Mixed Percussion

Sparklers was commissioned and premiered by Mutsumi Tsuuzaki using Deagan's artist special xylophone no. 266 which has the range of four and half-octaves and was made in 1935 and remodeled in 1962. This version was adapted...

In the freely-composed State of the Art, numerous innovative techniques are employed on the part of both performers, such as bending pitches, striking the frame, blowing air in the resonators, and so on. The percussionist...

Three Changes is organized into three movements: …of time, …of mind, and …of place. The first movement features much unison playing and dialogue between the violin and vibraphone. The second movement...

The Three Inventions for Flute & Percussion are not inventions in the Baroque sense, but rather three pieces that simply involve imitation between the two performers. The outer movements are in strict time, while the...

In each of his Three Maqamat – Nawa Athar, Nakriz, and Saba Kurd – Meister uses unique techniques in both parts-such as tongue slaps, random key clicks, microtones, and so on to emulate sounds of instruments from...

Transitions is a concerto that is truly an exciting and challenging work for the soloist including virtuosic material on both pitched and non-pitched percussion instruments. This work will captivate any audience with its...

Trio for Flute, Clarinet, and Percussion is a three movement work in which each movement represents one of Sir Isaac Newton's three laws of motion. The melodic content in the piece is centered around a mixture of G harmonic...

Tumble. is a set of 5 miniatures for two percussionists playing desk bells, stomping, and clapping. Over the 5 movements, there is a gentle opening, a playful sense of falling-over, a picture of a cold January morning, and...

The coloristic and registral transformations occurring in Twilight Remembered allude to the gradually dimming hues of sunset over water. The sounds move gradually from high to low from the beginning to the end of the piece...

Unclear Faces represents a point, any point, in someone's life when it is unclear what is happening. The piece creates a sense of escape in a time of uneasiness. It showcases its theme through a motivic use of...

Commissioned by Keith Aleo (Florida Philharmonic) and Nancy Stagnitta (Baltimore Opera Orchestra) for percussion and flute. Each movement of Visions and Apparitions depicts various aspects of Catholic Mysticism.Genre: Duet...

The Whole Toy Laid Down was inspired by an extended daydream about a mechanical wind-up toy. With that as a starting point, my goal was to fuse the energy of rock style drumming with classical performance technique,...

A three-movement ode to American radio, Wooden Triptych constantly "flips" through and combines a variety of musical genres in a way listeners are sure to enjoy! The work can be performed by a variety of instruments,...