Meredith Music Publications

An outstanding arrangement for five percussionists and band utilizing keyboard percussion, drum set and auxiliary instruments. An ideal feature number for the high school or university band.

As a reference text, Primary Handbook for Bassoon provides woodwind methods students with a thorough background in all aspects of both teaching and playing. As a teaching method, this book will take t...

57 experts from across the U. S. working as professors, studio teachers, professional singers, choral directors, composers, vocologists, and speech-language pathologists have all contributed to this a...

An invaluable, quick reference tool for any teacher, performer or student of the piano who desires an extensive listing of the most significant works composed for solo piano. Accurate, concise and tho...

This book was designed for use in a one-semester college percussion methods class or as a quick reference for school band and orchestra directors. It provides concise descriptions and recommendations...

This colorful memoir of the great jazz drummer and witty storyteller recounts his life story and career through tributes, recollections and anecdotes - many of them his own hilarious quips - from more...

Have you ever wanted to know the secrets to success of today's top marching bands and drumlines and how they achieve excellence? This extraordinary study takes you onto the practice field, inside the...

Why does that snare drum sound like a cardboard box? Why don't the pedals on the timpani stay in position? What kind of cymbals should I buy for a drum set? Why does the bass drum rattle when struck?...

This timeless treatise on the professional secrets of percussion performance, written by two of America's most outstanding orchestral percussionists, provides the kind of information that - before thi...

A challenging duet in 5/4 time for two advanced performers. An excellent piece for recital or adjudication.

Winner of the 2004 PAS Composition Contest for percussion quartet, this exciting work is another outstanding composition by a highly regarded composer of percussion music. Suitable for advanced level...

Performers and audiences alike will love these four original works for medium-advanced high school or college-level percussion ensemble. Fun to play and exciting to listen to, each piece can be perfor...

Written specifically for young students with basic percussion training, Rondo uses standard percussion instruments found in most schools. Composed by one of today's leading percussion educators and aw...

These pieces offer this often-neglected percussion group musically satisfying and fun-to-play pieces. The techniques required are rudimentary, and the instruments are usually available to the beginnin...

This book examines every aspect of the snare drum roll and provides resources and valuable knowledge for beginners, experienced musicians, and professionals regardless of their skill level. Through wr...

Escapade is a work in four movements based on the Classical 4 - movement symphonic form. Each of the four movements can stand alone and are perfect for recital, auditions or semester exams. Besides ex...

30 Soli für Snare Drum

A collection of fifteen advanced musical duets for performance during recitals, examinations, 'chamber music' portions of band and orchestra concerts, solo and ensemble festivals or simply as a means...

A collection of musically challenging solos and duets. Solos include idiomatic techniques that explore a variety of sound possibilities on snare drum and multiple drums for the intermediate to advance...

The first place winner of the 1989 PAS Composition Contest this five-movement work is of international contest/recital quality.

This outstanding contest solo makes extensive use of dynamics applied to rudimental rhythmic figures. Appearing on state solo lists, Essay has become a standard work for snare drum.

Inspired by Charley Wilcoxon's Modern Rudimental Swing Solos, these 22 original snare drum solos were written for developing students as well as advanced drummers. Each solo combines rudiments with rh...

This is a collection of musically challenging yet practical solos for the mature beginner through intermediate levels. Left pages contain no rolls, right pages utilize rolls - allowing students to exp...

A unique collection of snare drum solos by three of today's most outstanding rudimental composers. Each composer selected his favorite solos from their highly acclaimed publications by Meredith Music....

Guides to Band Masterworks - with downloadable student workbooks - provides band directors with a ready-made curriculum developed to incorporate comprehensive-musicianship training through quality ban...