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Tears of Apollo is a musical portrayal of three stages of man’s relationship to God: I. Age of Fire, II. Age of Reason, and III. Age of Heaven. Four challenging mallet parts make this a must for your college ensemble...

The Big Bob Special is a rag for solo xylophone/glockenspiel and percussion quartet. The tempo sets a brisk pace for the performance of this work. Intricate xylophone runs will make this an interesting work for most keyboard...

Inspired by the local music and nature sounds experienced on the island of O'ahu in Hawaii, The Big Swell is a powerful percussion trio with a single shared bass drum & 3 small multi-percussion setups. The piece features...

The Cage We Make is a not-so-subtle nod to the percussion quartets of John Cage, most notably his Constructions. The work is built around the rhythmic pattern of 2-3-5-7-11 with its various forms being manipulated through...

Alternating between ethereal chorales and blistering sixteenth note passages, "The Crystals" always leaves the audience wanting more. ENCORE!Genre: Percussion Ensemble | # of Players: 10 Level: Medium Difficult | Duration:...

With text by Lord Byron, The Destruction of Sennacherib is a powerful work for amplified spoken voice and a battery percussion septet. The piece is driving from beginning to end and will add a lot of variety to a percussion...

Inspired by the O'Shaughnessy poem, Ode ("We are the music maker and we are the dreamers of dreams"), The Dreamers of Dreams seeks to capture the essence of building something from the ground up, such as a percussion program...

A Fantasy for Marimba and Percussion Orchestra. The work contains a number of common percussion instruments such as the mallet instruments, drums, and cymbals, but also a number of atypical instruments including: log drum,...

The Last Game is an exciting follow-up to Daiki Kato's popular marimba/multi-percussion duet The Last Dance. Scored for percussion trio, this time each players has a keyboard instrument and drums.Genre: Percussion Ensemble |...

The Persistence of Memory is based on the well known Salvador Dali painting of the same name. The painting, which features Dali's famous "melting clocks" is one of the definitive works of the Surrealist Movement in art. It...

Stephen Primatic has masterfully scored Dukas’ most famous work, The Sorcerer's Apprentice, for large, modern percussion ensemble. Hold onto your hats (and brooms). It’s quite a ride!Genre: Percussion Ensemble |...

The Squared Circle is an engaging and fast-paced piece that is written with the advanced player in mind. For those who have become weary of counting rests for the greater good, this is a chance to move your hands and help...

These Violent Delights is a quartet that experiments in control and chaos. Each section offers just enough time to feel the groove before slowly devolving into a jumbled mess, then suddenly everything stops and begins again...

Thicket is an immersive exploration of density, rhythmic interference, and the blurred lines between resonance and attack. The ensemble is designed with a specific symmetry—two vibraphones and two marimbas—yet...

Prather’s superstition for the number thirteen found its way into a percussion sextet that is groovy, lyrical, and allows the freedom for players to express themselves through improvisation! The backbone of this 7-part...

Named after a large-scale, industrial sculpture by Richard Serra, Tilted Spheres is a powerhouse unpitched percussion quintet that takes listeners and performers on a sonic journey through many textures and grooves.Genre:...