Percussion Ensemble

Graceful Circles is a two movement work for 6 marimbists (on four instruments), vibraphone, crotales/bells, and small percussion set up. Written for primarily two mallet “drummy” figures and incorporating...

Gravitational Ripples are 'waves' in space-time caused by some of the Universe's most violent and energetic processes.Genre: Percussion Ensemble | # of Players: 5 Series: N/A Level: Intermediate | Duration: 2:00...

Commissioned by Jeremy DeLuca and the Mt. Lebanon Percussion Program to celebrate their 40th anniversary, The Heroes Around Us draws inspiration from a poem by Kai Skye (formerly Brian Andreas): "once you begin to see the...

Originally composed for piano solo, as the last piece in a set of 12 etudes published in 1890, Hungarian is a short and energetic work that translates perfectly to a percussion ensemble orchestration. Scored for 10 players...

Immersion features the unique combination of saxophone quartet with pitched percussion quartet. The saxes primarily act as a single unit throughout by performing homorhythmic chords against a polyrhythmic backdrop of...

Extracted from the 3-movement work As Above, So Below, Jötenheim: The Land of the Giants, features a vast, mighty wilderness with deep, dark forests and mountain peaks. Enemies of the gods, the giants have experienced...

Scored for vibraphone & 2 marimbas, this arrangement of Debussy's La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin ("The Girl with the Flaxen Hair") reflects the simplicity of the original but allows for a rich soundscape to represent the...

Light & Water is a through-composed double concerto for solo marimba and timpani accompanied by 6 percussionists. It showcases the two soloists equally with both technical bravado (light) and sensitive lyricism (water)...

Dave Hollinden's third percussion quartet, Locomotion, is set in four movements – Procession, Sleep Walk, Dance, and Race. The work uses a large assortment of non-pitched instruments (both found and traditional),...

Commissioned by the Aledo High School Percussion Ensemble (Scott Stephens, Director) for performance at the 2024 Percussive Arts Society International Convention, Luna, Luna was inspired by the poem Romance de la luna, luna...

Lunar is a ten-movement marimba quartet based on the various cycles of the moon, with each movement representing a particular phase. The phases and movements are listed as: New Moon, Waxing Crescent, First Quarter, Waxing...

Make Your Voice Heard is a challenging, vibrant percussion trio that behaves more like a solo with duo accompaniment. Dedicated to a friend of the composer, the thematic material for the piece is cleverly derived from the...

Nodding to famed works of the same title, like Paganini's violin showpiece, Moto Perpetuo is a high-octane musical fantasy for large percussion ensemble that explores the concept of perpetual motion and the possibilities of...

Floating between beautiful and deadly, the flowering plants of the Nightshade family range from common vegetation to highly toxic forms. As such, this piece pulls the listener back and forth between a major and minor feel,...

This beautiful adaptation of Frédéric Chopin’s Nocturne in E-flat Major for keyboard percussion ensemble (+ optional Timpani and Aluphone) provides groups with a rich timbral tapestry to develop their...

The title, Noland Road, was inspired by the groove-oriented nature of the work, the steady churning of the marimba patterns and riffs as if traversing a road, and by the commissioning school’s geographic location on...