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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Novelty piece with a rock groove and bluesy elements throughout. Many opportunities for improvisation for all players involved.Grade Level: 2 Copyright: 2000...
Ecologists refer to the term Prevernal to describe the period of late winter that transitions into early spring. This is the mood and atmosphere depicted in...
Opening with a brief rubato jazz ballad, the piece then moves into a samba feel before returning to the ballad again. Pedal and mallet dampening are indicated...
Steppin’ Out With Poppy was inspired by the composer's black Spoodle, Poppy, who at the time of writing was three years old and quite mad! Poppy loves to go on...
