SKU: A0.1019790

A snare drum piece that is rhythmically flashy with rudimental fills. Skat drum is great for solo festivals and competitions as well as recitals. .

SKU: A0.935385

One Hour to Madness for percussion septet.                            by Dan Heslink

From its opening motto to its bold closing summation, One Hour to Madness explores a high degree of musical energy. The title is loosely inspired by Walt Whitman’s marvelous poem, One Hour to Madness and Joy (Leaves of Grass). The music presents a dark and exciting expression couched in pervasive contrapuntal development. A high degree of dissonance is contrasted with the second theme’s clear Bb major tonality. The work’s contrapuntal nature is distilled into a fugato in the second half.

 Predominantly a mallet ensemble composition, scoring is for orchestra bells (2 mallets), xylophone (2 mallets), vibraphone (4 mallets), 3 marimbas (each with 2 mallets) and timpani. The timpani part is best performed on the standard set of 4 drums (23-24, 25-26, 28-29, 32-30). The marimba 1 part requires the standard range of 3 ½ or 4 octaves; the marimba 2 part can be executed on the standard 4-octave instrument by omitting a few octave doublings, or on a 5-octave instrument if one is available; marimba 3 requires a 5-octave instrument.

 The composer assigns a difficulty level of advanced. It will serve any concert or recital very well. Audiences and performers alike will enjoy the flashy passage work and musical impetus afforded by One Hour to Madness. Duration is 3:41. The composer, Dan Heslink, can be contacted at dan@dheslink.com.

SKU: 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, cabasa

Be sure to check out my other small ensemble arrangements here on Sheet Music Plus, and thanks for taking a look!

SKU: A0.1032541

This classic song by The Beach Boys was arranged for the early to intermediate percussion ensemble consisting of 6-7 players. This arrangement contains all of the features that make this song unique and exemplifies the brilliance of Brian Wilson's compositional style. It stays true to some of the original song's melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic complexities which not only challenges the performers, but also gives the piece authenticity that your audiences are sure to enjoy!

SKU: A0.777077

A traditional Appalachian fiddle tune arranged fir steel band that showcases the tenors and a wash board player.  A great audience pleaser and fun piece to add to any concert or recital program.

SKU: A0.927492

5 part orchestral mash-up arrangement of Build Me Up Buttercup and Sweet Caroline. 
Arranged for a steel drum orchestra but can be played by any orchestra with 3 treble clef and 2 bass clef instruments. Enjoy!

SKU: A0.939373

Stardust Inferno is a soca written for a steel band with the following instrumentation: Lead (Low C), Double Tenor, Double Seconds, Cello, Bass, and Drum Set. The motives found in this were written on a lead pan first, and then added variations and a solo section. The bass voices have a time to shine with their own melody, the double tenor and double seconds add harmony, and the drum set has group hits written in, rather than having a repeated pattern with slash notation on top. This was a fun piece to write, and is one of my favorites in my works for pan!

SKU: A0.967041

Percussion Ensemble for 7 players: Bells, Vibes, Marimba (2 players), Chimes, Timpani, Bass Drum, Crash Cymbals, Suspended Cymbal. Parts and score.

This is the first movement, Sunrise.