3x3 is a percussion ensemble for young players written as a fast scherzo. The title comes from the fact that it is a work for 3 players with 3 instruments each. Beyond this, it is
A powerful and exciting work for 4 percussionists. One of Cirone's most popular ensemble pieces due to its playability and audience appeal.
A Cricket Sang and Set the Sun by Blake Tyson is a beautiful, lyrical piece for solo marimba. The opening passages of the piece ebb and flow and create a very reflective mood.
Aboriginal Dreams is a multi-movement work beautifully scored for 13 players. The first movement, Ritual, is introduced with powerful triplets and works into a sixteenth feel often
A single motif guides the melodic and polyrhythmic development of a dreamlike musical journey. In this mallet quintet written by Mo Longo, Adrift a Luminous Sky unveils five independent parts which unite to
According to Sir Isaac Newton, aether permeated all of space and was the medium which enabled all light and energy to traverse through it. This piece attempts to encapsulate this concept through the
Does your audience want a good show? Of course they do! Scored for drumset and as many plastic and metal garbage cans as you can find, this piece by Ed Argenziano seriously
Featuring nine pieces, each playable on cajons, congas, djembes, or any combination of the three, All Hands on Deck is a flexible collection of hand drum ensembles that is ideal for many different
Advanced marimba solo with a catchy ostinato and an infectious calypso groove.
Quintet for unpitched percussion instruments. It features a large array of concert and marching drums and auxiliary percussion instruments. The piece is set up in such a way that the performers face inward
Alternate Realities is a wonderful choice for middle school ensemble! After a quickly building intro and trade-off section between mallets, battery, and timpani, the piece settles
Written for snare drum, kick drum, and hi-hat, Amalgamation features stylistic elements of famed French percussionist Jacques Delcluse and the popular New York percussionist Joseph Tompkins.
There is an Aristotelian notion that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. This is a concept known as emergence. In his quintet Amidst, John Ling has taken this concept to heart,