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Holiday piece written for large ensemble but accessible by a good middle school percussion section. Scored for bells, vibes, xylophone, two marimbas, timpani, snare drum, bass drum, and two auxilliary

Scored for bells, xylophone, two marimbas, and drumset, these intermediate ensembles are great for your school program.

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 piece in the Caribbean tradition affords the ensemble the opportunity to experience the calypso and songo rhythms and improvisation. Scored for eight players and includes parts for any available mallet

This Latin tune is written in the popular Cuban dance style. Scored for eight players: bells, xylophone, marimba, vibraphone, timbales, congas, bass, and drum set.

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

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

For glockenspiel and four other mallet parts. Originally conceived for marimbas, you can use any combination of mallet instruments. There is an optional crash cymbal part included.

Mallet ensemble playing even by rather inexperienced percussionists is an excellent way to develop musicianship and reading skills. This easy arrangement should be very useful for this purpose!

This large percussion ensemble work depicts a carefree time at the beach.  Written for 11 players, this almost six minute work uses a combination of 7/4 and 4/4 meter throughout. A good challenge

Modern work for mallet octet with vibraphones, marimbas, orchestra bells, and xylophones in pairs.

Traditional hymns arranged for percussion septet with optional soprano soloist and chorus.