13 Morceaux is a wonderful set of three selections from the original collection of solo piano pieces by Sibelius – Etude, Carillon ("Bells") & Humoresque....
from Quatre Pièces Caractéristiques, Op. 5, No. 2
Caprice à la Boléro combines a driving rhythmic undercurrent with lyrical melodicism, and as a marimba duet...
Style: Percussion, Chamber
Arranger / Composer: Schumann, Clara; Blessinger, Martin
Based on a twelve bar blues and built on syncopated melodic ideas that build in intensity when layered on top of each other, Crank It Up is a riff-based swing...
Burladingen beim ersten Schneefall ("Burladingen upon the first snowfall")
Commissioned by the Brian A. West TCU Percussion Orchestra for their performance at...
Set in four movements – Legend, Satiesque, Spanish Dance, and In Moto Perpetuo – Legend Suite is a lovely intermediate duet for clarinet and marimba that...
Melisande's Death is the final movement of Sibelius' beautiful eight-movement tone poem Pelleas et Melisande, op. 46. This passionate and sorrowful music is...
Style: Percussion
Arranger / Composer: Sibelius, Jean; Gipson, Richard
This tour-de-force for solo 5-octave marimba features ever-changing complex meters and moods. Blessinger utilizes the full range of the instrument, showcasing...
A Simple Prelude is a short work written for the wedding ceremony of my friends Darrin and Julie May Hicks, to whom the piece is dedicated. This prelude exists...
A Simple Prelude is a short work written for the wedding ceremony of my friends Darrin and Julie May Hicks, to whom the piece is dedicated. This prelude exists...
It just so happens that "Supertoots" is the nickname we gave to our youngest daughter Gabby who is a budding young trumpet player (10 years old at the time of...