This programmatic percussion piece is a musical depiction of an encounter between a woodpecker (woodblock) and a lumberjack (guiro). The piece opens by setting the peaceful ambiance of rain fallin...

Cookin’ With Cheese pokes fun at poorly produced TV cooking shows. It starts with a video of a cooking show (as lame as possible, please), is later interrupted by putting a mini-bag of popcorn in...

Using some Latin percussion influence, A Little Spice is meant to be a fun percussion piece for any level of players. Not only do most of the parts get an opportunity to play short solos throughou...

Based on the elements of traditional African music, Nyasa of Tanzania is a fun, polyrhythmic piece that is easy enough for an Orff ensemble to perform. The rhythms sound more complicated than they...

Inspired by the Japanese style of drumming, Jo-Ha-Kyn is a piece your percussionists will enjoy playing. It is based on the ternary structure where Jo is a slow introduction, Ha is a build up of t...

Soliloquy for Anne was originally written for six timpani. Knowing not many schools or band program have access to six timpani, two tom-toms could be used in place of the upper two drums. This is a...

Trash, Scrap N Drivel was written with the intent of creating a fun piece for students to play that a non-musician could easily teach to an eighth grade class with little musical experience and th...

The simple setting of this well known tune was done in my first year of working with the percussion ensemble at a Junior High School. I had quite a few problems finding music suitable for their le...

I wrote this piece with the intent of creating a fun piece for students to play that a non-musician could easily teach to a sixth grade class with no musical experience. It is scored for 4 players...

Wanna have some fun? Of course you do! And there's plenty enough for all in this new adventure for young malleteers. A catchy tune, exotic harmonies and lilting rhythmic grooves will carry you acr...

Simple is best. This ultra cool event for percussion ensemble is a soothing escape from life's complexities. Based on the blues, it has a few harmonic twists thrown in for good measure and... there...

Boomer Blues is exactly what the title states, a 12-bar blues composed for boomwhackers. It is a fun upbeat tune where each player requires only two boomwhackers. After a short introduction, the...

Stick Dance is reminiscent of Canaries, a solo work for 4 timpani composed by Eliott Carter. Like Canaries, this piece is an example of metric modulation, changing tempo using the rhythms present....

Lake Michigan II was inspired by the composer's trip to the western shores of the eponymous lake. The changing of the waves flowing back and forth is evoked by the two-against-three movement of the...

This clever composition would add something new and exciting to your Christmas concert or event. This piece is scored for a variety of mallet players and some toys and would involve at least 8 play...