The piece is a celebratory fanfare representing cresting waves, warm ocean breezes, and the flourish of sails along the coastline of Long Beach, California....
Trumpet Feature
With the trumpet and percussion ensemble exchanging and combining in the presentation of rhythmic and melodic ideas, this is an exciting work...
After a free, improvisational introduction with many special effects (bass drum roll inside piano, bowed tam-tam, wire brush on piano string, etc.), the tempo...
This composition evokes the dark, sinister feeling that surrounds Mt. Diablo located in San Francisco. To achieve this feeling, the composition is written in A...
A Dream of Coming Home was created and written for middle school through professional ensembles. Heavily cross-cued, it can be successfully performed with full...
Play Joplin's famous ragtime piano solo on the marimba! Lowry has done a remarkable job adapting the piece, allowing the music to sing on the rosewood bars....
Clarinet Feature
Using traditional percussion instruments, Parker creates a dialogue between the soloist and percussion ensemble that allows each to enjoy its...
Lowry's lovely setting of Greensleeves for solo marimba features a gently undulating sixteenth note accompaniment in the left hand while the right hand plays...
Combining the energy and drive of west African agbadzah drumming with the melodic capabilities of the marimba into a tour-de-force for the solo marimbist,...