5-octave

Trap Sonata was written with the intent of blending multiple musical styles along with structuring the piece in sonata form. The track starts with the main melodic theme and is recalled throughout the work in both the track...

Twilight Blue utilizes the lower end of a five-octave marimba, a region that reflects its rich and characteristic tone. Composed in a series of a Major 7th harmonies, the piece is a paced and melodic chorale with a middle...

An intermediate four-mallet marimba solo, Uma Para Ela was composed for the composer's wife prior to their wedding in 2008. A pensive, lyrical work, this tonal solo helps develop a strong sense of musical sensitivity and...

This tremolo etude places the soaring melody in the soprano voice and the persistent ostinato in the lower and middle voices. Genre: Marimba (4-mallet) | # of Players: 1 Level: Medium | Duration: 3:00 InstrumentationMarimba...

Opposite musical characteristics such as soft and loud, comfort and angular, static and active, hesitant and steadfast are contrastingly employed in this piece.Genre: Marimba (4-mallet) | # of Players: 1 Level: Medium...

Variations for Marimba (2005) is for the advanced marimba soloist. It is essentially a “classical” set of variations on a theme, however the “theme” is elusive and evolves as the variations progress...

Written for percussionist Thomas Burritt, Variations on a Theme by Paganini provides an original set of variations specifically for solo marimba on Paganini's famous 24th Violin Caprice. Just as Paganini did for the violin,...

A collection of continually changing arpeggiations and melodic ideas, Wandering is a delicate and beautiful work for solo marimba. Genre: Marimba (4-mallet) | # of Players: 1 Level: Medium | Duration: 4:15...

After a successful marriage of the marimba and electronics in Rimbasly and Concerto for Marimba, Percussion, and Synthesizers, McCarthy decided to revisit and re-imagine the combination. Unlike the concerto treatment of the...

Based on an Emily Dickinson poem of the same name, "Where Thou Art – That – is Home" is a beautiful, lush chorale for solo marimba.Genre: Marimba (4-mallet) | # of Players: 1 Level: Medium | Duration: 3:45...

Windsong has two contrasting movements. The first movement is a mixture of modes that are reflective of the composer's interest in film scores. The second movement employs a fast rhythmic pace in tribute to the composer's...