Duets for an Occasion: 5 Popular Classical Arrangements for Vibraphone & Marimba

Duets for an Occasion was designed to provide a multitude of performance opportunities for vibraphone/marimba duo through arrangements of popular classical tunes in contemporary settings, such as weddings, recitals, receptions, studio classes, concert preludes, and more. All of the arrangements require four mallets, a 3-octave vibraphone, and a 4.3-octave (low A) marimba.

Genre: Duet for Vibraphone & Marimba | # of Players: 2
Level: Medium | Duration: 16:00 total

Instrumentation
Vibraphone (3-octave)
Marimba (4.3-octave)

Program Notes
Duets for an Occasion was designed to provide a multitude of performance opportunities for vibraphone/marimba duo through arrangements of popular classical tunes in contemporary settings, such as weddings, recitals, receptions, studio classes, concert preludes, and more. All of the arrangements require four mallets, a 3-octave vibraphone, and a 4.3-octave (low A) marimba. The collection includes the following arrangements:

Simple Gifts (Shaker Tune) by Joseph Brackett
Going Home (from Symphony No. 9, Mvt. II) by Antonín Dvorák
Canon (from Canon & Gigue in D major, P. 37) by Johann Pachelbel
Jupiter ("Thaxted" from The Planets) by Gustav Holst
Joyful, Joful! (from Symphony No. 9, Mvt. IV) by Ludwig van Beethoven