A four-note motive is presented at the very beginning by the keyboard instruments and appears throughout the piece in unison statements as well as in a staggered fashion which creates an overlapping effect.

Blur is a med-advanced percussion ensemble piece, featuring a large sound palette and an exciting, driving rhythmic force. As the title suggests, the texture of the piece moves from thin and

Sonorous arrangement of the main theme from Gershwin's famous composition. Scored for five mallet instruments, playable with four players.

Scored for bells, xylophone, two marimbas, and drumset, these intermediate ensembles are great for your school program.

This arrangement of the Royal March of the Lions from Carnival of the Animals is for four-mallet instruments with two timpani.

These arrangements of three movements from The Carnival of the Animals are for four-mallet instruments of the players' choosing. There is a flute or recorder part for The Cuckoo in the Deep

Here is a large percussion ensemble for 14 players plus optional bass guitar. It is about the imagery of the giant mass of the earth cascading into the sun and vanishing as if nothing were ever there.

This is a large ensemble piece for seven percussionists, bass, and piano. Starting with a slow section featuring mallet and piano, the piece quickly moves into a danceable calypso with  opportunities

For large percussion ensemble, this colorful work features melodicas, drumming on guitar strings, a full complement of mallet instruments, and a forest of frog guiros. Its title, coined by a two-year-old,

This adaptation of the fugue for full percussion ensemble explores the versatile sonic capabilities of keyboard percussion instruments and creatively incorporates various battery and accessory percussion

This driving work for nine percussionists was inspired by a quote from Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, one of the most important figures in the Nigerian-Biafran War in the late 1960s. Describing his soldiers'

Using common band room instruments, this piece provides an engaging challenge for an older middle school or a younger high school percussion octet. Each player requires a strong sense of rhythm and dynamic

Vector is written for keyboard percussion and electronics. The keyboard percussion parts are of easy to intermediate difficulty, with most of the challenge coming from ensemble timing and

Although not programmatic in nature, Magic takes its title from the concept of magic as a powerful and unknowable force coupled with the awe and potential fear that may be felt in its

In this work for 16 percussionists, the composer was inspired by a child's musing on the secrets hidden behind the night sky. Cygnus X-1 was the first object generally considered to be a black hole, one of

The three movements of Concerto for Piano and Percussion Ensemble were influenced by the neoclassical music of Igor Stravinsky, the impressionistic style of Claude Debussy, and the whimsically

The German word for "play," Spiel is titled to highlight the fun and playful nature of the piece as well as the prominent voicing of glockenspiel throughout. Using boomwhackers, the performers add

Scored for a balanced ensemble, this piece utilizes passages in both major and minor modes and shifts frequently between time signatures. A work with driving energy throughout, but one that also captures

Scored for percussion quintet with optional offstage performers, Thundersnow is mysterious, mesmerizing, bold, but also extremely delicate at times, much like the storms themselves.

Dedicated to the composer's young daughter who is fascinated with everything in the night sky, StarDancer alternates between light-hearted, spinning dances and more raucous, foot-stomping

A nod to surf music made popular throughout Hawaii and Southern California in the 1960’s, Cowabunga Rock provides developing performers the opportunity to play both mallets and drums.

Get Hyped! allows students to explore a variety of timbres on flexible instrumentation. While keeping the rhythmic content simple for individual players, the sounds of the ensemble coming

Imminent Launch is a fun and accessible piece for developing percussion ensemble. Its cinematic action paired with constant groove will hit all the right buttons for students and audience.