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Written for the University of North Texas Percussion Ensemble, a space for everything is a slow burn with innovative textures that evolve throughout the 9-minute work, building into an infectious groove that never relents...

Scored for 14-16 percussionists, A World in Us is a celebration of enduring friendship. The exciting 5-1/2 minute work takes its title from the following quote from The Diary of Anaïs Nin: “Each friend represents...

Alacrán is a dramatic tone poem that explores the intricate and often perilous mating ritual of scorpions and is re-imagined through the voices of alto saxophone and marimba. Structured in two main continuous...

Alacrán is a dramatic tone poem that explores the intricate and often perilous mating ritual of scorpions and is re-imagined through the voices of vibraphone and marimba. Structured in two main continuous sections,...

Amethyst, scored for double seconds (low F) and B-flat clarinet is the second work in the 'Birthstones' series. The tonality of this work is derived from a serialized spelling of the stone. However, the rhythms and meters...

An Ocean of Time is an advanced quintet that flows through a range of styles and emotions while combining a more traditional quartet instrumentation of two marimbas and two vibraphones with a unique multi-percussion part...

Aquamarine, scored for glockenspiel and oboe, is the third 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...

BlueShift is a high-energy percussion ensemble that accelerates from shimmering textures to a brilliant, driving climax. Inspired by motion toward the blue end of the spectrum, bright metallic colors and layered grooves pull...

Boundary Conditions is a work for solo multi-percussionist and string quartet that explores polyrhythms with rhythmic intensity from start to finish. A true tour de force for the soloist and quartet!Genre: Solo Percussion...

On of the first pieces of its kind, Boxout is a high-energy piece written for only two cajóns. Using nontraditional ways to play the instrument, this groove-heavy piece is fun to perform and a crowd-pleaser! Genre:...

Cold Pressed is set up as a modified drum set with timbral notation, meaning each instrument is assigned a pitch and arranged like a keyboard. If you read keyboard music well, learning the notation will be a piece of cake...

Concert Fantasies for Keyboard Percussion, Book II is a collection of intermediate four-mallet etudes with optional orchestral playback accompaniment. They are the result of Dietz's experimentation with the Pearl...

Crystal Skies is a percussion trio features shared vibraphone and water-tuned glass bowls, perfect for performers with limited space or equipment. The shimmering soundscape evokes light refracting through crystal, drawing...

Across both rural highways and urban intersections, handmade memorials appear: white crosses, wilted flowers, photographs behind glass. My inspiration among these is ghost bikes, bicycles painted entirely white and chained...

Devil Dance is a short and light encore piece. Elements of Hindustani classical music are present in this piece, though it isn’t an attempt to replicate that art form. Various hand drums may be used and part way...

Diamond, scored for lead pan (C) and violin, is the fourth 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...