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Seldom does the percussion ensemble have the opportunity to perform melodic music of depth, beauty, and sensitivity. A 5-octave marimba is necessary for one player in the ensemble, which is comprised of

An exciting work for younger performers, Battle Scene uses three mallet players and three non-pitched percussionists to weave a description of an imaginary battle. Two-mallet playing is

Nuance abounds in this superlative work for young percussionists. Musicality will take precedence over bombast and reward the players with increased musical skills. A quartet of percussionists using four

Two-mallet playing is all that is required from mallet players in this jubilant work. The single non-pitched percussionist has to carry a triangle beater in one hand along with a snare drum stick, creating

Imagine a tasty Latin groove... in three-four meter! There's enough repetition to make learning the work easy and that infectious groove will have everyone enthralled. A wonderful first published work from

The Mad Hatter is one of Lewis Carroll's most unusual characters from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. At a tea party with the March Hare, the Hatter, and a Cheshire Cat, Alice is bombarded with

Eight players salute the street around which many of our communities began. The work is a celebration of the indomitable spirit with which our communities were built.

The perfect tool for teaching percussionists balance and blend, Seconds in Time is melodic, not "drummy" or bombastic. The work is not overly reliant upon technique, focusing instead on

A work for percussion ensemble of eight or more players (11 is ideal), this work may be utilized indoors or outside. It is visually appealing, musically stimulation, and just down right fun!

A melodic excursion for percussion, the work's primary difficulty is in a mallet switch in the percussion part. The tempo is bright to keep all players on their toes. Solidly and pedagogically

Traveling Music is a theater piece. It combines humor, sight, and sound into a package that transcends the concert music genre. An imaginary journey that explores the music of the planet Earth, the

Written to expose young percussionists to ABA form, easy mallet parts, and delicacy of approach, Winter Warmth  is scored for a large ensemble of ten players. The work sets a