Percussion Ensemble Quintets

A Lion Dance is a traditional dance form found in Chinese culture and other Asian countries. Skilled performers mimic a lion's movements in an ornamented costume. Lion Dances are performed throughout the

Here is an advanced work for percussion quintet. It employs an arsenal of non-pitched instruments and a variety of tuplets that blur the ever-changing meter.

Equal parts groovy and contemporary, Persistence uses a diligent 16th-note rhythm on a metal pipe throughout much of the piece. Five players navigate through an array of changing accent patterns

Rhythmically involved with tons of clever interplay, Vesuvius will engage your audience from the first note to the last. The piece is set for five percussionists.  The setups are small and

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

This piece makes use of common percussion instruments to explore various Brazilian styles. Students will learn how the syncopated rhythms complement and interact with each other. Perfect for concert or

Post-Sunrise is a flowing, post-rock-style quintet scored for glockenspiel, suspended cymbal, vibraphone, two marimbas, djembe, and ankle bells. The work was composed during the summer of

Named after a large-scale industrial sculpture by Richard Serra, Tilted Spheres is a powerhouse unpitched percussion quintet that takes listeners and performers on a sonic journey through many

Tom's Tool Shed is an educational composition intended to teach the application of simple rhythmic combinations to beginners while learning to perform on nontraditional instruments. A tribute to

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

The Timpani Stomp is a powerful quintet written for four timpani, one player each drum plus one player on bass drum and snare drum. Unique!

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 quintet is scored for field drum, four concert toms and splash splash cymbal; field drum and bass drum; field drum and cowbell; field drum and timbales; military bass drum and hi-hat. It is based on

A work simply intended to explore shaken instruments within the percussion family in a chamber setting, Shake is a perfect change of pace for percussion ensembles. Appropriate for run-out concerts,

A classic Leroy Anderson piece newly arranged for percussion quintet! Scored for three xylophone "soloists" and two accompanying marimbas, this medium level ensemble will be a great addition to any

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!

Lattes on the House is an introductory piece written to teach the application of beginning rhythms to a percussion ensemble. Written for three sizes of conga drums along with claves and tambourine,

The Sharpend Stick is a Native American war song and dance that is in the fish-step style. It is said that the popular 1920's dance craze the Charleston was derived from this dance.