Inspired by two dance forms, the waltz and the polka, Two Dances requires subtlety and technical control of the snare drummer. Excellent choice for a contest or audition!

The challenging Octave Etude and Etude in Thirds that make up this set are excellent material for technical development and performance.

This familiar piece by Frederic Chopin is transcribed into a comfortably playable solo for two-mallet keyboard percussion with piano accompaniment.  

A study in marimba textures and techniques, set as characteristic variations on a charming theme introduced as a gentle tremolando chorale, Variations and Romp is a virtuoso tour de force.

This is an unaccompanied work for advanced timpanist based on a twelve-tone row. Each variation utilizes four notes from the original row creating sets unto themselves. Compositional techniques such as

Medium-advanced unaccompanied contest solo for snare drum.

This medium-advanced solo for unaccompanied snare drum truly impresses, with a full armory of flashy sticking and clever use of rudiments. It ticks along at 128 beats per minute, mostly in