Here is a tried and true piece for beginning ensemble. Each line is playable by a first year percussionist. The way the lines fit together make for a enjoyably primal piece. Narration provided on

Holy moly is this one fun! All you need is five percussionists, five chairs, a table, some plastic cups, and an audience ready to be entertained!

Appearing on several state and festival lists, El Muchacho Cicno is a complex, high-energy piece for unpitched percussion and timpani. It blends Latin and orchestral percussion timbres to

This drum-battle-style snare drum quintet is the pure definition of intense! Loaded with flash but still accessible to a high school ensemble. The piece simply refuses to be forgotten!

Here is a rhythmically driven work for advanced mallet quintet. The piece is primarily in 5/8 with the focus on the eighth note, but shifts frequently to other meters. Accents and ostinato

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

Made famous by the film The Firm, this piece composed by Dave Grusin and arranged by David Steinquest gets all ten toes tappin'! It is scored for two vibraphones, two marimbas, and

Ludwig van Beethoven's instantly recognizable work for piano is beautifully arranged here for mallet quintet. Your audience will love it!

This highly visual, highly entertaining piece by Chris Crockarell is scored exclusively for painter's supplies.  

Written for pens, spiral notebooks and coffee mugs, Plentia Pens is as much a comedy sketch as it is a concert piece. The piece, however, does not want for chops and creativity. Do you know

For 4, 8, 12 or 16 voices, and one extremely self-confident rock 'n roll air drummer!

This audience pleaser by Dan Moore answers the question, "Can a trash can be elegant?" Pun intended, yes it can. The piece contains all the street-level timbres of a trash can ensemble with