Marimba & Xylophone

Depicting a musical "walk" across the Brooklyn Bridge, this work conveys the energy and movement of walkers, bikers, and automobiles flowing across the walkway and the roadbeds below itGenre: Marimba (4-mallet) | # of...

Lowry's lovely setting of Greensleeves for solo marimba features a gently undulating sixteenth note accompaniment in the left hand while the right hand plays the famous melody.Genre: Marimba (4-mallet) | # of Players: 1...

Adapted from the original version for solo marimba and percussion quartet, Halcyon Deconstruction seeks to emulate the sounds of traditional acoustic percussion instruments while gradually devolving into a much more...

Halley's Comet was composed as the obligatory piece for the 2015 I Concurso para Marimba Maestro Zeferino Nadayapa. The title of the work comes from a periodic comet that orbits the sun and is visible from Earth every 75-76...

Home is is a multifaceted intermediate to advanced solo piece for 4.3-octave marimba. It was inspired by the many meanings that "home" can have for us - whether we may have lost our home, are searching for it, or have...

This 2-1/2 minute piece is a salute to the famous honky tonk piano artist “Meade Lux” Lewis. It is based on the blues scale, uses the standard 12-bar blues progression, and lends itself very well to improvisation...

Kevin Robles’s work House of Glass is scored for 5-octave marimba and is dedicated to the minimalist works of Philip Glass. The beautiful chords combined with the enticing 5:3 polyrhythm is sure to bring a sense of...

After a slow and mysterious opening, The Hunted takes off on a rampage filled with chromaticism and heart pounding rhythms. The pieces is technically very idiomatic, but it is extremely impressive from the audience's...

This beautiful chorale is first presented with arpeggiated chords in several sticking permutations. No time signature or key signature is indicated, but the piece centers around A minor. It continuously flows from beginning...

I Will See You Again was first conceived as an improvised solo in memory of my brother-in-law. Over time, the piece has evolved and become more of a structured composition but without losing the improvisatory/lamenting feel...

This exciting work alternates between frenzied sections and peaceful chorale settings. Originally conceived as an electronic piece for MalletKat, it can also be performed on marimba. Genre: Marimba (4-mallet) | # of Players:...

Il Difetto Tragico ("The Tragic Flaw") is a powerhouse work for solo marimba in two movements. The first movement alternates between beautiful chromatic chorales and arpeggios, while the second movement features a...

In Spite of it All was completed in the spring of 2020 and is a lullaby inspired by a new kitten the composer had fostered. The piece is intended for intermediate to advanced performers and gives the opportunity to explore...

Inspired by some of the marimba compositions of Keiko Abe, In the Sea features driving rhythms and floating melodies creating a beautiful wash of sound. There is room for improvisation in the middle of the piece. This piece...

In Venus is a dramatic, emotional work for solo 4-mallet marimba that centers on the concept/feeling of "envy." While the title is a play on words, but coincidentally, in mythology is a Roman goddess of love, desire,...

Focused around a five-note, left-hand ostinato pattern which threads its way through the entire work, this composition is typified by repetitious rhythmic patterns. Contrast is achieved through variations in texture, range,...