Keyboard Ensembles

Using a single 5-octave marimba, Rift brings a fresh new voice to the marimba quartet. Using close harmony and sudden dynamic changes to paint a picture of a falling out between two parties, the piece serves as a challenging...

Rusalka's Song to the Moon is an aria from Antonín Dvorák's opera "Rusalka," which combines elements from three fairy tales. It is a song of love, loss, and longing. This arrangement for keyboard percussion...

Sandbox brings 4 players together on 2 marimbas to create soundscapes and split rhythms. The ideas are meant to represent the various experiences one can have playing in a sandbox, from building the tallest sand castle to...

Scatterbrain is a quirky and exciting work for marimba quartet. The piece showcases every aspect of the marimba, from its ability to hum softly to its power & ferocity.Genre: Percussion Ensemble | # of Players: 4 Level:...

This arrangement takes the third movement of Antonin Dvorak’s iconic “New World Symphony” and brings it to the world of percussion. Arranged for 9 percussionists, this arrangement allows for every player to...

Secret Sauce is a mallet quartet with one percussionist, featuring common funk rhythms and chords that are accessible to younger players. Beginning with the introduction of the bass line, the piece slowly grows into an...

Seeing the World was written to be an accessible, yet musically rich intermediate-level marimba quartet. Four players share two 4.3 octave marimbas, allowing the piece to be performed by those with limited instrumentation...

Featuring a variety of sound colors and a quasi-minimalist texture, Selva Luminosa is an intriguing work suitable for inclusion on a college or professional percussion recital.Genre: Percussion Ensemble | # of Players: 4...

A spirited multi percussion feature with mallet ensemble. With contrasting sections of mysterious melodies and rhythmic ferocity, this work has it all.Genre: Solo Percussion with Percussion Ensemble | # of Players: 4 + Solo...

Percy Grainger’s Shepherd’s Hey is an iconic work in the Grainger oeuvre, along with "Irish Tune from County Derry," "Handel in the Strand," "Molly on the Shore," and "Country Gardens," establishing Grainger as...

Shimmer was written out of Clayson's desire to create a solo that could be performed with beginner-level percussion ensembles. Many pieces exist for advanced solo marimba with advanced accompaniment, but few are written...

Nathan Daughtrey's arrangement of Silent Night sparkles with creativity from the reflective opening to the driving sextuplets in the middle to the pensive rolled section that closes out the work.Genre: Marimba Quartet | # of...

A short work in the style of Mozart, this piece in an excellent selection for high school or college percussion ensembles and may be performed as a marimba quartet or mallet quartet with vibraphone as a substitute for the...

Every harmonic and melodic element in this work was derived from the chorale, Jesu, wahres Brot des Lebens from Bach’s Cantata, Schmuke dich, o liebe Seele (BWV 180) including the initial statement of the chorale in...

As the saying goes, “good things come in small packages.” Unlike many percussion ensemble works that are centered around larger instruments—marimba, timpani, vibraphone, bass drum, and such—this piece...

C.P.E. Bach’s Solfeggio in C Minor is one of his most popular keyboard works. This adaptation spreads the composition across a marimba quartet for beautiful arrangement that makes great use of the tone and timbre of...