Percussion Ensemble Quintets

LD Smooth is a fun, energetic piece for percussion quintet by Wesley Denkins. Heavily inspired by Rock music, this work aims to challenge developing percussionists in a chamber music setting.

Quintessential Quintets is a collection of three drum-oriented pieces for 5 young percussionists. Using a bit of flexible instrumentation, these works will help student grow as musicians while

Prism Schism is an extremely flexible piece that helps students explore the sonic possibilities of the modern percussion ensemble by encouraging them to choose instruments that work well together

Chris Retschulte takes advantage of the timbral spectrum of mallet percussion to create an effective setting of Beethoven’s wildly famous Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor, better known as Fur

This piece in a rock-Latin style for 5 players is nothing short of hip! The melody works itself into a passage of sweet interplay between the mallet instruments and timpani. The middle section

Using traditional instruments available in most high school band rooms, David Long created a wonderfully effective piece for small percussion ensemble. Brief slow and free introduction, followed by a fast

This hybrid march/Latin quintet is scored for marimba or xylophone; bells or vibraphone; guiro and maracas; snare drum; and bass drum. An optional string bass part is also included.

An intermediate quintet for non-pitched percussion and two timpani. The bulk of the piece is in a march feel but switches to a rock groove as it cruises to the end.

Here is a great old-school percussion quintet! Though the piece is scored for unpitched percussion plus timpani, the rhythms function melodically helping to give the piece its solid form and

This quintet scored for concert percussion is a repertoire staple!

This stately quintet calls for snare drum, tambourine, field drum, suspended cymbal, bass drum, bells, triangle, and timpani. Perfect for the developing ensemble!

An appropriately spooky staple of percussion ensemble repertoire. Scored for 5 players and an array of instruments.