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A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo
for mallet ensemble
by Felix Mendelssohn, arr. Brian Slawson
Level: Med-Advanced
Personnel: 12 Percussionists
Our price: $40.00

Description:

Mendelssohn composed the incidental music for Shakespeare’s "A Midsummer Night’s Dream" at the behest of King Frederick of Prussia while serving as music director at the Academy of Arts in Berlin. Now, Brian Slawson brings forth a brilliant percussion arrangement of the “Scherzo,” a movement that underscores the antics of Puck, a clever jokester in the magical world of...

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Alborada del Gracioso
Alborada del Gracioso
for percussion ensemble
by Maurice Ravel, arr. James Ancona
Level: Advanced
Personnel: 9 Percussionists
Our price: $45.00

Description:

This percussion ensemble arrangement of Alborada del Gracioso recreates the colorful and vibrant work of Ravel's original. Originally written in 2001 and premiered by the Santa Clara Vanguard percussion ensemble, this arrangement will challenge performers and engage audiences with its accessible Spanish flair.

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Blade
Blade
for solo multipercussion
by Benjamin Finley
Level: Advanced
Personnel: Solo Percussionist
Our price: $16.00

Description:

Blade is a multipercussion solo that requires coordinated independence relentlessly! Written for an abbreviated drumset (played while standing) and complemented by three semi-resonant metals of the performer's choosing, the piece uses a series of hemiola-driven rhythmic gestures to weave a complex tapestry of percussive sound.

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Blue Motion
Blue Motion
duet for multipercussion
by Stephen Whibley
Level: Advanced
Personnel: Percussion Duo
Our price: $30.00

Description:

"Blue Motion" is an exciting new piece for percussion duo by British composer and percussionist, Stephen Whibley. This piece received an amazing response from a packed house at Maraca2's PASIC performance in 2009.

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Colossus
Colossus
concerto for timpani
by Eric Rodis
Level: Med-Advanced
Personnel: 8 Percussionists
Our price: $40.00

Description:

Colossus features a timpani soloist with accompaniment from seven percussionists. The timpanist is featured both in a melodic role as well as in a more primal rhythmic role. This is a great showpiece to feature the timpanist in a way not often achieved. The piece also won 3rd prize in the Percussive Arts Society composition contest in 2002.

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Compound Autonomy
Compound Autonomy
for percussion ensemble
by Jim Casella
Level: Advanced
Personnel: 15–17 Percussionists
Our price: $50.00

Description:

Odd meter, ostinato-driven work for larger ensemble (15-17 players) that explores mathematically overlapping patterns in 7/8 time. Requires groove, balance, and strong ensemble timing skills.

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Concerto in A Minor
Concerto in A Minor
“Allegro” from Concerto for 4 Harpsichords & Strings (BWV 1065) mallet sextet from “Bach on Wood”
by J.S. Bach, arr. Brian Slawson
Level: Med-Advanced
Personnel: 6 Percussionists
Our price: $35.00

Description:

This “Allegro” is from Bach’s Concerto for 4 Harpsichords & Strings (BWV 1065). . This sextet arrangement for "Concerto in A Minor" has been heard worldwide on the popular CD, "Bach on Wood" which helped garner Brian Slawson a Grammy nomination of “Best New Classical Artist.”

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Conversation
Conversation
for two tambourines
by Bobby Lopez
Level: Med-Advanced
Personnel: Percussion Duo
Our price: $20.00

Description:

"Conversation for two tambourines" is a fun duet for headed tambourines that showcases techniques (both commonplace and otherwise) often found in orchestral tambourine playing.

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Crosswalk
Crosswalk
for percussion octet
by David Reeves
Level: Med-Advanced
Personnel: 8 Percussionists
Our price: $40.00

Description:

Written for eight players, "Crosswalk" uses fairly standard “western” percussion instruments commonly found in the average high school’s percussion inventory. Each player has a pitched instrument and four non-pitched surfaces.

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Cyclone
Cyclone
for percussion ensemble
by Jim Casella
Level: Advanced
Personnel: 12 Percussionists
Our price: $50.00

Description:

Inspired by true accounts of a friend's recent expedition to Mt. Everest, this aggressive composition by Jim Casella depicts both determination and danger. It features a quartet of marimba players who play on two marimbas that face each other and backed by seven multipercussionists and piano.

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