Keyboard Ensembles

This three-movement work is truly a tour-de-force for marimba quartet. Two mallets throughout. You can hear a recording of Sonata on the University of North Carolina at Greensboro Percussion Ensemble's CD, “Sketches...

This beautifully lush arrangement of Song to the Moon from Dvorak's opera 'Rusalka' is designed to be performed without soprano soloist. However, if you have voice faculty or a guest artist you would like to feature that has...

This delightful quartet will give your hands a workout with blazingly fast rhythms and a wide array of dynamics. Requires for mature players with hands of fire!Genre: Marimba Quartet | # of Players: 4 Level: Medium Difficult...

Fast and fun describe this fantastic arrangement of a popular orchestra piece. It will have your audiences dancing down the aisles.Genre: Percussion Ensemble | # of Players: 6 Level: Medium | Duration: 2:30 Instrumentation 6...

This is a quite reflective work for keyboard quartet. The entire duration of this work does not surpass Mezzo-Forte. Many interesting texture are created with Zaninelli's use of the keyboard instruments. Genre: Percussion...

Spiel features the prominent voice of the glockenspiel throughout, and embraces the use of Boomwhackers as part of the percussion ensemble. Intended as a fun and playful piece for the performers, your audience is sure to...

Using melodic fragments and motives from the spirituals "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" and "Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit," David Gillingham has crafted a delightful 3-movement work for oboe and marimba quartet. The oboe part is...

The title Spun is a play on the term Fortspinnung, which can be translated to "spinning forth." After a slow & ominous introduction, the quick perpetual motion of the piece (primarily set in 12/8 meter) creates the...

A lighthearted xylophone solo with mallet ensemble that will showcase the xylophonist and keep the audience entertained all the way through.Genre: Solo Xylophone with Marimba Trio | # of Players: 3 + Solo Xylophone Level:...

Originally scored for marimba quartet, this arrangement of the ever-popular Christmas carol Stille Nacht (”Silent Night”) has been re-imagined for mixed keyboard quartet with 5 optional parts, including chimes,...

Originally scored for marimba quartet, this arrangement of the ever-popular Christmas carol Stille Nacht (”Silent Night”) has been re-imagined for mixed keyboard quartet with 5 optional parts, including chimes,...

This arrangement of the second movement of Ravel’s String Quartet in F Major captures the essence of the original and translates it to the world of mallet percussion. The arrangement utilizes six marimbas to capture...

Structures is a haunting and groove-based mallet quartet that builds on itself until arriving at the finished product. Along the way, players develop motifs of self-reflection and nostalgia into complex constructions that...

A bittersweet Venetian waltz, a glowing Romantic interlude, and a motoric but tuneful Minimalist finale comprise this Suite for 5 Marimbas (playable on four instruments). Suitable for high school and college ensembles, the...

Essentially a two-mallet work for each performer, the Suite for Keyboard Percussion demands excellent technique from all four players. The first and third movements create exciting rhythmical textures in contrast with the...

Sunward/Onward is a galop-style keyboard percussion sextet with three optional percussion dedicated to Dr. John Baldwin on the occasion of his retirement from Boise State University after 50 years of teaching. The piece...