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For the Love of Drums was written for the 2019 Honda HBCU All-Star Drumline and perfectly captures the essence of HBCU-based show-style drumming.Genre: Marching Cadence | # of Players: Standard Level: Medium | Duration: 1:30...

Fracture tackles the weighty subject of childhood abuse in this moving work for percussion ensemble. Beginning with carefree, idyllic simplicity and segueing into places with dark, sharp edges, Archer paints a vivid &...

Whether you prefer your funk hard-driving or laid back, this composition will have the players and the audience “feelin’ the funk” in no time.Genre: Percussion Ensemble | # of Players: 8-9 + Optional...

Fuze-Summit is a piece that combines elements of a concert percussion ensemble with a rhythm section. Members of this ensemble will alternate between comping patterns along with changing melodies.Genre: Percussion Ensemble |...

Subtitled "A Journey of the Soul," each movement of this concertino for solo marimba and ensemble reflects the movement of the soul into the portal of heaven. From Remission to Reflection to Redemption, Gillingham paints a...

This challenging programmatic work requires all mallet players to have 4-mallet technique. Set primarily in 12/8 and 9/8, Ridley incorporates hip sounds and rhythms throughout.Genre: Percussion Ensemble | # of Players: 9...

grace•ful was written specifically for the C. Alan Publications Ignite Series, which features entertaining yet flexible pieces for young percussion ensembles. Once you begin to rehearse grace•ful, you'll come to...

INNERLUDES is a set of five short pieces for struck and bowed vibraphones and melodicas that was inspired by the lush, granular sound of electronic vocoders and other synthesized effects, exemplified especially by artists...

Into the Fray is a percussion ensemble with flexible instrumentation that is playable with as few as 4 players or as many as 13. It is a musical portrayal of someone getting prepared to face a significant challenge. The...

Island Breeze is a percussion ensemble with flexible instrumentation that is playable with as few as 4 players or as many as 13. It evokes images of being at a party on the beach. The piece features a laid back melody as...

The Jivaro are the indigenous people of northern Peru and Ecuador, living in the tropical rain forests where the Andes mountain range meets the Amazon headwaters. This piece explores their culture from exploring the rain...

The Jivaro are the indigenous people of northern Peru and Ecuador, living in the tropical rain forests where the Andes mountain range meets the Amazon headwaters. This piece explores their culture from exploring the rain...

Kaiju (怪獣, kaijū, from Japanese "strange beast") is a Japanese genre of films featuring giant monsters. The term kaiju (which comes from the Chinese text Classic of Mountains and Seas) can refer to the giant monsters...

The word Kymbalon in Greek can be translated as cymbal. Many cymbals and gongs are used in the music along with other percussion instruments to allow for a melody.Genre: Percussion Ensemble | # of Players: 9 Level: Medium |...

This arrangement of one of Debussy's most well-known works utilizes nine percussionists to represent the cathedral’s mystical image. The chosen instrumentation expands upon the spectrum of colors which embodies the...

Lullaby for PJ is dedicated to the composer's beautiful baby daughter, born on May 9, 2016. Unlike most of the piece in the Ignite series, this work exposes students to playing delicately at a fairly slow tempo.Genre:...