Texas UIL Instrumental and Ensemble Percussion Ensemble Class 3

A quartet for mallet instruments and toms inspired by the music, chanting, and energy of the 2017 Women's March. Each member of the ensemble has the opportunity to play both a mallet instrument and toms.

"Asante" is Swahili for "thank you." Written for the developing percussion ensemble, this groovy and fun piece will introduce young percussionists to syncopated melodic rhythms. Flexible mallet voicing

Basic Lit is an easy-difficulty percussion ensemble piece for beginning percussionists. Focusing on the technique of the most common percussion instruments, this four-part, non-melodic ensemble takes young

The referee monitors the Battle Royale between two teams. This piece requires each team to work together to create a monstrous sound and battle out their rhythms. Which team wins? You decide!

Adapted from the first movement of Outback Suite for four-octave marimba, Boomerang has been expanded here for percussion ensemble. It begins with driving rhythms reminiscent of the

Written for a developing percussion ensemble that is ready to explore a deeper level of musicality, this piece serves to teach simpler rhythms and note patterns while giving listening responsibilities to

This work is intended to be a beneficial piece for the young percussion ensemble. If certain instruments are not available, suitable substitutes may be used. It is desirable to perform all four pieces in

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

Here is an entertaining yet flexible piece for your young percussion ensemble! It is quirky, awkward, and odd - as in a spoof on what it means to be graceful. Appropriately, throughout the piece,

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.

The Jivaro are an indigenous people of northern Peru and Ecuador, living in the tropical rainforests where the Andes mountains meet the Amazon headwaters. This piece celebrates their culture, from exploring

Take your percussionists on an adventure to the mysterious and uncharted reaches of the galaxy. Challenge your young percussionists to create and display a spectrum of unique and otherworldly timbres. The

Ready Player 4 is a collection of quartets designed to elevate the playing level of your percussionists by introducing students to ensemble playing as well as several new techniques, like thumb

Red Koi was written using the minyo scale found in Japanese music, such as gagaku and shomyo. The snare drum and tom part was written to emulate basic

Your developing percussion ensemble needs this piece for their next concert! Full of intrigue and texture, it brings handclaps, snaps, and instruments together to create a Brazilian and Cuban-inspired

Originally for bells and vibraphone found in Duology, Daughtrey's collection of duets for young percussionists, Sea of Tranquility has been expanded here for full percussion ensemble. Much

SoCal Gal is a Soca-style tune for young percussion ensembles. Inspired by the songs of Trinidad and Tobago, this ensemble is very playable and tons of fun for both audiences and performers and a

This lively piece is great for developing percussionists to perform together. Written for four performers, it passes motifs between members while using an ostinato rhythm to hold everyone together. This is

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

The slow and melodious nature of this arrangement really show off the expressive qualities of the instruments. Perfect for any level of mallet ensemble.

Demonstrating an extreme economy of space, Tight Quarters is scored for four players on a single shared xylophone, with an optional glockenspiel part playable by one to three players, again on a