Catalyst is a fun, challenging piece that requires skill and musicality from all players. It is meant to portray the action of a "catalyst," which can be...
Four Architectures in Normal, Illinois is a dynamic and colorful exploration of "the elements", four adjacent architectural works of art on the Illinois State...
With an incessantly dark, ritualistic quality coupled with a metallic sparkle, Magic takes its title from the concept of magic as a powerful and unknowable...
Nyumbani is a gorgeous three movement (slow-fast-slow) work for solo marimba appropriate for a advanced high-school or college marimbist. Each movement (The...
Ol' Sailors' Legends, for trombone and piano, has a folk vibe and was inspired by reading stories about ocean mysteries, legends and superstitions.Program...
Still a Mystery is a solo vibraphone tribute tribute to the great jazz pianist Chick Corea who passed away in February 2021. In particular, it was inspired by...
for Mallet Quartet
There and Back is a palindromic study in minimalism. This work, an exact palindrome, develops an insistent five-note motif over time (going...
This Dance With You takes inspiration from jazz and minimalism. It is a fragile and intimate duet for piano and marimba, where the instruments alternate roles...
for Soprano and Marimba
Mark Vance has set these three extraordinary Machado poems for soprano and marimba. The combined timbre of the voice and the marimba...
