Here is an elegant work in ABA form. The A portion is melodically driven and features the marimba. The B section is all drums, making the center of the piece louder and more primal. A

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

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