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This piece is an attempt to amplify Mother Nature's eternal melody through a deluge of rhythms and pitches. Throughout the piece, a constant stream of running sixteenth notes juxtaposed with undulating dynamics helps to create the image of running water. At various points the music is tranquil and placid; at others it is tense, loud, and full of motion, just like a rushing waterfall.

Waterfall

Marimba Solo

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Originally written in 1986, Suite for Lounge Lizard by Bob Bollman is an impressive tour-de-force for the advanced timpanist. This piece went on to win Bollman the 1986 and 1987 DCI Solo Competition, as well as the 1989 PASIC Solo Competition. Ever since, it's been performed on many recitals as an unpublished work, and we're now happy to be presenting it in fully-published form!
The suite contains three "acts" of varying character. Act 1 is a catchy, swing-influenced groove loaded with syncopation. Act 2 is a slower, dramatic movement built on a stately 6/8 ostinato. Act 3 is a sprint to the finish line, featuring blazing-fast licks and incorporating the added colors of a cowbell and a China cymbal. All in all, this suite is a spectacle, perfect for advanced players to perform on recitals or contests!

Suite for Lounge Lizard

Timpani Solo

A short, groove-based solo in 3/4 for either 3- or 4-mallet marimba that focuses on double vertical and single alternating strokes on the right hand.

Groove

Scuttlebutt utilizes fairly basic instrumentation found in most band rooms. It relies heavily on a half-time snare backbeat while exploring various syncopated rhythms and triplet figures in the style of electronic dance music. The rhythmic textures are first built from scratch, one layer at a time, allowing the performers to naturally build their ensemble awareness and listening skills. As the piece progresses they are expanded to mini-features and conversational ideas that get thrown around the ensemble in a way that's certain to keep the audience wondering what will happen next! Want fun? Here's a party on the page!
 
This piece comes as a professionally printed and bound score and includes individual parts in PDF format for printing or for tablet viewing.

Scuttlebutt

Percussion Ensemble Score & PDF Parts

As the title suggests, Tomfoolery is a piece that calls for three players with one tom each. It uses hocket rhythms between the players for the main thematic material in the opening and closing A sections. The sandwiched B section features each player in a brief solo, then together in a rudimental unison passage. This piece also involves various extended techniques such as stick clicks, playing on the rims of the drums, and playing on other performers' drums. A great selection for beginning-intermediate percussion ensembles, it will keep performers engaged and audiences entertained!
 
This piece comes as a professionally printed and bound score and includes individual parts in PDF format for printing or for tablet viewing.

Tomfoolery

Percussion Trio Tom-Tom - Score & PDF Parts

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Written to present different technical and musical challenges while keeping playing fun, this book will prepare you for the challenges encountered in band and symphonic literature.  With an inventive sequence of two and four drum etudes, this is a logical and entertaining course for beginning to advanced timpanists.  Divided into three sections, Two Drum Etudes, Four Drum Etudes and Solos, each section progresses from easy to advanced.  A must for the serious percussionist and timpanist!

Pedal to the Kettle

Timpani Method Book

Fuerza Negra by Francisco Perez is a medium-difficulty percussion ensemble tune. The piece is characterized by an unstoppable groove, which draws from the rhythms and harmonies of Latin, pop, and rock music. It's sure to be a crowd-pleaser for any occasion!
Regarding the Spanish title, Perez explains a double meaning. Firstly, it's a nod to the commissioning ensemble's school mascot, the Northwestern State University Demons. Additionally, through the translation "Black strength and energy," it's a humble tribute and show of support for the Black Lives Matter movement.
 
Fuerza Negra ships as a professionally printed and bound score and includes individual parts in PDF format for printing or for tablet viewing.

Fuerza Negra

Rise and shine for Alarm Clock by Kyle H. Peters. Starting the piece with a flourish on notes and brief moments of reflection, Peters expertly captures the essence of the waking up and enjoying the morning. The bustling and weightless nature of the piece paints a clear image of waking up well rested and ready for the day. In the second half of the piece, Alarm Clock transitions into a reflective and playful linear passage that invokes the joy of taking in the early morning hours. To close the piece, Peters sends the performer and audience off to begin their day.

Peters has composed Alarm Clock as a med-advanced piece to focus primarily on double lateral and linear sticking combinations. This provides the performer with opportunities to craft their fluidity and expressiveness across the instrument as they craft musical lines and gestures. 

Alarm Clock is playable on a 4.3-octave (low A) marimbas and works well as a short feature piece for concerts, auditions, or technical study.

Alarm Clock ships as a printed, professionally bound score, and includes individual parts in PDF format for printing or tablet viewing.

Alarm Clock

This original marimba trio is fun, laid-back, and faintly reminiscent of familiar childhood melodies. Played on one instrument, Home by Sundown includes a few moments of choreographed humor among its variety of lilting musical moments. Adventurous performers could choose to make more of these. But be careful! It's easy to lose track of time on this carefree jaunt down memory lane and you don't want to miss curfew!
 
This piece comes as a professionally printed and bound score and includes individual parts in PDF format for printing or for tablet viewing.

Home by Sundown

Marimba Trio Score & PDF Parts

"Your call is important to us." Well, so is your roll quality! This will have your technical difficulties sorted out right away. Scored for full battery (including cymbals!), this parking lot etude relies heavily on the use of hemiola to resolve your issue. When was the last time you repaired your paradiddle-diddles? Better get them up to speed in a hurry, because you're going to need them!

Help Desk

Drumline Score & Parts

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Quintet for unpitched percussion instruments. It features a large array of concert and marching drums and auxiliary percussion instruments. The piece is set up in such a way that the performers face inward toward each other, adding a compelling element of spectacle and choreography to the piece. With nuanced cooperation, ten hands interweave to create multiple rhythmic layers, split melodies, and an energetic, groove-based current of perpetual motion.
 
This piece comes as a professionally printed and bound score and includes individual parts in PDF format for printing or for tablet viewing.

Altered Gates

Percussion Quintet Score & PDF Parts

A dreamy and delicate piece for solo vibraphone. Based on the magical chords of the Tarnhelm theme from Richard Wagner's "Der Ring des Nibelungen," the piece creates a lulling and mesmerizing effect on the listener. This solo is perfect for an intimate concert setting.

Lighthouse

Vibraphone Solo

The Mandalorian arranged by Kirk J. Gay is based on the main theme from the live-action Star Wars television series of the same name. The original score, written by Swedish composer Ludwig Goransson, was birthed through experimentation and improvisation. Goransson discovered the opening theme of the work by playing a bass recorder processed with digital audio effects to emulate a more "futuristic" sound. Throughout the piece, Goransson embodies the spirit of the American Western with earthy textures, ostinato drum patterns, and a nod to the famous whistle from The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, while incorporating science fiction elements with various synthesizers and references to the Star Wars films.

Gay's adaptation for percussion ensemble aims to be a close representation of the original score in its instrumentation, effects, and orchestration. The piece calls for 10 players across commonly found percussion instruments. To fully embrace the science fiction nature of the piece, Gay has incorporated a thunder sheet and waterphone for special effect moments. The Mandalorian is an entertaining and fun addition to any percussion ensemble concert.

The Mandalorian ships as a printed, professionally bound score and includes individual parts in PDF format for printing or tablet viewing.

The Mandalorian

Here is a fantastic arrangement of Married Life, the Oscar-winning main theme from Pixar's "Up." Composer Michael Giacchino perfectly captures the sentiment and poignancy of the film's opening scene with a waltz that, by design, resembles a grandmother's music box. This version for mallet quartet tastefully reproduces the original in a way that today's concert-goers will truly enjoy.

Married Life

Keyboard Percussion Quartet Score & Parts

Kirk Gay brings the soundtrack of Undertale, a hugely popular role-playing video game by Toby Fox, to the world of percussion ensemble with the medley Orchestrations of the Underground. Three themes from the Undertale soundtrack appear including, His Theme, Spear of Justice, and Meglovania. He cleverly weaves these three themes together in one tight-knit, energetic package.
 
This piece comes as a professionally printed and bound score and a set of printed parts.

Orchestrations of the Underground

Percussion Ensemble 9-11 players - Score & Parts

Grooving percussion ensemble piece for 1016 players with Latin instruments and rhythm section. Features flexible part assignments with space for improvisation.

Rush Hour Samba

Percussion Ensemble Physical score and download code for parts

At the core of Escape Artist is a funky groove. From this groove, younger students will have the opportunity to hone their timing skills along with rhythmic accuracy playing the four most common 16th-note subdivisions of three notes. The piece is not only educational, but a lot of fun for the performer and the listener! Enjoy!
 
This piece comes as a professionally printed and bound score and includes individual parts in PDF format for printing or for tablet viewing.

Escape Artist

Percussion Ensemble 6-7 players - Score & PDF Parts

The xylophone part from Camille Saint-Saens' orchestral work Danse Macabre is one of the most famous excerpts for the instrument. The violin and clarinet parts, among others, also feature memorable themes, many of which have been arranged here for percussion ensemble. The xylophone takes the prominent melodic voice while the rest of the ensemble adds color around it, creating a mysterious mood befitting a dance of skeletons on Halloween night.
 
This piece comes as a professionally printed and bound score and includes individual parts in PDF format for printing or for tablet viewing.

Danse Macabre

Percussion Ensemble 8 Players - Score & PDF Parts

The title of this piece is taken from the famous lyric, "like a diamond in the sky" from the children's song Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star. The use of metallic instruments throughout conjures the image of bright, shining stars. The parts are written at varying skill levels to involve players of differing experience and requires simple setups. If desired, the vibraphone and marimba parts can be doubled to accommodate larger ensembles.
 
In the Sky comes as a professionally printed and bound score and includes individual parts in PDF format for printing or for tablet viewing.

In the Sky

This arrangement of Hans Zimmer's score to the film Man of Steel will transport listeners up, up, and away!

Man of Steel

Percussion Ensemble Score & Parts

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