Percussion Solos

The Taíno were an Arawak people, indigenous to the Caribbean. Music played a significant role in their culture from recounting history, to celebrations, to spiritual guidance. It has been said that music played such a...

The Taíno were an Arawak people, indigenous to the Caribbean. Music played a significant role in their culture from recounting history, to celebrations, to spiritual guidance. It has been said that music played such a...

With an impressive history spanning several centuries, the cajon has become even more popular in the last decade as a portable “drumset in a box” used in pop, rock, and country music, Broadway shows, and...

With an impressive history spanning several centuries, the cajon has become even more popular in the last decade as a portable “drumset in a box” used in pop, rock, and country music, Broadway shows, and...

Takers & Leavers is a marimba solo with expressive lyrical sections contrasted by groove-oriented material. The piece draws inspiration from both Western and West African marimba traditions. It includes one-handed rolls,...

Takers & Leavers is a marimba solo with expressive lyrical sections contrasted by groove-oriented material. The piece draws inspiration from both Western and West African marimba traditions. It includes one-handed rolls,...

All playable on a 4.3-octave instrument, Tall Tales is a varied collection of 8 solos for the developing 4-mallet marimbist. Each of the engaging solos has its own programmatic spin on it, which makes it even more fun for...

All playable on a 4.3-octave instrument, Tall Tales is a varied collection of 8 solos for the developing 4-mallet marimbist. Each of the engaging solos has its own programmatic spin on it, which makes it even more fun for...

Tamarack & Birch is an adrenaline-raising work that provides an excellent challenge/reward ratio for the intermediate to advanced marimba soloist. Each movement works well as its own stand-alone piece (about four and a...

Tamarack & Birch is an adrenaline-raising work that provides an excellent challenge/reward ratio for the intermediate to advanced marimba soloist. Each movement works well as its own stand-alone piece (about four and a...

Originally composed in 1910 for violin and piano, Tambourin Chinois has become a very popular showpiece in the repertoire. Edward Bach has reimagined it here as an exciting solo xylophone feature with brass quintet...

Originally composed in 1910 for violin and piano, Tambourin Chinois has become a very popular showpiece in the repertoire. Edward Bach has reimagined it here as an exciting solo xylophone feature with brass quintet...

Target Locked explores the best of both worlds and brings concert snare and rudimental snare drumming into the recital hall while making the medium accessible to all audiences by grooving along with an electronic...

Target Locked explores the best of both worlds and brings concert snare and rudimental snare drumming into the recital hall while making the medium accessible to all audiences by grooving along with an electronic...

The composer characterizes this piece as learned ethnic. As in all of his previous works, this one is tonal, using ancient modes or their variation that leads to the use of peculiar key signatures.Genre: Marimba (4-mallet) |...

The composer characterizes this piece as learned ethnic. As in all of his previous works, this one is tonal, using ancient modes or their variation that leads to the use of peculiar key signatures.Genre: Marimba (4-mallet) |...