Sheet Music Playlist

An advanced vibraphone solo with a 'jig' feel in 12/8 time. Pedal and mallet technique are emphasized in this rolling and angular melody. Performance time ca 3'

This transcription of Chopin's famous prelude, op. 28, No. 4 by John Godoy is an ideal choice for an expressive legato solo.

This four mallet piece for unaccompanied vibraphone is a great recital or contest selection for the intermediate player.

This cakewalk for the beginning, 2-mallet keyboard percussionist can be performed on xylophone or marimba.

As the title suggests, accents as well as dynamics are the emphasis in this short contest solo for two pitched drums (snares, tomtoms or rototoms).

It is the intent of his number to use the various techniques of playing cymbals that the drummer would be called upon to perform in symphonic band or orchestra literature. Instruments: suspended cymba...

Written to be musically awarding to the average 8th-grade student or enthusiastic 7th-grader, this composition is based on the music and sounds of Japan, though it is not a transcription of any partic...

Multiple Percussion Solo: triangle, wood block, tambourine, suspended cymbal, and 4 tom-toms. 'Nomad' is a short solo jazz march for multiple percussion of medium difficulty. Percussion details: trian...

This composition for seven percussionists requires the following instrumentation: Tambourine, Snare Drum, Field Drum, Suspended Cymbal, Crash Cymbal, Bass Drum, and Timpani

Rondo for percussion septet was written while Donald Gilbert, a student of William Schinstine and William Sheet, was attending the Eastman School of Music. Instrumentation: I. Triangle, II. Tambourine...

Momentum, commissioned by the National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors, is an advanced percussion octet, with each musician on one instrument for the entirety of the piece. The...

This collection of Three Asiatic Dances is written for six players. Instrumentation: 2 triangles, 2 suspended cymbals, orchestra bells, chimes, five automobile brake drums (cow bells, steel drums, iro...

This collection of Three Asiatic Dances is written for six players. Instrumentation: 2 triangles, 2 suspended cymbals, orchestra bells, chimes, five automobile brake drums (cow bells, steel drums, iro...

A percussion piece for 10 players, 'Antiphon' divides the musicians into two choirs. Aside from timpani, all other parts consist of unpitched drums including snare drums, tom-toms, bass drum, bongos,...

This advanced percussion quintet explores multi-meter, improvisation and quick intrument changes. Instrumentation includes: timpani (5 drums), low tom-tom, timbales, snare drum, bongos, bass drum, tam...

A three movement piece for five players on mixed percussion. Instrumentation includes: Two marimbas, vibraphone, bells, triangle, snare drum, two tom-toms, chimes, timpani, bass drum, gong, hand cymba...

The title of this 3-movement work for percussion quartet indicates the intention. The first movement is contrapuntal (fugal), featuring multi-pitched sets of drums imitating and interacting with each...