with CD Accompaniment
A fast paced, rhythmic gem. The timpanist has the opportunity to perform complex, strictly metered rhythms as well as some rubato...
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
This challenging programmatic work requires all mallet players to have 4-mallet technique. Set primarily in 12/8 and 9/8, Ridley incorporates hip sounds and...
Granada, the first movement of his Suite Espanola, represents a guitar serenade that is typical of many works by Albeniz in that is suggests, rather than...
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...
In addition to the demonstration recording of this tune, be sure to check out the exuberant video by the composer, Bill Cantos, with his own band. He calls the...
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...
