
Autumn Rhythm is a contemporary percussion quintet written for Kevin Hendricks and the ETSB percussion ensemble. This work focuses on different syncopations and grooves that should layer together to create an interesting sonic experience. This work is scored…
Style: Percussion
Composer: Steven Wimberley
Publisher: C. Alan Publications

Slow introduction moves into a faster groove section. This melody-driven piece works as a wonderful introduction to complex meters. The majority of the piece is in 4/4, 5/4, and 6/4, but 5/8 bars are interspersed through the final sections of the piece.…
Style: Percussion
Composer: Tom Morgan
Publisher: C. Alan Publications

Awake is a groove-oriented piece about coming alive, existing, and finding oneself. It explores texture and meter amongst a mostly consistent pulse and simple recognizable melody that pervades the work.
Grade Level: 5 Copyright: 2022 Number of Players: 5 Type…
Style: Percussion
Composer: Austin Franklin
Publisher: C. Alan Publications

We all struggle to find the inner peace of our soul. Our everyday struggle through the busy traffic of our lives makes it difficult to tap into this inner peace. This piece chronicles the challenge of our quest for quietness and calmness in our life.Program…
Style: Brass, Percussion, String
Composer: David R. Gillingham
Publisher: C. Alan Publications

Opening with a short rolled mallet section, this piece quickly moves into a fast and rhythmic romp for the entire ensemble. Memorable melodies are masterfully accompanied by an underlying pulse in the battery.
Grade Level: 3 Copyright: 2000 Number of Players…
Style: Percussion
Composer: Steve Riley
Publisher: C. Alan Publications

These special arrangements for percussion ensemble, featuring traditional carols and modern seasonal favorites fully arranged for 8-12 players, have become standards for Christmas programs throughout the country. The full compliment of keyboard instruments,…
Style: Percussion
Composer: Mack Wilberg, L. Rogers, Richard Gipson
Publisher: OU Percussion Press

Carribean-flavor piece. Works great as a novelty closer on a percussion ensemble concert or on a full-blown steel drum band concert.
Grade Level: 3 Copyright: 1993 Number of Players: 7 Duration: 4:45 Type: Septet
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Style: Percussion
Composer: Phil Hawkins
Publisher: C. Alan Publications

In a display of percussion virtuosity, Axiom goes through many style, meter and texture changes. The piece borrows its shifting and changing time signatures from odd-meter progressive rock - even fully giving in to a common time backbeat.Program NotesAxiom…
Style: Percussion
Composer: Eric Thomas Rath
Publisher: C. Alan Publications

An axiom is a statement or proposition which is regarded as being established, accepted, or self-evidently true. Open your next recital or concert performance with this bold piece that includes fanfare gestures, strong themes and contrasting lyrical music. A…
Style: Brass
Composer: Larry Clark
Publisher: Excelcia Music Publishing

Spanish for the color blue, Azul is a two-movement work that explores the contemplative mood of the vast icy-blue glaciers of Antarctica (with the harsh, metallic sounds of crotales and vibraphone) and the infernal unpredictability of sapphiric flames (with…
Style: Percussion
Composer: Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher: C. Alan Publications