Here is an advanced two-movement work for four timpani. Both airs have a dance-like quality with sections that alternate between mallets and hands, along with glimpses of excerpts from famous Classical
This is a delightful four-movement suite of Baroque dances for intermediate timpani. Dwayne Rice has taken great care to make the timpani as melodic and musical as possible. Perfect for an undergraduate
Rob Parks titled Blue Steel after a steel drum group he played in at the University of Kentucky, and the musical inspiration is easy to hear. The piece uses calypso rhythms, steel drum "strumming"
First place winner in the 2015 PAS Composition Contest, Copper Wired is a powerful work for solo timpani and electronics that was partially inspired by Edgard Varèse's Poem
Sections alternate between 4/4 and 6/8 in this lively solo by Steve Riley. Very tonal setup of F-C-D-F.
Elemental Dances was composed as a way of exploring the practicality of literature utilizing five timpani as a solo instrument. The intense three-movement work is based on several segments of
"Fear cage" is a term used by paranormal researchers to describe a confined space with high electromagnetic field readings. In these areas, one who is sensitive to such phenomena can feel uneasiness,
Here is a snare drum and timpani duet from one of the greats! John H. Beck's Four to One delivers with decisive, military-like writing that creates an atmosphere of intensity and power. The
Gray 102 is a timpani solo for four drums which features subtlety as its core. Through the use of quiet dynamics, short melodic motives, ringing chords, and a nod to funk-influenced bass lines, the
Brian S. Mason chose the title Hot Tubs in reference to "tubs" as a slang word for timpani, picked up as a freshman in college. The word "hot" references the nature of most of the piece: powerful,
Improvvisato Contrasto is intended to be performed as if being improvised. It is through composed and used subtle changes of color and tempo to find its expression. 1st place winner of the 2010