Percussion Ensemble - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1321460 Composed by Kathrine Kennicott Davis. Arranged by William R Parker III. Children,Christmas,Holiday. 3 pages. William Parker #909919. Published by William Parker (A0.1321460). This is a fun piece for Elementary School drums. Using the glockenspiel, resonance bells, boom whackers, hand drums, tambourine, and triangle, students will be able to work together to play a holiday classic at an acheiveable level! The piece is only 32 bars but can be easily modified to fit your needs. If you want it longer... repeat. If not, than play it as is. There is a spark in the eyes of students when they realize that they are working as a team to make a song come to life. Please enjoy!!

Percussion Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.977040 Composed by Paul SanGregory. Contemporary. Score and parts. 18 pages. Distant Engraver Music #3539349. Published by Distant Engraver Music (A0.977040). (For this piece, both score and parts are included in a single PDF file.)This quietly beautiful music began as a simple piano piece in memory of the composer’s late wife. Because her ‘English’ name, Sansan, sounds like the number 33 in Mandarin Chinese, the piece is based on the numbers 3, 33 and various multiples of them. The numbers were used to shape all aspects of the music, but in performance the piece still flows simply and naturally. It is technically not difficult for performers, but they do need good ears for color and balance, and they must work carefully as an ensemble. Instrumentation:Perc. 1: vibraphone and crotales (or glockenspiel)Perc. 2: vibraphonePerc. 3: Marimba (with low C)

Percussion Ensemble - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.942726 Composed by Frank Pugh. Standards. Score and parts. 24 pages. Frank Pugh #6018905. Published by Frank Pugh (A0.942726).  I wrote Nuevo-Nueve for an ensemble of nine new first-time percussion students.  Nuevo meaning new or different, and Nueve meaning nine, seemed to be a good title for the piece.  Going along with the concept of nine, the song is written in nine bar phrases and has a total of 99 measures as well.  It uses simple and repetitive patterns to introduce students to the instruments that are utilized in the piece.  Out of the nine students that I originally wrote it for, six were wind players and the other three had never read music.  They had great success with it (and a lot of fun, too!).     The first four parts are all listed as generic mallet parts, and all work pretty well with whatever mallet instruments that you have available.  Part 3 and 4 double each other, but part 4 is in bass clef.  They are written on the same sheet.  If you have the equipment for it, I recommend the following instrumentation: Part 1:  bells or marimba Part 2:  vibraphone Part 3:  marimba Part 4: (optional, bass clef, doubles part 3):  bass guitar, keyboard, or mallet controller Part 5:  hi-hat cymbal, suspended cymbal, mounted tambourine Part 6:  guiro, castanets, maracas, two pitched toms Part 7:  drum set Part 8:  suspended cymbal, china cymbal, splash cymbal, triangle Part 9:  concert bass drum, cabasaBe sure to check out my other small ensemble arrangements here on Sheet Music Plus, and thanks for taking a look!

Percussion Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.784338 Composed by Joshua Hauser. Instructional. Score and parts. 38 pages. Slide Ride #5288673. Published by Slide Ride (A0.784338). 1 Octave Scale Studies in 15+ keys for 4-part ensembles of like or mixed instruments If this is your first exposure to these scale studies, you are in for a treat! Donuts, if you make a mistake!The initial incarnation of these studies were written for trombone quartet and we would play them in the Tennessee Tech Trombone Choir with the challenge that whomever made the first mistake had to buy donuts for the rest of the ensemble. Since then I have brought that version to several clinics and warm up sessions. One time before I got to explain the title, a fellow trombone professor said, Oh, I get it! Don’t step in the holes!I only wish I had thought of that myself... Since we have one of the best donut shops in TN here in Cookeville, treating the studio to sugar coated goodies was always my intent.As with those initial exercises, you can vary these as much as you’d like.·     Choose a tempo.·     Choose a dynamic.·     Choose an articulation/style.One way I like to play these is to have one person be the model, playing the entire scale over and over while everyone else plays the fragmented versions. That helps everyone to keep on track and stay in time. Double or triple up the parts for ensemble cohesion with a larger group.Practice one key, gradually speeding it up to improve fluidity, or choose a variation and take it through all keys, playing version A, B, C, or D then skipping to play the same set in a new key.If you want an additional challenge, play them in different octaves or change the key. Play the F Major set in f minor (all forms), different modes, etc. Players really have to be on their toes to remember if they are playing melodic minor in the ascending or descending form! For jazz players, try swinging them in dorian or mixolydian modes.The variations are endless!If you are using these with transposing instruments, 1) is F Major in Concert Pitch, 2) is Bb Major in Concert pitch, and so on. When you reach a scale that is enharmonic for another key (Db/C#, Gb/F#, or Cb/B), they are presented in both keys for each instrument so Trumpets can play in Eb while the Flutes are playing in C# with similar examples for all keys.All Donut Etudes with the same volume number are compatible so you can play them in mixed quartets or large ensembles with one or more instruments/people on part 1 and a different instrument on part 2, etc. Since the quartets are all identical, conductors/coaches can use any of the scores to tell which part should be playing at what time. Once you have played a scale with one set of parts, everyone can rotate to a different part and play the same scales again!Enjoy!

Percussion Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1033123 Composed by Joe Kost. Rock,World. Score and parts. 2 pages. Joe Kost #6718221. Published by Joe Kost (A0.1033123). 8 player percussion ensemble that shows off the players ability to count, improvise, and play complex rhythms. Tribal Dances passes solos around to give an idea of a tribal dance and then they all come together to improvise 4 bars. .

Percussion Ensemble - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.958089 Arranged by David Moraga Jr. Contemporary. Score and parts. 51 pages. David Moraga Jr. #3396847. Published by David Moraga Jr. (A0.958089). There is another score that I have on here called Someone Watching Over Me and they are the same music but this is is a lot easier that that one because I don't want to discourage anyone for buying my music ( Middle School A Class ).

Percussion Ensemble - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.939357 Composed by Adam Grim. Concert,World. Score and parts. 15 pages. Adam B. Grim #2885497. Published by Adam B. Grim (A0.939357). Start Over Soca is a soca that features the quick hands of the lead players. Many notes are repeated to create a falling or rising effect. The moving bass line will surely sound solid and the cellos and double seconds will have a fun time with the short features they get in the transition sections of the piece. In the middle, there is a false ending, which starts the beginning over again and plays a modified finale (Hence the Start Over Soca). 

Percussion Ensemble - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.919377 Composed by Pam Smith. Contemporary. Score and parts. 25 pages. P Smith #3585363. Published by P Smith (A0.919377). Inspired by Drum Line, I wrote this piece to be played on Buckets. (i went to my local supermarket to get some of their flower buckets, they are stronger than ordinary plastic buckets). It is a visual piece as well as rhythmic and lasts for around 3 minutes.

Percussion Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1024744 Composed by Mykola Leontovych. Arranged by Matthew Kimbley. Christmas,Concert. Score and parts. 35 pages. Matthew Kimbley #4855163. Published by Matthew Kimbley (A0.1024744). Carol of the Bells. When most people hear that, they think of handbells. But why not use a glockenspiel (also known as orchestral bells)? Matthew Kimbley, when arranging this popular Christmas carol, chose to do that very thing. Add a marimba, vibraphone, chimes, wind chimes, temple blocks, two triangles, sleigh bells, claves, and bass drum, and you have an exciting arrangement of Carol of the Bells for ten-player percussion ensemble.This piece is about three and a half minutes long, and is perfect for school functions and Christmas events. This piece can technically be played by as few as five percussionists, although it is intended for ten. It is an exciting start or finish to any concert, and is great for students and professionals alike. It is written so that it can be played at nearly any speed, so it can be adjusted based on how advanced the ensemble is.This piece is fun for the audience as well as the performers!This includes the conductor score only.

Percussion Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.939365 Composed by Adam Grim. Rock,World. Score and parts. 30 pages. Adam B. Grim #4780705. Published by Adam B. Grim (A0.939365). Steel Jam is a hard rockin' steel band chart that brings metal to the ensemble! I listen to metal and hard rock, and love steel band, so I figured the best way to combine them is to do this kind of piece. It involves a solo section (with a short written solo for a lead player if they do not want to improvise), and a soli bass section that really lays down the bass!I hope you enjoy!This is for a more experienced steel band!

Percussion Ensemble - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.767897 Composed by Traditional. Arranged by Yvonne Johnson. Children,Folk,Instructional,Standards. Score and parts. 19 pages. Yvonne Johnson #2891245. Published by Yvonne Johnson (A0.767897). 2 well known traditional folk tunes arranged for Orff ensemble. The two pieces have been arranged to follow each other but they could also be played as separate pieces.

Percussion Ensemble - Digital Download SKU: A0.926229 Composed by Christian McNally. Contemporary. Score and parts. 15 pages. Christian McNally #33765. Published by Christian McNally (A0.926229). This is a piece for 10 players of varying abilities. A short bossa nova with a nice groove that gives players of a lower ability to play in an ensemble with a higher standard player. It has a small open section for players to take a solo should they wish and at the discretion of the conductor.

Percussion Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.945646 Composed by Nancy J. Brammer. Christmas. Score and parts. 10 pages. Nancy Brammer #6064617. Published by Nancy Brammer (A0.945646). Love at Christmas is an arrangement for mostly tuned percussion including, Xylophone, Marimba, Piano and Sleigh Bells accompanied by Guitar. The words are included if they were needed for display during a program.  Or a singer could sing the melody along with the xylophone and marimba.

Percussion Ensemble - Digital Download SKU: A0.936886 Composed by Oswaldo Hernández Otero. Arranged by Oswaldo Otero. 20th Century,Contemporary,Pop,Rock. Score and parts. 33 pages. Oswaldo Otero #6100067. Published by Oswaldo Otero (A0.936886). This is a sad ambient composition, originally intended for voice, but ended up doing a little ensemble. It is basic to medium level for musicians. They can try playing it with a children's orchestra.

Percussion Ensemble - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.811252 Composed by Antonio J. Garcia. Contemporary,Jazz,Latin,World. Score and parts. 119 pages. Gordon Cherry #6549777. Published by Gordon Cherry (A0.811252). Two Dreams for Trombone and Percussion EnsembleDr. Justin Alexander (Director, VCU Percussion Ensemble) invited me to create a piece for trombone and percussion ensemble that had roles for more- and less-experienced players so that they could mix within the performance. I so enjoyed composing and performing this work. He estimates the overall difficulty grade of Movement I to be a three on a five-point scale and Movement II to be a four, with a grade four for the overall piece; but some players’ parts (within the eight total in the percussion ensemble) are indeed easier.The two Movements are approximately five minutes each.The first Movement  Bilita Mpash (An Amazing Dream) calls for (1) shekeré/guiro; (2) 5-octave marimba (shared with...); (3) 5-octave marimba (shared with previous); (4) claves/drum set with mounted cowbell; (5) bell/mounted cowbell/congas; (6) hi-hat/suspended cymbal; (7) bass drum; and (8) four toms/maracas.The Second Movement (Running with the Tigers) calls for (1) xylophone; (2) vibraphone/glockenspiel; (3) 5-octave marimba; (4) drum set; (5) shaker/samba whistle/congas (opt. voice); (6) triangle/bell tree/hanging bells/agogo bells (opt. voice); (7) bass drum (opt. voice); and (8) Timpani (opt. voice). Pending difficulty levels, the conga and drum set parts can optionally be split among additional percussionists. The score notes offer a stage plot and many rehearsal tips.Bilita Mpash (An Amazing Dream)The 3-2 Rumba Clave anchors this movement, launched by the shekeré. Rhythmic vamps of multiple bars form the landscape over which the trombone’s melody emerges, followed by a move to double-time 2-3 Rumba Clave (with montuno) and back. The trombone soloist improvises without chordal accompaniment for a while so could reflect on the preceding harmonies or instead freely improvise with no concern as to chord changes, while a later section requires improv over chord changes. After the recap, a surprise tag of the ending phrase in Cha Cha sets up the rubato finish. Bilita Mpash (BILL-it-uh m-POSH) is a Bantu term for an amazing dream, a dream so good that it is the polar opposite of a nightmare-a dream in a blissful state where all is forgiven and forgotten2. Running with the TigersThe opening, written-out marimba solo is somewhat of a nod to vibist Gary Burton’s influence in bringing mallets towards the expression of modern jazz. A 9/8 samba-groove (5+4) transforms to 4/4. None of the percussionists have to have a jazz background, though the drum set player would be more challenged if not already exposed to Latin drumming. The improvised solo section could be all solo trombone or could be divided among various performers, including trading. The recap of the tune begins over 5/8 samba (3+2, later 2+3). The closing arrhythmic drum-set solo crescendos as the optional surprise of percussionists’ (or additional) voices sing at the end. The title of this movement refers to a recurring dream my dad would have, as well as to the active movements of my grandson when sleeping in his earliest years.-Antonio J. GarcíaInstrumentation is for:Solo Trombone and 8-part Percussion Ensemble:shekeré/guiro, 2 5-octave marimbas, claves/drumset with cowbell, bell, congas, hi-hat, suspended cymbal, bass drum, toms, maracas, xylophone, vibraphone, glockenspiel, shaker, samba whistle, congas, triangle, bell tree, hanging bells, agogo bells, bass drum and timpani.This rhythmic and dramatic work includes improvisation by the Trombonist. Listen to the brilliant live performance featuring Mr. Garcia and the Virginia Commonwealth University Percussion Ensemble directed by Dr. Justin Alexander.