Rain Dance by Alice Gomez has become a popular choice for beginning marimba players. Simple melodic statements make this work a catchy favorite. Beginning 4 mallet marimba players will enjoy the synco...
Movements: I. Mayans, II. Navaho, III. Crow
Written as a tribute to the Army Paratrooper team, this tuneful, mid-tempo march contains interesting parts for each section, with a short drum break before the trio that makes the piece a good choice...
Grade 3.5, Dur.: 04:00
This enjoyable and challenging contest piece for marimba evokes the African Mbira, or 'thumb piano' with its driving rhythmic ostinatos and pentatonic melodies.
This piece for two marimba players challengers the musicians, not with the individual parts, but with the musicianship required to combine the two parts together. Full of hemiola patterns, syncopated...
This mambo is written in 5/4. Instrumentation: Maracas, Claves, Bongos, Congas, and 2 Marimba players (both marimba parts can be played on one instrument.)
This collection of music consists of four duets for small percussion instruments. It has been written with the intention of not only exposing students to various techniques of playing small percussion...
This lively, up-tempo title for mixed percussion octet is a wonderful piece for advanced percussion groups wishing to work on complex and mixed meters. Instrumentation: 1. Xylophone, 2. 1st Marimba, 3...
Movement titles: 1. Quartz, 2. Diamond. The performance of this piece requires two snare drums and multi-rods in addition to standard drum sticks.
A three movement work for vibraphone, xylophone, and two marimbas, this programmatic piece depicts stages of the great biblical flood. Movements are: I. Raindrops, II. The Flood, III. Rainbows
Movement titles: I. Los Gauchos, II. Tususacuy, III. Bailecito, IV. Acelerador, V. Baile Tipico
This challenging piece for flute and three percussionists is in two movements: I. Rivulets II. Restless Cascades Percussion instruments needed: 2 Marimbas (1 may be played on Xylophone), Suspended Cym...
Detailed Instrumentation: SATB Chorus: Organ, 2 Perc., Str
Alice Gomez' 'Etude in d Minor' will challenge the advancing marimbist with multiple compound meters and hemiola patterns.
This collection of three independent pieces for marimba may be performed separately or in any combination that the performer prefers. Titles: 1. Celtic Rondo (two mallets, 2. Marimbula (two mallets),...
Five songs evoking Latin American traditional styles such as the Son, Ranchera and Choro where emphasis is on flute with guitar and other plucked string instruments. Movement titles: 1. El Vaquero (Th...
Detailed Instrumentation: 3.0.3.2: 3.4.3.1: Timp.Perc(3).Gtr: Str
Written during a three-year residency with the San Antonio Symphony from 1993-96. Detailed Instrumentation: 2+1.2.2.0: 2.4.3.1: Perc(4), Str
Detailed Instrumentation: Timpani Solo; 2-2-2-2; 2-2-0-0; Str
This three movement work explores a different rhythmic texture in each movement. The first is a mid-tempo piece with 8th and 16th note syncopations. Movement two is a kind of 'perpetual motion' featur...
A three movement timpani concerto dedicated to former Principal Percussionist/Assistant Principal Timpanist of the San Antonio Symphony Orchestra, Marilyn Rife. Movement titles: I. Spirit Dance; II. A...
