BEYOND the HORIZON is a set of eight pieces in a colorful variety of musical styles that offers novice mallet percussionists engaging and manageable opportunities to hone their performance skills. Though
Duology is a collection of ten duets designed to give young percussionists the opportunity to grow as musicians by collaborating with friends. The book is divided into four
Dynamic Duos for Drums is a collection that is accessible for young percussionists while being musically interesting for both players and audiences. Through the use of multiple key signatures, time
Dynamic Duos for Mallets is a collection for keyboard instruments (bells, xylophone, vibraphone, marimba) that is accessible for young percussionists while being musically interesting for both
Lullaby for PJ is dedicated to the composer's beautiful baby daughter. Unlike most of the pieces in the Ignite series, this work exposes students to playing delicately at a fairly slow tempo.
Progressive Studies for Snare Drum was composed as a supplement for most beginning to intermediate methods. These studies focus on dynamics, techniques, and expression in a wide variety of musical styles.
Puzzle Pieces is a minimalist work that allows the performers to be part of the composition process. Rather than a traditional score and parts, each player is given three sets of measures and a
Ready Player 4 is a collection of quartets designed to elevate the playing level of your percussionists by introducing students to ensemble playing as well as several new techniques, like thumb
Featuring a healthy blend of infectious drum grooves, unison rhythms, copycat dialogue between parts, manageable syncopated patterns, and a variety of percussive sounds to explore, this material helps new
Everything but the kitchen sink? This piece requires the players to do some of their own scavenging to find and create all of the instruments necessary to perform it. Fairly simple rhythms throughout make
Sea Side Stroll begins with an eight bar percussion feature followed by a simple, yet catchy melody and accompaniment played on mallet instruments. The piece is designed to sound complex
A work simply intended to explore shaken instruments within the percussion family in a chamber setting, Shake is a perfect change of pace for percussion ensembles. Appropriate for run-out concerts,
The slow and melodious nature of this arrangement really show off the expressive qualities of the instruments. Perfect for any level of mallet ensemble.
You need at least 6 players to perform this piece, but this can be expanded to as many as you might want. You have a lot of freedom when performing the piece with repeated sections and instrument
A work simply intended to explore resonant metal, nonpitched instruments within the percussion family in a chamber setting, Ting is an excellent change of pace for percussion ensembles. Appropriate
This delightful musical representation of a casual walk in the park will challenge most beginning ensembles through it's tight rhythmic integration. Like all pieces in the Ignite Series, the instrumentation