Medium Advanced

Commissioned by Lisa Rogers at Texas Tech University, Imageries is an effective marriage of jazz and classical styles. It is in three movements: Minister of Grace, The Sunnier Side of Doubt, and A Glorious Secret. Very clear...

From its opening chords, Inmersión submerges the audience into the sonic world of the vibraphone. It is precisely the aim of the work to take advantage of the deep and beautiful sound of this instrument. From...

This contrasting pair of solo jazz vibraphone pieces from the inimitable Jon Metzger cleverly includes a lead sheet before each begins. This will allow the soloist to embellish the tune further as he or she becomes more...

Landscape Portrait is about the limitations that we impose on nature by trying to understand it through a human lens. In the music, clamps on individual vibraphone bars mute notes, creating order out of what would otherwise...

The Last Moment is sentimental and sweet. The vibraphone sings a song not quite mournful, but not quite joyous. Genre: Vibraphone (4-mallet) | # of Players: 1 Level: Medium Difficult | Duration: 2:30...

The eight movements of Mementos for solo glockenspiel are the composer's aural realization of a subconscious full of the disturbing, hilarious, darkened, and painfully beautiful words found in Chuck Palahniuk’s...

Nocturne at Sea reflects on the nature of water in the more specific context of a mirror reflecting natural moonlight on the ocean. The piece asks its performer to play both structured and improvised musical sections in an...

Nocturnes, Book 1 (for solo percussion) is a collection of concert works for advanced performers. Written during a challenging time, these solos were both a daily distraction and a voice for the composer's fears,...

Named for the Titan God, Oceanus is a three-movement work for vibraphone that is reflective of the earth’s bodies of water. The entire piece is constructed around the pitch “C” as a tonal center utilizing a...

Inspired by the first sentences of Walt Whitman's poem "Song of the Open Road," where he describes the many choices you can make in your live, the different ways you can take, but at the end you come at the final place you...

The Principle of Polarity is one of the seven Hermetic (occult or secret) principles. It embodies the idea that everything is dual, everything has two poles, and everything has its opposite. All manifested things have two...

The Principle of Polarity is one of the seven Hermetic (occult or secret) principles. It embodies the idea that everything is dual, everything has two poles, and everything has its opposite. All manifested things have two...

Because it is a “recital piece,” this work does not employ any experimental techniques and concepts; however, it is based on an idea of musical simultaneity. In fact, different rhythm structures, pitch...

A lead-sheet version of Riversong, just like what a jazz musician would use, is first in this piece. In comparing it to the written-out version, you can place yourself in the shoes – and mind’s ear – of an...

Song of the Open Road is a colorful three-section work for solo vibraphone and orchestra inspired by Walt Whitman’s poem of the same title. Equally lyrical and virtuosic, this is the perfect opportunity to showcase the...

Song of the Open Road is a colorful three-section work for solo vibraphone and orchestra inspired by Walt Whitman’s poem of the same title. Equally lyrical and virtuosic, this is the perfect opportunity to showcase the...