Murray Houllif: spartiti medio

Written as a complement to 'Contest Duets For Intermediate Snare Drummers', this grade 3-4+ collection includes stylistically diverse classical, jazz, funk, and ethnic material. The duets are suitable...

The gaiety and charm of the ragtime era are ever-present in this grade 4 arrangement of the Scott Joplin classic for common mallet instruments (xylophone, vibes or bells, and 4-octave marimba w/option...

This piece, written for mallet percussion quartet (bells, xylophone, vibes and marimba) was written to reflect the composer's impressions of three South American countries: I. Peru, II. Argentina, and...

Grade 5 Features Drum Set Solo (Unaccompanied)

In our Ensembles Without Instruments, this jazzy quartet featuring vocal sounds, hand clapping, finger snapping and other body percussion sounds pays tribute to the legendary bebop drummers Max Roach,...

This colorful arrangement for common percussion instruments features all the excitement, mystery, ferocity and sweetness of the great orchestral original by Modest Moussorgsky. Changes in dynamics mus...

The wild west lives on in this portrayal of cowboys on horseback galloping allegro vivace to catch up with their runaway herd. All three parts call for hand claps, tummy and thigh pats, and foot stomp...

The syncopated, accented rhythms in this swinging trio emulate the drumming style of the legendary Gene Krupa. Audiences will be dancing in the aisles as hand claps, foot taps, vocalizations, and thig...

Contents: I. Mountain Song and II. Rosewood Forest

A convincing performance of this medium-tempo march depends upon the ability of the players to observe the ebb and flow of dynamic changes throughout. The D.C. al Fine in bar 56 means that the opening...

Featuring a variety of common percussion instruments, this programmatic work is a convincing and colorful portrayal of life in the Old West, complete with cowboys, galloping horses, a saloon, and the...

Written in a rollicking 6/8 tarantella style, this accessible Luigi Denza work is a perfect choice for grade 3 mallet players searching for a solo to perform on a concert, recital, or festival program...

Grade 5 Features Drum Set Solo (Unaccompanied)

In this fun-for-all quartet for finger snappers, hand clappers and foot stompers, old-fashioned square dance rhythms reign supreme. Even the characteristic rhythms of hoe-down fiddling are included, g...

This grade 4 septet in 3/4 time presents God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen in a Medieval style, and We Three Kings Of Orient Are in a 'Coltranesque' jazz style.

This lively Latin piece is for percussion septet with electric bass. Instrumentation: Bells or vibes, marimba or xylophone, 2 tom-toms, woodblocks/cowbell, claves/tambourine, high-hat, snare drum/bass...

This lively Latin piece is for percussion septet with electric bass. Instrumentation: Bells or vibes, marimba or xylophone, 2 tom-toms, woodblocks/cowbell, claves/tambourine, high-hat, snare drum/bass...