Mixed Ensembles

Every Way But Forward is a high-energy Latin-inspired percussion ensemble piece with plenty of tasty licks and big ensemble moments. A great closer for a concert that will both challenge an ensemble and get any audience...

High energy piece set in many different meters, starting in 7/8. Opportunities for many players to perform cadenzas. The final section of the piece uses the human voice to chant specific words and syllables.Genre: Percussion...

Inspired by the poem “Starfall” by Rainer Maria Rilke, Fallen Stars paints a picture of reflection, wonder, and longing through its vidid imagery of a meteor shower. Playable by as few as 3 keyboard...

Also known as a “double dream,” a “dream within a dream,” or “nested dream,” False Awakenings are usually vivid dreams in which you mistakenly feel like you’ve woken up, to only...

Fanfare Bravo is scored for three metallic keyboard instruments and a membrane quartet. The middle section of the composition reaches a climax with the percussionists performing improvised solos. At the conclusion of each...

A challenging work for piano and percussion ensemble. This work features an advanced piano part that has many vertical characteristics. The percussion parts color and shape the musical concepts of the piano solo.Genre: Solo...

This suite is based on three popular songs from the south that have been performed through the years by fiddles, bluegrass groups, country, and popular music bands since before the Civil War. The rich heritage of the...

Featuring a balanced ensemble of 4 keyboard and 4 battery percussionists, Fidget borrows a rhythm from the agogo bell/cowbell part in Daughtrey's popular percussion quintet Shock Factor. Portions of this motive appears...

Fiesta time! This fun and catchy piece sounds great any time.Genre: Percussion Ensemble | # of Players: 8-9 Level: Medium | Duration: 4:45 InstrumentationPlayer 1 (4-octave marimba, claves) Player 2 (4-octave marimba) Player...

Commissioned by the TCU Percussion Orchestra as the opener for their 2015 PASIC Showcase Concert, Firefly is a dramatic work that centers on the belief that the two species of fireflies in Japan – Genji-hotaru and...

First Five is a piece for flexible percussion ensemble that only uses the first five notes of the B-flat major scale. It has no specific instrument requirements other than one metallic mallet instrument (such as a...

This dramatic work for brass quintet and percussion ensemble is sure to become a standard in the mixed chamber ensemble literature. Lamb masterfully manipulates the plethora of colors found in both the brass and percussion...

Five Movements utilizes changing meters along with quick exchanges between players to showcase the diversity in a percussion ensemble. Also experience the slow second movement which shows off the expressive qualities of the...

Using traditional percussion instruments, Parker creates a dialogue between the soloist and percussion ensemble that allows each to enjoy its own identity while achieving the kind of musical sensitivity found only in a rare...

Floating was written to be performed at the Mass Percussion Extravaganza for the 8th Annual Northeast Kansas Total Percussion Camp at Washburn University.Genre: Percussion Ensemble | # of Players: 14 Level: Medium |...

David Long has set this masterpiece to a boogie-woogie bass line and has included chord changes for open solos in the middle of the piece. The vibraphone plays the melody through most of the piece while the marimba plays the...