Blake's Intermediate Snare Drum Contest Solos won high praise from Percussive Notes. With the Advanced volume, Blake has provided interesting material for the intermediate to advanced high school

A delightful set of programmatic works that achieved standard repertoire status almost instantly when it was first transcribed 25 years ago. Shorter sets can be selected from the 12 in this collection and

Marimba music doesn't get much heavier than the second half of this set. Even the light and simple movements such as Soldier's March and Wild Rider have a certain Germanic seriousness.

An evocative short, somewhat virtuositic work which is great as a change of pace in a recital program or as an encore. Programmatically, it depicts the flight and demise of a butterfly.