Duets

This collection of five vignettes for assorted clarinets and percussion instruments explores a multitude of timbre combinations and melodic/harmonic exchanges. Houllif has made a wonderful contribution to the ever-growing...

Five More Minutes is a groovy duet for two battery percussionists with mirrored instrumentation. Starting with interlocking clapping patterns, the piece seamlessly moves from texture to texture, section to section, while...

Five More Minutes is a groovy duet for two battery percussionists with mirrored instrumentation. Starting with interlocking clapping patterns, the piece seamlessly moves from texture to texture, section to section, while...

This wonderful piece is based on the poetry of Emily Dickinson. Each song beautifully paints a picture from her words. The 4-mallet marimba writing is very idiomatic and well-written. Genre: Duet for Mezzo Soprano &...

This wonderful piece is based on the poetry of Emily Dickinson. Each song beautifully paints a picture from her words. The 4-mallet marimba writing is very idiomatic and well-written. Genre: Duet for Mezzo Soprano &...

Flow like water, because water always seeks the path of least resistance, yet is strong enough to demolish even stone when no recourse is available.Genre: Duet for Marimba and Cello | # of Players: 2 Level: Difficult |...

Flow like water, because water always seeks the path of least resistance, yet is strong enough to demolish even stone when no recourse is available.Genre: Duet for Marimba and Cello | # of Players: 2 Level: Difficult |...

The marimba and the piano are equally important in the music. The piano provides shimmering brightness while the marimba provides relaxing warmth. The marimbist should strive to play more lyric than percussive throughout...

The marimba and the piano are equally important in the music. The piano provides shimmering brightness while the marimba provides relaxing warmth. The marimbist should strive to play more lyric than percussive throughout...

Four Fantasies is a difficult clarinet and marimba duo which paints vivid pictures of environments such as a vast green plain, a chilling snowblind, and a flying mechanical fortress. The work, while difficult, is very...

Four Fantasies is a difficult clarinet and marimba duo which paints vivid pictures of environments such as a vast green plain, a chilling snowblind, and a flying mechanical fortress. The work, while difficult, is very...

Each movement of Four Flights depicts what could be a simple childhood song. First Steps is set up somewhat like a two-part invention between flute and marimba. Josh’s New Bag, opens with a simple rudimental snare drum...

Each movement of Four Flights depicts what could be a simple childhood song. First Steps is set up somewhat like a two-part invention between flute and marimba. Josh’s New Bag, opens with a simple rudimental snare drum...

Full of Baroque flavored musical ideas, this piece gives the modern marimbist a Baroque composition of their own. Genre: Duet for Cello & Marimba | # of Players: 2 Level: Medium | Duration: 7:30 InstrumentationMarimba (4...

Full of Baroque flavored musical ideas, this piece gives the modern marimbist a Baroque composition of their own. Genre: Duet for Cello & Marimba | # of Players: 2 Level: Medium | Duration: 7:30 InstrumentationMarimba (4...

Scored for 5-octave marimba and flute, Garnet is the first work in the Birthstones series. The tonality, meter, and rhythmic content of this work is a serialized spelling of the stone it represents, as well as certain...