Mixed Ensembles

New quartet version of Daughtrey's popular percussion ensemble. Featuring a balanced ensemble of keyboard and battery percussion, Mercury Rising is, in essence, a double fugue that gives all players the opportunity to shine...

Featuring a balanced ensemble of keyboard and battery percussion, Mercury Rising is, in essence, a double fugue that gives all players the opportunity to shine.Genre: Percussion Ensemble | # of Players: 7 Level: Medium Easy...

In true “fantasy” fashion, this setting of In the Bleak Midwinter starts with a simple statement of the melody in the metallic keyboards against flowing triplets in the marimbas. The melody then travels through...

These classic two and four-mallet solos by Harry Breuer are arranged for solo xylophone plus 3-4 marimbas accompanying. All accompaniments are easy enough for the youngest of keyboard players.Genre: Solo Xylophone with...

The delightful Minus Nine uses the unique combination of a keyboard percussion quartet and a string quartet to musically represent the beautiful & exotic world revealed during low tide on Puget Sound.Genre: Percussion...

Scored for tenor steel pan and battery percussion, this thrilling quintet grabs you from the opening yells, propels you into dizzying textures, and doesn't let go until the final fade-out.Genre: Percussion Ensemble | # of...

Free introduction with improvisational, expansive motives passed around the ensemble. The tempo gradually picks up and moves into the constantly evolving multi-meter section in which the motives from the beginning are...

Mixtures uses three main categories of sound sources: metal, membrane, and wood. After each is heard separately, the sources are mixed (some by performer choice) in a partially aleatoric section which is followed by an...

Fantastic interplay between the mallets and the battery make this an exciting and rhythmically challenging piece for percussion ensemble. An inner section of melodious mallet work makes for a pleasing contrast.Genre:...

In three contrasting movements, Mueller creates innumerable intriguing combinations of timbres. The first two movements are rather free and improvisational in nature while the third movement is quick and syncopated with...

Molto Vivace is a direct transcription of the exposition from the second movement of Beethoven's historic Symphony No. 9, scored for large percussion ensemble. This aggressive and energetic movement lends itself perfectly to...

Montauk is a hauntingly evocative piece that draws its inspiration from the poignant narrative of Michel Gondry's "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind." Through a delicate interplay of melancholic melodies and minimalistic...

This work is a tour-de-force for eight percussionists, each playing a variety of instruments. Blazing fast tempos and quick meter changes characterize the piece.Genre: Percussion Ensemble | # of Players: 8 Level: Medium |...

Nodding to famed works of the same title, like Paganini's violin showpiece, Moto Perpetuo is a high-octane musical fantasy for large percussion ensemble that explores the concept of perpetual motion and the possibilities of...

The five movements are not programmatic in a literal sense but are suggestive of the tableaux and natural drama one might encounter in a mountain environment. Although the piece was written to be performed in its complete...

A Collection of Bluegrass Ditties for percussion ensemble.Genre: Percussion Ensemble | # of Players: 6 Level: Medium | Duration: InstrumentationXylophone Marimba 1 4-octave marimba 2 4-octave Marimba 3 5-octave Drum set...