Battery Ensembles

Optimal Damage is an exciting percussion quartet for accessible instruments. Solo/duo opportunities take place over a groovy backbone, including wood block “snare breaks” and polyrhythmic illusions that create a...

Take your percussionists on an adventure to the mysterious and uncharted reaches of the galaxy. Outer Limits challenges the young percussionists to create and display a spectrum of unique and otherworldly timbres. The audio...

Pentaphonics is a work written for five graduated sounds. This composition can be performed on any five graduated items or instruments such as woodblocks, claves, cowbells, pots & pans, bottles, or anything really, so...

Part of the Ignite Series, Prism Schism is an extremely flexible piece that helps students explore the sonic possibilities of the modern percussion ensemble by encouraging them to choose instruments that work well together...

Puzzle Pieces was written specifically for the C. Alan Publications Ignite Series which features entertaining yet flexible pieces for young percussion ensembles. It is a minimalistic work that allows the performers to be...

Quadrinomial is written for four players with four drums, four mallets, and four wire brushes. A variety of mallet techniques are applied to create an arrangement of timbres shared between each performer.Genre: Percussion...

Quartets that Travel is a collection of 13 short quartets for small auxiliary percussion, perfect for performances where large equipment is not ideal, transitions between set changes, or for ensembles with limited...

Queensland Offshore Railroad is an intermediate battery quartet that features brief improvised passages for each player. The quick, syncopated interplay throughout the quartet will keep players and audience members on their...

Quintessential Quintets is a collection of three "drummy" pieces for 5 young percussionists. Using limited and/or flexible instrumentation, these works will help student grow as musicians while simultaneously impressing...

Ready Player 4 is a collection of quartets designed to elevate the playing level of your percussionists by introducing students to ensemble playing as well as several new techniques, like thumb rolls, crush buzzes, muted...

Reckless, defined as a disregard for consequences or unthinking boldness, is a brash & exciting battery percussion octet with wide assortment of instruments.Genre: Percussion Ensemble | # of Players: 8 Series: Hollinden...

Red Wagon is a drum set quartet exploring how an ensemble of drum sets can groove, develop ideas, and avoid the trope of “drum set battles” that so often emerge when more than one drum set is presented. Like a...

Much dialog between the solo part and the percussion parts is used to create an exciting ensemble dynamic. A great deal of time, the solo part sits atop the other parts, but also at time is required to function as part of...

With its mix of various playing styles and ensemble interaction, this entertaining piece for seven antiphonal tambourines would be a welcome addition to any percussion ensemble concert!Genre: Percussion Ensemble | # of...

Rhythmix is a work that features the timpani in a dramatic, solo role. It is an imagined music in which the timpanist is the spokesperson, leading the ensemble in a variety of moods and rhythms that utilize melodies and...

Commissioned by the Momentum Percussion Group for snare drum percussion quartet, Ring Toss is a five-minute work for intermediate percussion ensemble using four alike or graduated snare drums. The work explores multiple...