Change My Medicationis a fun 4-mallet piece inspired by the music of Thelonius Monk that flirts with the octatonic scale. There are opportunities for...
Cloud Dance is a stunning and engaging work that begins by emulating the sounds of rolling thunder, falling rain drops, and gently stirred wind chimes in a...
Drum Set Feature
In addition to the large collection of percussion instruments, there is soprano sax, flugel horn, trumpet, tenor sax, bass, and piano in this...
Robert Ambrose beautifully transcribed Max Schonherr's arrangement of Joseph Hellmesberger Jr. arrangement of Gypsy Dance from the ballet The Pearl of Iberia....
Style: Concert Band
Arranger / Composer: Hellmesberger; Ambrose, Robert
This 2-1/2 minute piece is a salute to the famous honky tonk piano artist “Meade Lux” Lewis. It is based on the blues scale, uses the standard 12-bar blues...
(I Will Keep Quiet)
Extracted from Renaissance composer Gesualdo’s Fourth Book of Madrigals, Io Tacerò was originally scored for five voices. Ambrose has...
Originally composed for full orchestra and inspired by heavy metal music, Metalfare is a 1-1/2 minute is a burst of energy from start to finish, featuring the...
Ever wonder what goes through a performers mind during a classical percussion ensemble performance? Find out with 'Not Just Another Finale', where the daydream...
Exciting jazz vibraphone feature with long sustained melodies over an undercurrent of syncopation. Chord symbols are provided for those daring enough to...
Inspired by and based on the ubiquitous Fibonacci sequence, A Page from the Book of Nature is a reflection on the crossroads at which the deep relationship...