Percussion Ensemble

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...

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...

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...

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...

Inspired by the Dutch folktale “Wichardsage” (from The Sagas of Veluwe), DrakenVuur tells the story of a deadly fire-breathing dragon that lived under a medlar tree devouring every living creature it encountered...

Arranged for 4 players on two 5-octave marimbas, the selected piano preludes of Debussy demonstrate the essential elements of Impressionist composition — Texture, harmonic usage, and programmatic writing. With a...

A Gossamer is a light, filmy substance, most often composed of cobwebs and spider webs, that is most often seen drifting through clear autumn air. This work for large percussion ensemble provides a musical interpretation of...

I Was Thinking... was written for the Memorial High School Percussion Ensemble (Jacob Carter-Brown, Director), for their performance at the 2025 Midwest Clinic International Band and Orchestra Conference (Chicago, Illinois)...

Commissioned by the Ferris High School Percussion Ensemble in Spokane, WA, In the Shadow of Giants is an 11-minute celebration of 4 mountain peaks in the Pacific Northwest – Mt. Rainier (The Beast), Mt. St. Helens (The...

You wanted more weird alien music, right? I’d love to tell you that this piece is about little green men, but I have some bad news: a Reticulian’s skin tone is actually gray due to Iron Depletion in the Reticulum...

The Jivaro are the indigenous people of northern Peru and Ecuador, living in the tropical rain forests where the Andes mountain range meets the Amazon headwaters. This piece explores their culture from exploring the rain...

Kinetic originally started as a marimba quartet utilizing only one marimba for all four performers, but quickly expanded to add a deconstructed drum set to bring some variety of timbres to the piece. Because of this unique...

Metric Clatter is a high-energy, and at times, chaotic piece that includes extreme dynamic contrasts, unique timbres, intricate grooves, and featured moments for performers. Musical motifs passed between performers,...

Taking inspiration from Le Petite Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Mysterious Radiance of the Sands is a colorful work for flute, violin, piano, & percussion quartet. Faith in the unseen is what carries us...