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A powerful and exciting work for 4 percussionists. One of Cirone's most popular ensemble pieces due to its playability and audience appeal.

John O'Reilly and Mark Williams understand the needs of young musicians and offer this fine collection of ensemble pieces to give your beginning band students something they'll love to play! It's an

Here is an exciting book of duets, trios and quartets for flexible instrumentation that correlates with Accent on Achievement, Book 1. Use these ensembles to develop confidence in young players and

Composed specifically for the developing middle school and high school percussion ensemble, this composition presents healthy challenges in the areas of dynamics, playing drags or ruffs consistently and in

Antiphon is a piece for 10 percussionists scored as a double percussion choir. As the title suggests, the composition centers around the rhythmic motifs being played in in a call and response style

Specifically designed to correlate with Book 1 and Book 2 of Alfred's Basic Band Method (or any other standard band method), these are excellent supplementary books which include both

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.

This catchy and inspired composition by jazz musician Bela Fleck, has a simple melody which encapsulates the folksy sound of Americana  Scored for nine performers playing bells, xylophone, two

A blue book is a booklet used by college students to answer test questions or write essays. The Blue Book is designed to provide music suitable for contest, audition, technique development, and

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

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

Primal rhythms, eerie effects and a driving 12/8 groove are the backbone of this large ensemble piece by Chris Crockarell. The perfect way to put some mojo on your program!

Here is a duet for snare drum and tenors by one of the genre's most prolific composers.  Terrific for contest!

Here is a tried-and-true old-school classic! Scored for seven players, Encore in Jazz has catchy melodies, a smooth swing feel with sets and kicks in all the right places, and

At the core of Escape Artist is a funky groove. From this groove, younger students will have the opportunity to hone their timing skills along with rhythmic accuracy playing the four most common

Fifteen easy solos for young musicians. Each part book comes with online access to demonstration and play-along recordings, which can be found on the publisher's website. A piano accompaniment book is

The Final Pursuit is awesome! Beginning with a quiet largo, bursts of rhythm lead to a the body of the work which is driving and uptempo. Scored precisely to give developing ensembles a more

The ensembles are written for six players and structured so each player is given the opportunity to play battery percussion, timpani, mallet percussion and hand percussion instruments. Set-up guides and

It's time to stuff that stocking with a festive collection of nine Christmas ensemble pieces! These holiday treats will put a smile on every face in the auditorium, mall, cafeteria, or wherever you decide