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Elegy for the Broken is a slow, lyrical ballad for solo 3-octave vibraphone, written as an intimate meditation on love, resilience, and vulnerability. Inspired by witnessing a loved one endure chronic pain and autoimmune...

Inspired by David Whyte's poem of the same name, Everything is Waiting for You tackles the topic of loneliness. Whyte starts the poem pointedly by writing, "Your great mistake is to act the drama as if you were alone." As...

Fall River for solo vibraphone is an excellent recital piece for the advanced high school or college level player that features pianistic style playing in a theme and variation form. An ostinato left hand pattern supports a...

Marimba Sketches, Volume 1 is a collection of five 2-mallet marimba solos with piano accompaniment or track. Each is an arrangement of one of Nathan Daughtrey's popular percussion ensemble works. These bite-sized pieces for...

Marimba Sketches, Volume 2 is a collection of five 2-mallet marimba solos with piano accompaniment or track. Each is an arrangement of one of Nathan Daughtrey's popular percussion ensemble works. These bite-sized pieces for...

22 million light years away from the Earth the spiral-shaped Pinwheel Galaxy has a diameter of 190,000 light years and contains approximately one trillion stars. The Pinwheel Galaxy is about twice as large as our Milky Way...

Prelude No. 1 for solo 4-octave marimba is dedicated to marimba virtuoso Greg Giannascoli. It is also a tip of the hat to Musser’s iconic "Prelude Op. 11, No. 3 in G major." The harmonic language for is centered on...

Prelude No. 2 for solo 4.3-octave marimba is dedicated to composer and marimba virtuoso Blake Tyson. This work is modular and the performer has the freedom to arrange the sections in an order they like. The order may be...

Prelude No. 3 for solo 4.3-octave marimba is dedicated to composer and marimba virtuoso Gordon Stout. The piece features uses a chromatic harmonic language, though rooted in major and minor chords for stability, drawing from...

Sandflower is a cinematic 5-octave marimba solo inspired by the street on which Carr grew up. The musical ideas within consist of some old and some new, reflecting the younger self and who he has become. With beautiful...

Inspired by the works of Andy Akiho & Robert Honstein, Space We Created is a 7-minute work that explores timbral possibilities on the vibraphone using snare drumsticks while the vibraphone is ringing perpetually. The...

Transparent Wave is a vibe solo that starts with an energetic cadenza-like opening, leading to a pattern, followed by a singing melody. This melody appears in three different settings with interludes in between. After an...