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.

Percussion Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.935392 Composed by Dan Heslink. Contemporary. Score and parts. 23 pages. Pharaoh Publications #6203899. Published by Pharaoh Publications (A0.935392). Sharks’ Teeth, a Game for any Number of Percussionists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dan Heslink Sharks’ Teeth is a musical game, or contest, between two or more percussionists. It is based on rhythm, and can therefore be executed on any combination of indefinitely-pitched percussion instruments. Its execution relies on guided improvisation governed by preconceived thematic material and manners of elaboration. In addition to the two or more contestants, another musician functions as a Game Meister (GM) who controls that game’s progress and evaluation. Enclosed are the game instructions for a contest of guided improvisation, and a notated example for two percussionists and Game Meister, Shark’s Tooth. This score can also be played on recital. After reading the contest instructions, the composer recommends that contestants next play the notated example before attempting the game through improvisation.  Besides being fun to play, this game is also an excellent tool for fostering concentration, musicality, memory and an understanding of musical structure. The composer, Dan Heslink, assigned a difficulty level of medium, and can be contacted at dan@dheslink.com.

Percussion Ensemble - Digital Download SKU: A0.952664 Composed by Christopher Shultis. 20th Century,Instructional,Standards. Score and parts. 74 pages. American Composers Alliance Inc. #4613527. Published by American Composers Alliance Inc. (A0.952664). A collection of early works and writings for various ensembles (mostly centered around percussion) as collected by the composer.Musical Works:1. motion/less for percussion solo2. Oneiro for percussion trio3. 64 Statements re and not re Child of Tree for solo percussion and audio tapes4. Pastorale for solo percussioin and Dancer5. Friends, for piano, crotales, and narrator6. Three Short Pieces      i. Five, brass quintet      ii. Four interludes from Downward Facing Dog, for piano solo      iii. For Frank Bowen, solo flute7. Decline of the West, for female narrator and all-male heavy-metal band8. Metaphysics, for spoken voice and boom boxes, requiring 7 assistants9. Faith, for voice or any instrument10. Hope, for hand percussion, guitars, and voices (Version 2 of Decline of the West, when performed as part of the opera, Faith, Hope, and Love11. Love, for Seven Performers12. Do something/Do something else, for any number of performers13. Gesturing hands, for solo theremin14. Blindness, for solo marimba15. Written on the body, for musicians and dancersTexts:1. Synesthesia and the Re-integration of the Senses2. Experiment and Revolution, a primary role of percussion in American music3. The Politics of Improvisation

Percussion Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.978096 By Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra. By Moises Simons. Arranged by Idalmo Santos. Contemporary. Score and parts. 15 pages. Idalmo Santos #5803133. Published by Idalmo Santos (A0.978096). Arreglo para 3 trombones y 1 tuba o trombón bajo y percusión. Incluye una parte para suelos de improvisación. Diviértete jugando con tus amigos.Arrangement for 3 trombones and 1 tuba or bass trombone and percussion. Includes a part for improvisational soils. Have fun playing with your friends.

Percussion Ensemble - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.797628 Composed by Jeremy Barnett. Contemporary,Instructional,Rock,World. Score and parts. 15 pages. Jeremy Barnett #3453873. Published by Jeremy Barnett (A0.797628). Hit & Miss by Jeremy BarnettFor 4 (or more) drummersInstrumentation - 1 drum of your choice per playerThis short and fiery work is ideal for your junior/beginner ensemble. Players will love the irresistible groove and interlocking patterns, as well as be challenged by syncopated rhythms and stick coordination. There is also a chance for improvised solos which allows yet more fun while stimulating the players musicality. Parts can be easily doubled to allow for ensembles of bigger proportions.

Percussion Ensemble - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.884306 By Bob Marley. By Bob Marley. Arranged by Aaron Ziegler. Reggae. Score and parts. 27 pages. Aaron Ziegler #3925255. Published by Aaron Ziegler (A0.884306). This arrangement of Bob Marley's hit Satisfy My Soul is a fun chart for all of the members of the band. It also features an improvised solo section to feature your tenor and/or double tenor section. The improvised solo section can also be omitted if the members of the band are not yet comfortable with improvising. A video of this arrangement is available on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9fsVp67f1U Difficulty: Early Intermediate For more information about the arranger please visit: www.AaronZieglerPercussion.com 

Percussion Ensemble - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.884312 By Benny Goodman. By Louis Prima. Arranged by Aaron Ziegler. Jazz. Score and parts. 32 pages. Aaron Ziegler #4350391. Published by Aaron Ziegler (A0.884312). This arrangement of Benny Goodman's classic Sing, Sing, Sing will be a blast for the whole band. With the melody spread around the ensemble, and a written soli with the option for improvised solos, everyone gets a chance to shine. For more information about the arranger please visit: www.AaronZieglerPercussion.com .

Percussion Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.884296 By Earth Wind and Fire. By Al McKay, Allee Willis, and Maurice White. Arranged by Aaron Ziegler. R & B. Score and parts. 20 pages. Aaron Ziegler #3915919. Published by Aaron Ziegler (A0.884296). This arrangement of September will be a favorite of your band, and your audience. Each part is fun and interesting to play, and there is space for improvised solos. This arrangement can be heard on YouTube at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RH0J5xKcnIo  Difficulty: IntermediateFor more information about the arranger please visit: www.AaronZieglerPercussion.com .

Percussion Ensemble - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.793951 Composed by Ivana Tuskan. 20th Century,Instructional,Jazz,Latin. Score and parts. 13 pages. Ivana Tuskan #4615285. Published by Ivana Tuskan (A0.793951). Dear music teachers! What is the best way to learn music? Let your students use their fingers, foots, cheeks, hands and knees, or use some instruments by playing this fun music pieces. This PDF file contains 3 Rhythmic Rondo's (music form with A B A C A sheme) with Swing, Bossa Nova and Tango rhythmic patterns. You can use whole piece or just a theme, while episodes can be improvised by soloist. Fulfill your music classroom with joy, fun and creativity! Sincerely, Ivana Tuskan The sound sample is an electronic preview of 3 Themes. Level: early intermediate or intermediate.

Percussion Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.890311 Composed by Tyler Swick. Instructional,Jazz,Latin,World. Score and parts. 6 pages. Tin Can Publishing #2964213. Published by Tin Can Publishing (A0.890311). Use this lead sheet to add an improv  driven piece to your concert!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oOOhbjGaWA

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 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.899162 By Bobby McFerrin. By Bobby McFerrin. Arranged by Ricardo Matosinhos. Jazz. Score and parts. 32 pages. Ricardo Matosinhos #5723941. Published by Ricardo Matosinhos (A0.899162). This is a well known piece by Bobby McFerrin. Here presented on a music arrangement for unconventional music instruments. The arrangement allows flexibility, so this piece can be performed using tuned bottles (25cl, 33cl and 75cl), lip whistle, finger snaps, complemented with xylophones and optionally with voices to sing the lyrics too. This arrangement was made during the 2020 quarantine, when the world was shutdown due to a world virus pandemic. Some of the music students didn’t have their music instruments at home, so this arrangement came up to fill that gap and it is perfect to keep doing music with the available option of instruments.On each rehearsal letter, you can play optional improvisations, while keeping the voices 5-8. These improvisations can be easily done using the C major pentatonic scale or the note ranges presented on the right, that even include E♭ and B♭. If played using lip whistle, bendings will be possible too. This arrangement presents 8 voices and an alternative solution for voice 8, that makes it easier to be performed as it is the place where bottles are divided between the players. There is also an optional bass line to complement voice eight one octave bellow. In order to keep it simple, neither dynamics or articulations were included and the notes were represented always in the middle octave in G clef. The correct pitch ranges are presented in the performance notes.The amount of water will change the pitch differently depending if you are blowing or doing percussion on a bottle. When blowing, the more water you use, the higher the pitch will be, but while doing percussions more water means lower pitch. A good option, in order to save time during rehearsals, is to fill the bottles with water, marking the level with a pen, and then filling the bottle with the desired amount of hot wax instead of water. This way, when the wax cools down you can have a tuned bottle without requiring to tune it again every single rehearsal. Please note that the bottles should be made of glass and that different aspects change the performance. For percussion, straight bottles are better to tune as the curves in the bottles tend to produce unstable pitches. The extreme notes of the range might not be available in every single bottle, so you might need to try some alternatives. For example the high A is available in some beer bottles, while the low G is available in larger 75cl bottles of champaign. Last but not least, this piece should always be played according to Bobby’s motto: dont worry, be happy!I had lots of fun while doing this arrangement, now it’s your time to have fun while performing it!Ricardo Matosinhoshttp://www.ricardomatosinhos.com

Percussion Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.891820 By Bob Marley. By Bob Marley. Arranged by Aaron G. Railey. Reggae. Score and parts. 11 pages. Aaron G. Railey #3897255. Published by Aaron G. Railey (A0.891820). A music legend and reggae icon, Bob Marley wrote many chart topping hits. This arrangement of his famous tune Jamming fills out your steel band's gig list and fits wonderfully on any concert program! Every section gets a chance to perform the melody, the lead players get a chance to improvise, and with an easy to learn form you can repeat it as long or as short as you'd like. Enjoy performing this fantastic arrangement!

Percussion Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.987180 Composed by K. Marschke. Contemporary. Score and parts. 3 pages. K Marschke #2024387. Published by K Marschke (A0.987180). A drum cadence staring snare, tenor (5 drums), bass. Length is 1 min played at 120 bpm. This is challenging and easy to learn so the players could spend little time practicing on it while still giving them a challenge to improve off of.

Percussion Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.584696 Composed by Jeff Tincher. Blues,Contemporary. Score and parts. 20 pages. Jeff Tincher #6019475. Published by Jeff Tincher (A0.584696). Blues in 18/8. That is this composition. A good description of this piece is a structured improvisation-style piece in an odd time signature in the key of D. Right before the key change to B there is a 12/8 measure. At measure 55 there is one measure of 9/8 before we D.C. back to the beginning. There is a lot of glissandos in this piece as well. Hear the full version of composition on Jeff Tincher's For Percussion Quartet CD. Duration = 5:30. Visit my websites: https://jefftincher.wixsite.com/sheetmusic, https://jefftincher.wixsite.com/music, https://www.facebook.com/jefftincherpublishing.