With spiraling melodic passages and unique color combinations between instruments, Aequilibrium is sure to entrance audiences and performers alike.
According to Sir Isaac Newton, aether permeated all of space and was the medium which enabled all light and energy to traverse through it. This piece attempts to encapsulate this concept through the
This quartet is scored for suspended triangle and small snare drum; wood block and large snare drum; castanets and large tom-tom or field drum; suspended cymbal and bass drum. You and your students will
Originally a marimba and piano duet commissioned by Una Duo, Almost Beyond was inspired by the poem and beautiful watercolor print of the same name by StoryPeople creator Brian Andreas.
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,
The metallic sound of the bells and vibraphones combined with the warm, woody sound of the marimbas expresses the wonder and mysteriousness of the angels who are ever-present in our lives. Fluctuating
A delightful, upbeat work by Claude Debussy skillfully arranged for mallet ensemble by I-Jen Fang.
The title of this work is a reference to the geometric formulas and figures used to spur the rhythmic and phrase concepts. The opening section utilizes phrase lengths based on the Pythagorean theorem. The
Beacons of Light uses a variety of bright, metallic instruments like crotales, sizzle cymbals, and multiple clusters of chimes to represent actual beacons of light. This moving and thoughtful
Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C-sharp minor left a lasting impression on audiences when it was first premiered. It became so popular that it garnered many pseudonyms throughout the world such as The Burning
Scored for four mallet percussion instruments, but each part can be doubled, tripled, or even quadrupled to suit the needs of any ensemble. The mallet parts are accompanied by a rhythm section comprised of
In Black Racer, Brian Blume has crafted an effective piece for intermediate percussion quartets to hone their chamber ensemble skills while communicating intensity and musical sensitivity. Each
This balanced percussion septet pits the keyboards versus the battery instruments. Blazing a trail, it draws inspiration from a Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead
Looking for a groove in 7 with an exotic flavor? Look no further! Complete with layers of splashy metal over tom toms and hand drums interspersed with pentatonic motifs from the mallet
This quartet set for a circle of drums, buckets, splash cymbals, and mixing bowls gets the heart pumping! It is scored to have the players face each other and share the instruments that border their
As the title suggests, Chad Heiny’s Coming of Age attempts to narrate a coming-of-age story where the solo marimba part depicts the main character responding and evolving to an
The xylophone part from Camille Saint-Saens' orchestral work Danse Macabre is one of the most famous excerpts for the instrument. The violin and clarinet parts, among others, also feature memorable
Dark Filaments begins with an explosion from a single point that spins out two threads, a dark pentatonic melody and a short rhythmic burst, and follows as they entwine and change each other as
Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 45 "Farewell" is mostly known for its final movement, during which each musician gradually departs the stage leaving only two players at its conclusion. It was Haydn's attempt to