A charming set of six intermediate level works. The musical style is unique in the marimba repertoire: Soviet influenced pictorialism with an Armenian flavored chromaticism. The languid melody of the first
Beads of Glass is a beautiful tapestry of tonal sounds for five-octave marimba. The work is about eight minutes long and provides the marimba player a chance to showcase the beautiful sounds
The revival of interest in the music of George Hamilton Green can be credited almost completely to the scholarly efforts and xylophone artistry of Bob Becker and the world-famous percussion group, NEXUS.
From the first NEXUS Ragtime album, Bill Cahn has established himself as a great arranger and performer of xylophone novelty music. This composition is arranged to be performed by a xylophone
A fast and furious, almost comical rag by one of the greats - made famous by the Nexus Percussion Ensemble.
Thanks in large part to the efforts of Bob Becker and his group NEXUS, the xylophone rag has earned its prominent place in keyboard percussion literature. Here is one of the greats by the
The theme of this work is based on the music of Astor Piazzolla, but the style is unmistakably Sammut. It requires a five-octave instrument.
This work is an unsung hero of the marimba quartet literature. It has not gotten its well-deserved circulation through the percussion community because it was unavailable for so long. A classic that will
Pulse is a marimba solo with percussion quartet accompaniment. Each accompaniment part calls for several instruments requiring skills in mallet, hand, and battery percussion.
Here is the arrangement Bob Becker made for the world-famous percussion group NEXUS. Since its publication, it has caught the attention of audiences and percussionists around the world and created a
Instrumentation for the percussion quartet is not exactly specified. It is the composer’s intention that each individual group that performs this piece decide to some extent what instruments to play