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A snare drum solo for competition or recital. A study in odd meter and accents the solo’s last section in 7/8 is a real challenge. Accent This! will work on a modern field drum or on a

Johnson is one of the Big Three of ragtime, along with Joplin and Lamb. This piece in the style of an 1800s fox trot.

Here is a large percussion ensemble for 14 players plus optional bass guitar. It is about the imagery of the giant mass of the earth cascading into the sun and vanishing as if nothing were ever there.

This arrangement of the theme from Emile Waldteufel’s Les Patineurs, op. 183, is for three players. A mini-lesson is included that explains glissando techniques and double

This piece is written for marimba with piano accompaniment. The two mallet solo utilizes the entire range of the marimba and is scored for 5 Octave with an alternate part for smaller instruments. The

The Chorus of Bells, from Leoncavallo’s Il Pagliacci, is an arrangement of the vocal chorus of townspeople on their way to vespers before a night at the traveling show. Little do

This is a large ensemble piece for seven percussionists, bass, and piano. Starting with a slow section featuring mallet and piano, the piece quickly moves into a danceable calypso with  opportunities

An elementary quartet for snare drum, two High Toms, Two Low Toms and Bass Drum.

Reading and musicality studies in the form of duets from Al Payson, Principle Percussionist emeritus of the Chicago Symphony. Mr. Payson has arranged these novice to intermediate duets so they can be played

Great first mallet book by the percussionist emeritus of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Revised and updated with 59 downloadable play-along tracks.

This movement from Camille Saint-Saens' famous piano duet is scored for bells, xylophone, three marimbas, and timpani.

Friday's Cascara is an excellent unaccompanied three-mallet solo written for the developing marimba player. The piece opens with a short section that calls for playing on the instrument's

Gray Fox Rag adds Ryan Garner's own flavor to the genre of ragtime. However; like the gray fox itself, the piece is not what it seems. The piece explores some odd phrases of seven bars as well as a

Composed for five multiple percussion set-ups. Mixed meter and tempo throughout. Challenging and interesting work for intermediate to advanced percussionists

A challenging collection of contest solos by one of America’s best known composers of rudimental snare drum music.

Oriental is part of Don Larsen's Danzas Espanolas. These are arrangements of pieces composed by Enrique Granados between 1892 and 1900. They are among his earliest

In the key of D, this arrangement will also work on any mallet instrument combination. Some meter variation and well placed dynamics make this an interesting piece to teach as well as play.

Here is a method utilizing advances in technology and tuning gauges to help a percussionist become a competent timpanist for a band or orchestra in a short amount of time.