $12.00   |   Score Only - $0.00 

== Instrumentation ==
Player 1: [[Xylophone]] 
Player 2: [[Piano]] 

== Program Notes ==
A lighthearted xylophone solo that will showcase keep the audience entertained all the way through.

=== Review ===

== Errata ==



== Awards ==


== Commercial Discography==

===Online Recordings===







==Recent Performances==

{{performances}}



== Works for Percussion by this Composer ==
{{Anderson, Al Works}} 

== Additional Resources ==



 
 

== References ==
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[[Category: Solo Works]]
[[Category: Xylophone Works]]

Forged in Rhythm

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[[Brian Monroe]]
== General Info ==
Year: 2025 
Publisher: [[Brian Monroe Music]] 

== Instrumentation ==
Player 1: [[Glockenspiel]] & High Tom Tom (played with Hard Bell Mallets) 
Player 2: [[Xylophone]] 1 (Polyball Mallets) & [[Snare Drum]] (played with SD Sticks) 
Player 3: [[Xylophone]] 2 (Polyball Mallets) & High [[Brake Drum]] (played with SD Sticks) 
Player 4: [[Vibraphone]] & Medium [[Tom Tom]] (both played with Medium Cord Mallets) 
Player 5: [[Marimba]] 1 & Low [[Tom Tom]] (played with Medium Yarn Mallets) 
Player 6: [[Marimba]] 2 (Bass Clef) & Metal Trash Can (played with Medium Yarn Mallets) 
Player 7: [[Chimes]] & Metal Trash Can (can be larger or smaller): (played with Chime Mallets) 
Player 8: China Cymbal, Ride Cymbal (play on bell & bow), Sizzle Cymbal (cymbal with a chain of paperclips suspended on the top), Brake Drum, Trash Can (Metal or Plastic.) (played with SD Sticks) 
Player 9: Gong (played with SD Sticks, Triangle Beater or Optional Bow) & [[Hi Hat]] & Floor Tom: (played with SD Sticks) 
Player 10: [[Bass Drum]] (muffled) & Rhythm Crasher & [[Triangle]] (played with BD Mallet, SD Sticks, Triangle Beater) 
Player 11: [[Timpani]] 

== Description ==
Throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, the Mahoning Valley in Ohio rose as one of America’s great steel-producing regions. Major companies such as Youngstown Sheet and Tube—founded in 1900 & later the largest corporation in Ohio— along with Republic Steel and U.S. Steel, transformed the valley into a manufacturing powerhouse. The mills ran day & night, their towering smokestacks & glowing furnaces defining the skyline & fueling an industrial boom that shaped daily life for generations. Thousands of residents, including members of my own family, labored in the mills, producing the steel that built our nation and defended it in times of war. Yet alongside this world of heat and clamor, Mill Creek Park—Ohio’s first metropolitan park—offered a peaceful counterpoint, with its natural beauty & quiet standing in stark contrast to the roar of blast furnaces & the thundering of the rolling mills. Forged in Rhythm seeks to capture these dual rhythms of the past—the power of industry and the solace of nature—that together shaped the spirit of the Mahoning Valley.

== Works for Percussion by this Composer ==
{{Monroe, Brian Works}}

== Reference ==

[[Category: Percussion Ensemble Works]]
[[Category: Percussion 11 Works]]

A Sequential Approach to Fundamental Snare Drum

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[[Tom Morgan]]
== General Info ==
'''Year''': 2002 
'''Edition''': 1st Edition 
'''Publisher''': [[C. Alan Publications]] 
'''Cost''': Book Cost - $0.00   |   Supplemental Books - $0.00 

== Overview ==
It begins with tips about how to practice well. It discusses how to hold the sticks and the proper stance at a snare drum. Then it introduces how to read and count music. First, there are a few exercises and then a piece of music. This is how the rest of the book is organized: It introduces a concept (quarter notes, eighth notes, accents, dynamics), provides exercises to practices each concept, and then a piece of music which includes the learned concept. It also provides pages with all the dynamic markings, note values, time signatures, and common sticking patterns so one is supplied with a reference of each. At the end, Tom Morgan cleverly adds 14 pages of his next book, A Sequential Approach to Rudimental Snare Drum, to provide a hint of what the next steps are to learning to play snare drum.

== Chapters ==
Biography & Dedication 
Introduction 
Starting with the Correct Grip 
Proper Stance and Drum Pad Height 
Introduction to Music Reading 
Quarter Notes and Quarter Rests 
QUARTER NOTE DUET 
The Buzz 
Half Notes and Half Rests 
Whole Notes and Whole Rests 
SUITE FOR SNARE DRUM 
Introduction to Eighth Notes 
Eight Note Exercises 
Introduction to Accents 
Accent Studies; Buzz Studies 
Metronome Fun! No. 1 
Eighth Rests 
Eighth Notes and Eighth Rests 
Buzz and Accent Obstacle Course 
EIGHTH REST DUET 
Introduction to Dynamics 
Dynamic Studies 
EIGHTH NOTE DUET 
Eighth, Half and Whole Notes 
Non-Beamed Eighth Notes 
Metronome Fun! No. 2 
Introduction to Sixteenth Notes 
Sixteenth Note Exercises 
The Buzz Roll as Sixteenths 
Four Etudes 
OUT ON A RIM 
Introduction to Dotted Notes 
Dotted Note Etudes 
Eighth-Based Time Signatures 
3/8 Time 
6/8 Time 
9/8 Time 
12/8 Time 
Metronome Fun! No. 3 
COMPOUND TIME DUETS 
Common Sixteenth Note Patterns 
Two Sixteenths and an Eighth 
One Eighth and Two Sixteenths 
Short Buzz Exercises 
BOOMERANG 
Sixteenth, Eighth, Sixteenth 
Dotted Eighth, Sixteenth 
Sixteenth, Dotted Eighth 
More Short Buzz Exercises 
Metronome Fun! No. 4
Common Sixteenth Note Patterns (Compound Time) 
Compound Time Sixteenth Exercises 
Compound Time Buzz Exercises 
GIGUE 
Dynamic Studies- Crescendo and Decrescendo 
Sixteenth Note Etude 1 
Sixteenth Note Etude 2 
Sixteenth Note Etude 3 
Sixteenth Note Etude 4 
GROVE'S GROOVE 
Sixteenth Rests 
Sixteenth Rests- Continued 
More Dynamic Studies 
Dotted Eighth, Sixteenth Patterns 
WALTZ FOR SNARE DRUM 
Introduction to Syncopation 
Four Syncopated Exercises 
Syncopated Etude 
Metronome Fun! No. 5 
SYNCOPATHIC 

== Reviews ==
Review by Ashley Feist: I think this book is a great way to start a beginning snare drummer. I recommend it for all ages, but the concepts are explained quickly, in short paragraphs rather than taking the time to be really through and detailed. Therefore, this may be for ages 12 and up, quick learners, or someone who already has a basic understanding of how music/rhythm works. Rating- I

== Recent Performance ==
==== Out of a Rim ====
<embedvideo service="youtube"> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dac18sQ6Y0c </embedvideo>

==== Waltz for Snare Drum ====
<embedvideo service="youtube"> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBU9gBQphuU </embedvideo>

== Additional Study Materials ==



== Books for Percussion by this Author==
{{Morgan, Tom Books}} 

== Additional Resources ==



 
 

== References ==
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[[Category: Percussion Books]]
[[Category: Pedagogical Books]]
[[Category: Method Books]]
[[Category: Snare Drum Method Books]]

Voyager (Perez)

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[[Francisco Perez]]
== General Info ==
Year: 2023 
Publisher: [[Tapspace Publications]] 
Difficulty: Intermediate 
Duration: 00:05:45 
Cost: $45.00 

== Instrumentation ==
Player 1: [[Glockenspiel]] 
Player 2: [[Xylophone]] & [[Chimes]] 
Player 3: [[Vibraphone]] 
Player 4: [[Marimba]] 1 
Player 5: [[Marimba]] 2 
Player 6: [[Marimba]] 3 
Player 7: [[Marimba]] 4 
Player 8: [[Timpani]] 
Player 9: [[Snare Drum]] & [[Impact Drum]] & [[Suspended Cymbal]] & [[Sizzle Cymbal]] 
Player 10: 4 Concert [[Tom Tom]]s & [[Hi Hat]] & 2 [[Triangle]] & [[Suspended Cymbal]] & [[Tam Tam]] (Shared) 
Player 11: Concert [[Bass Drum]] 
Player 12: [[Wind Chimes]] & [[Suspended Cymbal]] & [[Tam Tam]] (Shared) 

== Description ==
Voyager by [[Francisco Perez]] is a light-hearted percussion ensemble work inspired by the life of Perez's beloved dog, Charles. As a programmatic depiction of his average day during the summer, this work is comprised of five episodes which musically illustrate everything from his lazy mornings to his exhilarating evening car rides.
This 12 player ensemble captures the joyful escapades that are synonymous with a happy pup. The subject matter of the piece easily translates to middle or high school students and provides ample opportunities to identify the various sections of the piece with Charles' daytime shenanigans. Perez has woven heroic melodies, driving rhythms, and catchy Soca patterns throughout that will instantly connect with students and audiences.

== Works for Percussion by this Composer ==
{{Perez, Francisco Works}}

== Reference ==

[[Category: Percussion Ensemble Works]]
[[Category: Percussion 12 Works]]

Symphony No. 2 for Percussion (Kessner)

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[[Daniel Kessner]]
== General Info ==
Year: 2013 
Publihser: [[Universal Edition]] 
Duration: 00:11:00 
Cost: €14.95 

== Movements ==
1. Andante con moto 
2. Scherzetto; presto leggerissimo 
3. Double Chorale 
4. Allegro con forza 

== Instrumentation ==
Player 1: 5 [[Cowbell]]s & Marching [[Bass Drum]] 
Player 2: 3 [[Triangle]]s & 2 Small [[Timpani]] 
Player 3: [[Glockenspiel]] & 5 [[Wood Block]] & 2 Small [[Tom Tom]]s 
Player 4: [[Vibraphone]] & 2 Small [[Suspended Cymbal]]s & Large [[Bongos]] 
Player 5: [[Marimba]] & 2 Large [[Suspended Cymbal]]s & Small [[Bongos]] 
Player 6: [[Xylophone]] & 2 Small [[Log Drum]] & 2 Large [[Tom Tom]] 
Player 7: 2 Large [[Log Drum]]s & 2 Large [[Timpani]] 
Player 8: [[Temple Blocks]] & Concert [[Bass Drum]] 

== Works for Percussion by this Composer ==
{{Kessner, Daniel Works}}

== Reference ==

[[Category: Percussion Ensemble Works]]
[[Category: Percussion Octet Works]]

Ting

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[[Josh Gottry]]
== General Info ==
Year: 2014 
Publisher: [[C. Alan Publications]] 
Difficulty: Elementary 
Duration: 00:02:45 
Cost: $24.00 

== Instrumentation ==
Player 1: [[Finger Cymbals]] (medium pair with rich overtones recommended) 
Player 2: [[Triangle]] (6" preferred) 
Player 3: Small Cymbal (14" to 16" [[suspended cymbal]] recommended) 
Player 4: [[Ride Cymbal]] (18" to 20" dark ride recommended) 

== Description ==
A work simply intended to explore resonant metal, non-pitched instruments within the percussion family in a chamber setting, Ting is an excellent change of pace for percussion ensembles. Appropriate for run-out concerts, tour performances, or for a "front of curtain" selection to open your percussion ensemble concert, this creative exploration of metallic percussive sound is entertaining for audiences and performers alike.

== Recent Performance ==
<embedvideo service="youtube"> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_-Kq-7FOxE </embedvideo>

== Works for Percussion by this Composer ==
{{Gottry, Josh Works}}

== Reference ==

[[Category: Percussion Ensemble Works]]
[[Category: Percussion Quartet Works]]

Babylon

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[[David Gillingham]]
==General Info==
Year: 2019 
Publisher: [[C. Alan Publications]] 
Difficulty: Advanced 
Duration: 00:08:50 
Cost: $75.00

==Instrumentation==
Player 1: [[Crotales]] (shared) & [[Xylophone]] 
Player 2: [[Glockenspiel]] & [[Xylophone]] 
Player 3: [[Vibraphone]] 
Player 4: [[Vibraphone]] 
Player 5: [[Marimba]] 
Player 6: [[Marimba]] 
Player 7: [[Marimba]] 
Player 8: [[Marimba]] 
Player 9: 5 Tibetan [[Prayer Bowls]] & [[Chimes]] & [[Crotales]] (shared) & [[Suspended Cymbal (shared) 
Player 10: [[Rainstick]] & [[Suspended Cymbal]](shared) & [[Crash Cymbals]](shared) & 2 [[Brake Drums]] (shared) & [[Snare Drum]] (shared) 
Player 11: [[Tam-Tam]] & [[Crash Cymbal]] (shared) & 2 [[Brake Drums]] (shared) & 5 Concert [[Tom-tom]]s (shared) & [[Bongos]] & [[Suspended Cymbal]] (shared) 
Player 12: [[Bass Drum]] & [[Wind Chimes]] & 2 [[Congas]] & [[Hi-Hat]] & 5 Concert [[Tom-tom]]s (shared) 
Player 13: [[Timpani]] 
Player 14: [[Piano]] 

==Program Notes==
Babylon was commissioned by the Texas Christian University Percussion Orchestra, Brian West, conductor. The piece is programmatic and is inspired by the story of “The Tower of Babel” from the chapter of Genesis of the Bible:

Genesis 11:1-9
Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. As people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there. They said to each other, “Come, let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar. Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth.” But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower the people were building. The Lord said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.” So the Lord scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city. That is why it was called Babel - because there the Lord confused the language of the whole world. From there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth.

The piece is divided into three sections that follow the story, Land of Shinar, Tower to Heaven, and Confusion of Language, each with its own theme. The Land of Shinar theme is built upon a sequence of chromatic mediant chordal progressions. Tower to Heaven features a rising theme using mostly rising fourth/descending fifth chord progressions. Confusion of Language is a 12-tone row and the section features difference variants of the row (inversion, retrograde, retrograde inversion) and different permutations to emulate the confusion of languages.

The Tower to Heaven theme cycles throughout the whole work. Deviating somewhat from the original story of Babylon, the “tower theme” emerges from the Confusion of Language section as a reminder of the infamous structure built by the people of Shinar before they were scattered throughout the earth. The piece ends as mystically and quietly as it began.

==Recent Performance==
<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUWCIVJYz8M</embedvideo>
<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fv80Xke6PnU</embedvideo>
<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptDSP2a50Kg</embedvideo>

==Works for Percussion by this Composer==
{{Gillingham, David Works}}

==Reference==

[[Category:Percussion Ensemble Works]]
[[Category:Percussion 14 Works]]

Heraldic Moment

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[[Jeff Calissi]]
== General Info ==
Year: 2022 
Publisher: [[Garden State Publications]] 
Difficulty: Intermediate 
Duration: 00:01:30 

== Instrumentation ==
[[Timpani]]

== Description ==
Beginning in the 15th century timpani were employed to capture an audience’s attention. Whether for an announcement, event or concert, paired with brass instruments in a fanfare or in an orchestral setting as a solo, the combination of rhythm and pitch at the heart of the instruments have been a useful tool for composers throughout music history. Incorporated in this solo are excerpted portions of the following pieces that are well known for using the timpani as a vehicle for heraldic moments in the music: “Alsosprach Zarathustra” by Richard Strauss, Symphony No. 9 (mvmt. II) by Ludwig van Beethoven, “Fanfare for the Common Man” by Aaron Copland, “Bugler’s Dream” by Leo Arnaud, “Olympic Fanfare and Theme” by John Williams and “Hallelujah Chorus” from Messiah by George Frideric Handel.

== Works for Percussion by this Compser ==
{{Calissi, Jeff Works}}

== Reference ==

[[Category: Solo Works]]
[[Category: Timpani Works]]

Handel In the Strand (Grainger - Gelber)

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== General Info ==
'''Composer''': Percy Grainger 
'''Arranger''': [[Dan Gelber]] 
'''Publisher''': [[J.W. Pepper]] 
'''Year''': 2025 
'''Duration''': 00:02:20 
'''Difficulty''': Advanced 
'''Cost''': Score and Parts - $40.00   |   Score Only - $0.00 

== Instrumentation ==
Player 1: [[Glockenspiel]] 
Player 2: [[Vibraphone]] 1 
Player 3: [[Vibraphone]] 2 
Player 4: [[Xylophone]] 
Player 5: [[Marimba]] 1 
Player 6: [[Marimba]] 2 
Player 7: [[Marimba]] 3 
Player 8: [[Marimba]] 4 
Player 9: [[Timpani]] 
Player 10: [[Chimes]] 
Player 11: [[Snare Drum]] 
Player 12: [[Bass Drum]] 
Player 13: [[Cymbal]] 

== Program Notes ==
This gem from Grainger comes from his early years. It was composed in 1911 for piano and strings. He orchestrated it for different genres throughout his career, with a two-piano four-hands version orchestrated in 1947. This arrangement is based on the piano version. Grainger claimed the music seemed to reflect the famous Handel in London while he was visiting and later settled in beginning in 1712. The Strand is a street in London containing many theaters, and Handel composed much of his music there.

=== Review ===

== Errata ==



== Awards ==


== Commercial Discography==

===Online Recordings===







==Recent Performances==

{{performances}}



== Arrangements for Percussion by this Arranger ==
{{Gelber, Dan Arrangements}} 

== Additional Resources ==



 
 

== References ==
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[[Category: Percussion Ensemble Works]]
[[Category: Percussion 13 Works]]
[[Category: Transcription Works]]

Gesta

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[[Stephen Cronin]]
== General Info ==
Year: 1987 
Publisher: [[Australian Music Centre]] 
Difficulty: Advanced 
Duration: 00:06:00 
Cost: $50.00 

== Instrumentation ==
Player 1: [[Xylophone]] 
Player 2: [[Piano]] 

== Decription ==

== Works for Percussion by this Composer ==
{{Cronin, Stephen Works}}

== Reference ==

[[Category: Xylophone Works]]
[[Category: Piano Works]]

Paschal Dances

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[[David Gillingham]]
== General Info==
Year: 1994 
Publisher: [[C. Alan Publications]] 
Difficulty: Advanced 
Duration: 00:10:00 
Cost: $60.00 

==Movement==
Introduction 
Dance 1 
Interlude 
Dance 2 
Dance 3 
Dance 4 
Benediction 

==Instrumentation==
Player 1: [[Glockenspiel]] & [[Temple Blocks]] & Voice 
Player 2: [[Crotales]] & [[Snare Drum]] & Voice 
Player 3: [[Vibraphone]] 1 & [[Glockenspiel]] & [[Suspended Cymbal]] & [[Anvil]] & Voice 
Player 4: [[Vibraphone]] 2 & [[Crotales]] (upper octave)& [[Xylophone]] & Voice 
Player 5: [[Chimes]] & 5 [[Roto-Toms]] & 4 [[Timbales]] 
Player 6: [[Marimba]] 1 (4.5 or 4.3-octave) & [[Xylophone]] & Voice 
Player 7: [[Marimba]] 2 (4.3-octave) & Voice 
Player 8: [[Marimba]] (4.3-octave) & [[Water Gong]] 
Player 9: [[Timpani]] (5 drums) & [[Tambourine]] 
Player 10: 4 Small Concert [[Tom-toms]] & 4 [[Congas]] & [[Crash Cymbals]] & Small [[Bass Drum]] & Voice 
Player 11: 4 Large Concert [[Tom-toms]] & 4 [[Bongos]] & Voice 
Player 12: Large [[Tam-Tam, Wind Chimes]] & Inside [[Piano]] & Voice 
Player 13: [[Piano]] 

== Program Notes ==
Dedicated to Robert Hohner and the Central Michigan University Percussion Ensemble, Paschal Dances is based on the first two lines of the famous Gregorian Easter sequence, "Victim paschali laudes" (Praises to the Paschal Victim). Motives and phrases of the chant are used to unify the work which comprises an Invocation, 4 Dances, 2 Interludes, and a Benediction. In the opening Invocation, the first phrase of the chant tune is played by the orchestra bells and consequently, the first five notes are harmonized by the [[marimba]]. The [[glockenspiel]] play both phrases of the first line of the chant at the close of the section. Dance I, in fast tempo, is dominated by membrane instruments with interjections of the second line of the chant tune being played by keyboard instruments. The section segues into the first Interlude, characterized by bowed [[vibraphone]] and a dirge-like presentation of the first five notes of the chant in the piano. Following, in the same slow tempo, is Dance II, which features chanting of male voices in canon on each of the three phrases comprising the second line of the chant. The first phrase of the chant undergoes metamorphosis in Dance III, becoming a whole-tone configuration. The dance is set in a lively 6/8 meter with periodic episodes of duplets against the triplet division. At midpoint, the dance breaks into quadruple meter with the first phrase of the chant played by the vibraphone moving in triplets. The dance returns to 6/8 meter and elides with the second Interlude, in slow tempo, where fragments of the chant are heard in the [[glockenspiel]]s, [[chimes]] and [[marimba]]. Following a brief silence, Dance IV ensues with the [[marimba]]s elaborating on the whole-tone motive used in Dance III. In very fast tempo, the movement climaxes on a glorious G-flat major chord, which also articulates the beginning of the Benediction. Accompanied by all mallet instruments playing the motive of the first phrase of the chant in different rhythms, the piano, along with voices, state a haunting motive derived from the second line of the chant. The work ends with three tolls of a "questioning" chord, with each articulation followed by an arpeggiated version of the chord in the upper register of the [[piano]].

== Recent Performance ==
<embedvideo service="youtube"> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d6k4LNG7-k </embedvideo>

== Works for Percussion by this Composer==
{{Gillingham, David Works}}

== Reference ==
[[Category: Historical Works]]
[[Category: Percussion Ensemble Works]]
[[Category: Percussion 13 Works]]

Aether

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[[Francisco Perez]]
==General Info==
Year: 2018 
Publisher: [[Tapspace Publications]] 
Difficulty: Intermediate 
Duration: 00:06:00 
Cost: $40.00 

==Instrumentation==
Player 1: [[Crotales]] 
Player 2: [[glockenspiel]] 
Player 3: [[Chimes]] 
Player 4: [[Vibraphones]] 
Player 5: [[Vibraphones]] 
Player 6: [[Marimbas]] 
Player 7: [[Marimbas]] 
Player 8: [[Marimbas]] 
Player 9: [[Marimbas]] 
Player 10: [[Djembe]] & crystal Wine Glass (tuned to A) 
Player 11: Concert [[bass drum]] & [[Suspended Cymbal]] & [[China cymbal]] & [[hi-hat]] & [[Triangle]] 
Player 12: [[Synthesizer]] & [[Suspended Cymbal]] 

==Description==
According to Sir Isaac Newton, the “aether” was a medium which permeated all of space, which enabled all light and energy to traverse through it. In his piece for percussion ensemble Aether, [[Francisco Perez]] attempts to encapsulate this concept through the use of bright and shimmering instruments like [[crotales]], [[glockenspiel]], [[vibraphones]], [[triangle]] and [[chimes]]. Although the piece is meant to portray the nebulous aspects of the universe, there is a deep underlying group present in the piece, largely due to the ad lib. djembe part. Aether was commissioned by [[William Register]] and the Ashley Ridge High School Percussion Ensemble.

==Review==
[[Marilyn K. Clark Silva]]'s Writing:

Aether starts out with intriguing ethereal sounds, such as crystal glass and bowed vibraphone. It then gradually builds up to the driving thematic motion that makes up the meat of the piece. The individual parts are not incredibly challenging for the ability level, but the composite effect is pleasing and would likely be exciting and satisfying for a high school or young undergraduate group to learn. The piece has a similar feel and similar elements as a winter drumline show, and as such would be a great concert season piece for percussion students to work on and develop their skills on the court/field. The piece has several ostinato parts and syncopated parts, and it incorporates such extended techniques as dead strokes and dampening. The mallet parts have a few challenging runs and some four-mallet chords.

Aether calls for three [[vibraphones]] and four [[marimbas]], in addition to a few specialized percussion instruments like [[crotales]] and [[djembe]], which may not be available to every ensemble. While the piece makes an effort to be accessible to variable sizes of ensembles, it requires a fairly well-stocked instrument inventory. For a large high school percussion program looking for a new concert piece with enough rhythmic drive and cool effects to engage the students, this piece would be an excellent choice. <ref> Percussive Notes Volume 57, No. 2, May 2019 </ref>

==Works for Percussion by this composer==
{{Perez, Francisco Works}}

==Reference==
[[Category: Percussion Ensemble Works]]
[[Category: Percussion 12 Works]]

Phosphenes

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[[Matthew Curley]]
==General Info==
Year: 2019 
Publisher: [[Row-Loff Productions]] 
Level: Advanced 
Series: [[Foremost In Marching And Concert Percussion Literature]] 
Duration: 00:05:10 
Cost: $50.00 

==Instrumentation==
Player 1: [[Glockenspiel]] 
Player 2: [[Crotales]] 
Player 3: [[Xylophone]] 
Player 4: [[Vibraphone]] 1 
Player 5: [[Vibraphone]] 2 
Player 6: [[Marimba]] 1 
Player 7: [[Marimba]] 2 
Player 8: [[Marimba]] 3 
Player 9: [[Timpani]] 
Player 10-14: [[Rain Stick]] & [[Bongos]] & [[Djembe]] & [[Ocean Drum]] & 4 Concert [[Tom-toms]] & [[Shaker]] & [[Gong]] & [[Triangle]] & 2 [[Suspended Cymbals]] & [[Sizzle Cymbal]] & [[Bass Drum]] & [[Shakere]] 

==Works for Percussion by this Composer==
{{Curley, Matthew Works}}

==Reference==

[[Category:Percussion Ensemble Works]]
[[Category:Percussion 14 Works]]

Rhythm Song

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[[Paul Smadbeck]]
== General Info ==
'''Year: 1991 
'''Publisher''': [[Keyboard Percussion Publications]] 
'''Difficulty''': Advanced 
Cost: $14.90 

== Instrumentation ==
[[Marimba]]

== Description ==
Paul Smadbeck's Rhythm Song is one of the most popular solo marimba works of all time and has been re-engraved in a clearer, easier to read and understand, composer-approved edition. Elements of African, Latin, Gamelan and Jazz Fusion. Can be performed as an unaccompanied solo or with any number of doublings in unison or at the octaves. Great for marimbistic get-togethers when several players know the work. Recorded by the composer and Evelyn Glennie.

== Recent Performance ==
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== Works for Percussion by this Composer ==
{{Smadbeck, Paul Works}}

== Reference ==

[[Category: Solo Works]]
[[Category: Mallets Works]]
[[Category: Marimba Works]]
[[Category: Examination Materials]]
[[Category: Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music Percussion Examination Materials]]

Blunder & Thazes

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== General Info ==
'''Composer''': Julius Arnost Wilhelm Fucik 
'''Arranger''': [[Larry Lawless]] 
'''Year''': 2015 
'''Publisher''': [[Row-Loff Productions]] 
'''Difficulty''': Advanced 
'''Duration''': 00:02:30 
'''Cost''': Score and Parts - $0.00   |   Score Only - $0.00 

== Instrumentation ==
Player 1: [[Glockenspiel]] 
Player 2: [[Xylophone]] 
Player 3: [[Vibraphone]] 
Player 4: [[Marimba]] 1 
Player 5: [[Marimba]] 2 
Player 6: [[Marimba]] 3 
Player 7: [[Bass Marimba]] 
Player 8: [[Timpani]] 
Player 9: [[Snare Drum]] 
Player 10: [[Bass Drum]] 
Player 11: [[Crash Cymbals]] 
Player 12: [[Bicycle Horn]] & [[Cowbell]] & [[Mouth Siren]] & [[Wood Block]] & [[Ratchet]] & [[Duck Call]] & [[Police Whistle]] & [[Tambourine]] & [[Slap Stick]] & [[Slide Whistle]] & [[Nightingale Call]] & [[Temple Blocks]] 

== Program Notes ==
Blunder and Thazes by Larry Lawless is a fun, circus piece for 12 percussionists. The opening theme (marked "Tempo di Clown Car") is based on the well-known circus tune "Thunder and Blazes" (also known as "Entry of the Gladiators") by Julius Fucik. In addition to covering all the sound effects, the 12th player is instructed to leave the stage for a while and then return in a clown costume performing a circus act

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== Arrangements for Percussion by this Arranger ==
{{Lawless, Larry Arrangements}} 

== Additional Resources ==



 
 

== References ==
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[[Category:Percussion Ensemble Works]]
[[Category:Percussion 12 Works]]
[[Category: Transcription Works]]