Mallet Percussion Quartets

There is an Aristotelian notion that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. This is a concept known as emergence. In his quintet Amidst, John Ling has taken this concept to heart,

Changing Winds takes its influence from the turbulence of the fall of 2016. Each player in this quartet has an independent role, and their musical stories develop as the piece progresses. The

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Eine kleine Nachtmusik is a quintessential piece from the Classical period. It combines very stable harmonies with very clear resolutions, a strong sense of melody and

Written for beginning mallet ensembles, so that each student in the quartet can provide a specific function to the whole. The vibraphone carries the melody, marimba players outline the chords and supplies

Originally written for a Taiwanese bamboo marimba called the zhuqin accompanied by two cimbalom players - here, the zhuqin is replaced with a Western xylophone and is accompanied by marimbas instead of

Marimba Quartet No. 2 is a bright, energetic piece by Christopher Bradford. This work is full of rhythmic and harmonic twists and turns that weave an intricate but beautiful web for four players on

Here is a fantastic arrangement of Married Life, the Oscar-winning main theme from Pixar's "Up." Composer Michael Giacchino perfectly captures the sentiment and poignancy of the film's opening

A beautiful and captivating piece that uses only simple elements. When each mallet part is isolated, it is constructed of very simple musical material. However, when, all of the parts are combined, they

This arrangement of Edward Elgar’s Nimrod affords young mallet players the opportunity to experience and perform one of the standard orchestral repertoire's most beautiful and iconic pieces.

Oaxacan Fantasy is a lively and colorful work for marimba quartet inspired by the music of Oaxaca, Mexico. It utilizes simple harmonies, mostly based on the pentatonic scale, in order to capture

This work scored entirely for mallet instruments drives forward with an expressive energy. Grooves in 4/4 frequently alternate with sixteenth-note passages in 7/8, leading to an engaging mix of musical

Arranged here for marimba quartet, the overture to "Ruslan and Lyudmila" is one of Mikhail Glinka's most indelible pieces. In it, he presents two contrasting themes that are developed throughout the work.

The musical material in Samsara takes its rhythmic influence from jazz guitarist Miles Okazaki's debut album, Mirror and minimalist David Lang's famous chamber piece, Cheating,

An energetic and masterful work, this medium-level marimba quartet is strongly written for a circle of marimbas. Additionally, each player is assigned to a differing woodblocks. Instrumentation include two

Upbeat Suite is an arrangement for percussion quartet of three orchestral excerpts that share common rhythmic elements of upbeat, or 2-beat, feels: Dance of the Little Swans by

Originally written in 2017 for a small jazz combo, this piece has been brilliantly re-orchestrated here for four marimbists on two shared instruments, resulting in tighter rhythmic precision and a

This stirring marimba quartet is meant to represent a "choose-your-own audio adventure" rather than any specific fictional creation. The drama within the piece is created through the use of several

Yurikago is a Japanese folk song by composer Shinsaku Kusakawa. In her description of the piece, arranger Rika Fujii states that it is a song her mother used to sing to her as a