Southern Music Percussion

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.)

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,...

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...

Originally written in 1925 for xylophone and piano. It is basically a ragtime march, and avoids the elaborate cross-rhythms and sticking techniques popularized by the composer's brother, George Hamilt...

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...

This percussion octet (mixed pitched and non-pitched instruments) for advanced players is a wonderful selection for recital or contest. As the title suggests, each player (or layer) is very independen...

This percussion quartet, written for two snare drums, tenor drum, and bass drum, offers young players the opportunity to showcase their early rudiment skills. It is an ideal choice for contest or reci...

This setting was written for the University of Arkansas Percussion Ensemble. The arrangement provided and expressive and musical challenge for the mallet percussion ensemble. The setting has been orga...

This aggressive, rhythmic percussion ensemble for eight players requires precision and musicality on an energetic level from each performer. Instrumentation includes both pitched and non-pitched instr...

Drumming Together is devoted entirely to interesting duets in a variety of rhythmic patterns. It brings a wealth of material for the intermediate and advanced students as well as professional drummers...

Twenty-six percussion duets of varied difficulty and canonic techniques. Players are encouraged to experiment with various speeds commensurate with their level of accomplishment.

Snare drum solo for concert, contest or recital performance written by the Professor Emeritus of Percussion at the University of Texas.

This snare drum trio is a wonderful selection for young drummers' first contest or recital.

A snare drum trio well suited for beginning level players.

This snare drum solo focuses on stick technique focused on buzz, rolls, and rim shots.

Movement titles: 1. Quartz, 2. Diamond. The performance of this piece requires two snare drums and multi-rods in addition to standard drum sticks.

The accompaniment marimba parts can be performed on two or even one instrument.

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

Scored for chimes, orchestra bells, vibes, and four marimbas. Included songs: Angels We Have Heard On High, It Came Upon a Midnight Clear, The First Noel, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Hark the Herald...

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...

Adventures in Solo Drumming consists of twenty snare drum solos. Each number has been dedicated to an outstanding percussionist who in one way or another influenced the author's percussion development...

The completely new Shinstine-Hoey Drum Method is the result of ten years of detailed experimentation by the authors and many others. The new ideas, fresh approach, addition and changes in the Schinsit...