Larger Percussion Ensemble Music

Like a Giant Refreshed was written for Dr. Megan Arms, Dr. Julia Gaines, and the University of Missouri Percussion Ensemble and was premiered at the Missouri Music Educators Convention January

Based on the term "minutes to midnight" associated with the Doomsday Clock that has represented probability of the threat of global catastrophe since the late 1940s. It is a fun yet unnerving work for

Doing less with more, Bump in the Night utilizes common non-pitched percussion instruments, including drums and percussion accessories. The rhythm for the entire piece is derived from only three

Isbjerg, Danish for iceberg, comes from both the imagery of what it might be like to tour icy waters in an old wooden boat and how small one must feel when, out of the mist, an iceberg appears. One

Grainger tells us that Arrival Platform Humlet conveys the sense of "awaiting the arrival of a belated train bringing one's sweetheart from foreign parts; great fun! The sort of thing one hums to

Percy Grainger's Shepherd's Hey is an iconic work in the Grainger oeuvre, along with Irish Tune from County Derry; Handel in the Strand; Molly on the Shore and

This beautifully lush arrangement of Song to the Moon from Dvorak's opera Rusalka is designed to be performed without soprano soloist. However, if you have voice faculty or a guest artist

Here is a seasoned piece for ten players. Portico is an early of example of a piece for "percussion orchestra," meaning the battery works as almost a separate orchestral section from the

A reflective slow opening gives way to a joyful samba in this exciting work for 9 players that was selected as a Reviewer’s Choice by Instrumentalist Magazine.

Traveling Music is a theater piece. It combines humor, sight, and sound into a package that transcends the concert music genre. An imaginary journey that explores the music of the planet Earth, the

Written as an exercise in duality, Two Face contrasts simple and compound through use of tight unisons, layered grooves, and split rhythms. It has triumphant melodies and a clever structure that

Inspired by a quote from Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale Thumbelina: "The witch smiled and returned to her garden of weeds," this piece is an attempt to reconcile and contrast the imagery of

Rodgit (soft G when pronouncing as in Roger) was a wonderful cat and special family member to Joseph Earp. His name was made up by his son, Jackson. PURR-snickety was written in memory of Rodgit

Here is a virtuosic solo for marimba with percussion ensemble accompaniment. It has a Latin flavor with an addictive, heavy groove throughout. Every member of the accompanying ensemble will have as much fun

Gino's Playground is, with reference to the title, a fun, playful piece for young percussion ensembles. It incorporates light melodies in the mallet instruments, stately, march-like support

Unique in its use of timbre, groove, melody, and counterpoint, Gene Koshinski's Rattle the Cage is a modern day tour de force for percussion ensemble. Utilizing the primary instrumentation of 3

I Ching is a set of variations for large percussion ensemble based on concepts from the ancient Chinese book of wisdom by the same name. The I Ching derives from the polar concepts of Yang, the