Marimba & Xylophone

Dedicated to marimbist Nanae Mimura, Apsara #1 opens and closes with a lyrical and expansive melody, at first rolled, then arpeggiated at the end. The virtuosic middle section is fast and furious and requires technical...

Dedicated to marimbist Michael Burritt, this piece serves as a great etude for working on double laterals in both hands through the use of triplets and the whole tone scale. Although Kaiser labels Apsara #2 as a technical...

Written for Michael Rosen, Arctic opens with a brief, slightly dissonant rolled section followed by many changes in mood (from desolation to hope to doubt to regret). The piece works as both a recital piece and an etude to...

Inspired by the William Blake poem "Morning," ...ascends the sky is a beautiful intermediate work for solo 5-octave marimba, filled with sixteenth notes flowing up and down the full range of the instrument.Genre: Marimba...

Not intended to be a programmtic work, but rather to paint a picture of landscape – perhaps a lush, colorful swamp darkened by the canopy of trees, but with sunlight intermittently shining gaining entry as one travels...

This intermediate marimba solo serves as a wonderful introduction to polytonality for the performer and audience alike. While not too technically challenging, Awake & Resting requires a great deal of musical nuance...

Azureus is a jazz waltz inspired by the composer’s wife's roses garden! The piece follows an AABACA form that serves as the basic structure for the improvised solos. The use of jazz harmonies, scales, and melodic...

An ethereal, but intense, rolled section opens the piece building to a dramatic climax. Bursts of sixteenth notes flying up and down the instrument make this both fun and play and impressive to watch. The slow middle section...

Before I Sleep is an easy and accessible 4-mallet solo for 4.3 Marimba. It is tailored towards players who have mastered the basic techniques and are ready to take on longer works.Genre: Marimba (4-mallet) | # of Players: 1...

Best Wishes is an intermediate-level piece for five-octave marimba that utilizes the entire range of the instrument.Commissioned to be a "thank you" piece, the work conveys a joyous spirit while still posing a moderate...

BEYOND the HORIZON is a set of eight pieces in a colorful variety of musical styles that offers novice mallet percussionists engaging and manageable opportunities to hone their performance skills. Though written as mallet...

Beyond the Sequestered Grove is simply the second movement (Cadenza lenta) extracted from Zachary Cairns' Concert(in)o for Marimba & Wind Quintet. It is largely an introspective work, but there is plenty of understated,...

Big Sur: Suite for Marimba and String Orchestra is generally about the natural beauty of Big Sur, California, but also pays homage to three of the main performers who made the area famous for folk music with their...

Big Sur: Suite for Marimba and String Orchestra is generally about the natural beauty of Big Sur, California, but also pays homage to three of the main performers who made the area famous for folk music with their...

Winner of the 2009 Classical Marimba League Composition Contest 2009 (Romantic Category), Bold Spark is an exciting, uplifting work for marimba and piano.Genre: Duet for Marimba & Piano | # of Players: 2 Level: Medium...

Bring your groove, expression, and energy for this exciting piece. From the huge opening statement followed by a couple of quirky sections, a gentle rolling melody, and a rockin’ ending, this piece is a sure crowd...