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Beyond Basic Percussion
10 Beginning Percussion Ensembles
by Eric Rath & Ralph Hicks
Level: Easy/Medium
Personnel: 4-10 players
Our price: $89.00
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Description:
A creative, practical, and fun collection of ten beginning-level percussion ensembles with accompanying DVD of multicamera performances, playing techniques, audio files, and more. A wonderful resource for band directors and percussion instructors with young students!
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El Paso Waltz
for mallet quartet
by Brian Slawson
Level: Easy
Personnel: 4 Percussionists
Our price: $30.00
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El Paso Waltz is a quartet written for beginning mallet ensembles so that each student in the quartet provides a specific function. This piece helps young players develop tremolo sensitivity, as well as to encourage eye-contact, body language, and musical communication during slower tempos.
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Fanfare for Percussion Quartet
by Jeffrey D. Grubbs
Level: Med-Easy
Personnel: 4 Percussionists
Our price: $30.00
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Written for minimal instrumentation and maximum effect, Jeffrey D. Grubbs' Fanfare for Percussion Quartet provides an exciting curtain-raiser for small ensembles. Written in 5/4, the themes in this piece are inspired by percussively driven action-adventure films of the past. Kick off your next concert with a bang with this short, yet intricate opener.
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In My Mother's Garden
for vibraphone trio
by by Robert McClure
Level: Medium
Personnel: 3 Percussionists
Our price: $36.00
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Description:
"In My Mother’s Garden," for vibraphone trio, was written to symbolize the organic and peaceful moods and imagery of an English garden. Employing both minimalist and post-minimalist techniques over which the theme is presented and developed, the piece uses bowing techniques to introduce the theme before players switch to mallets.
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Nanafushi
for percussion trio
by Tetsuro Naito, arr. Jeffery Crowell
Level: Med-Advanced
Personnel: 3 Percussionists
Our price: $35.00
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Description:
Powerful trio arrangement of Tetsuro's piece that was originally written for the famous Taiko group, KODO. Jeffery Crowell's arrangement is for western percussion instruments and involves both hands and footwork. Requires physical stamina and intensity.
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Odd Duck
for percussion quartet
by Brian Slawson
Level: Easy
Personnel: 4 Percussionists
Our price: $30.00
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Description:
Odd Duck is a charming piece designed to introduce young players to the concept of odd meters, in this case 5/8, and how they can be broken down into groupings of 2 and 3.
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Rite of Passage
for percussion ensemble
by Jesse Monkman
Level: Advanced
Personnel: 4 Percussionists
Our price: $35.00
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Description:
Rite of Passage is an invigorating ensemble work by noted composer/percussionist, Jesse Monkman. Perfect for advanced recitals and percussion ensemble concerts, it is sure to become the smash hit of your program! This piece is written for solo marimba and three percussionists with multi-percussion setups. It was premiered at Jordan Hall at the New England Conservatory of...
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Scenes from the Woods
for marimba quartet
by Brian Blume
Level: Advanced
Personnel: 4
Our price: $40.00
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Description:
An energetic and masterful work by composer and percussionist Brian Blume, Scenes from the Woods is a quartet written for a circle of marimbas.
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Three Preludes
“Bruyéres,” “Des Pas,” and “Général Lavine” arranged for percussion trio
by Claude Debussy, arr. David Reeves
Level: Advanced
Personnel: 3 Percussionists
Our price: $35.00
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Description:
These beautiful arrangements capture the essence of Debussy's most endearing famous piano preludes. A "chamber" piece in the truest sense, these preludes are written for three performers, and requires the utmost in musical sensitivity. Performers will have to maintain a strong command in understanding when the phrases will ebb and flow.
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Top Tank
for percussion trio
by Brian Slawson
Level: Medium
Personnel: 3 Percussionists
Our price: $22.00
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Description:
"Top Tank" is a rhythmic little piece for 3 players that would be great choice for small groups and a good way to fill space in a concert program with minimal equipment and setup.
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