Percussion Ensemble Music for the Secondary Classroom

Scored for bells, xylophone, 2 marimbas and percussion, these intermediate ensembles are great for your school program. Arrangements of Camptown Races, Home on the Range, Polly Wolly

Haut Metall Holz (haút me'tal holts) is an intermediate-level quintet for percussion. The title comes from the German words describing the three types of instruments used by each of the five

Written for five graduated sounds, this work can be performed on any five graduated items or instruments such as woodblocks, claves, cowbells, pots and pans, bottles, or anything really, as long as there

Also known as a double dream, a dream within a dream, or nested dream, false awakenings are usually vivid dreams in which you mistakenly feel like you’ve woken up, to only realize this too was a dream

Based around a simple, syncopated four-bar rhythm which is offset and layered on itself over and over, this piece attempts to make five percussionists sound like ten. Each player is responsible for at least

Quintet for unpitched percussion instruments. It features a large array of concert and marching drums and auxiliary percussion instruments. The piece is set up in such a way that the performers face inward

Quintessential Quintets is a collection of three drum-oriented pieces for 5 young percussionists. Using a bit of flexible instrumentation, these works will help student grow as musicians while

Lattes on the House is an introductory piece written to teach the application of beginning rhythms to a percussion ensemble. Written for three sizes of conga drums along with claves and tambourine,

Here is a tried and true piece for beginning ensemble. Each line is playable by a first year percussionist. The way the lines fit together make for a enjoyably primal piece. Narration provided on

A classic from the literature scored for two snare drums, tenor drum, bass drum, and timpani.

Here is a great old-school percussion quintet! Though the piece is scored for unpitched percussion plus timpani, the rhythms function melodically helping to give the piece its solid form and