A classic percussion ensemble piece scored for eight or nine players.  It is melodically driven giving it big audience appeal, and short in duration making it easy to program.

Simple, playable melodies and a Bossa groove combine to form this crowd-pleasing percussion sextet. It is scored for two unspecified mallet instruments, claves, bongos, two timpani, and suspended

A fast and furious quartet for non-pitched percussion. It is in a straight military feel comprising blazing sixteenth notes and driving syncopation.

The melodies of Orentale by Thomas O'Connor work charmingly around the familiar pentatonic scale. The timbres created by the accompanying timpani and battery color the melodies simply and