Small Ensemble - Digital Download SKU: A0.952919 Composed by Elliott Schwartz. Contemporary. Score and parts. 36 pages. American Composers Alliance Inc. #4627015. Published by American Composers Alliance Inc. (A0.952919). Scored for clarinet ensemble (at least 5 clarinets and 1 bass clarinet), and 2 percussion. PDF download includes score - contact sales@composers.com for any inquiries into part sales or rental.Percussion needed:Perc. 1: vibraphone, suspended cymbal, tubular bells, tam-tam, 2 timpani, marimba.Perc. 2: 3 woodblocks (or temple blocks), 4 tom-toms, triangle, bass drum, glockenspiel, suspended cymbal, snare drum.

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.

2 trumpets, 2 trombones, small percussion, timpani, suspended cymbal SKU: LO.30-1805S Composed by Frederick Chatfield. Choral. Sacred Anthem, Eastertide. Brass & percussion parts. Sacred Music Press #30/1805S. Published by Sacred Music Press (LO.30-1805S). UPC: 000308090703.Suspended Cymbal, Timpani, Tambourine, Triangle, Trumpet 1/2, Trombone 1/2.

By Domenico E. Zarro. 3 players. For timpani, bongos, snare drum, suspended cymbal. Easy. Snare drum, suspended cymbal part. Duration 2'. Published by HaMaR Percussion - Digital

3, 4, or 5 octaves handbells - Level 3+ - Digital Download SKU: C7.CGB991 Psalm 84. Composed by Hart Morris. General. With Snare drum, chime tree, tom toms, suspended cymbal, timpani (G< C< F). Full score. 28 pages. Chorister's Guild - Digital #CGB991. Published by Chorister's Guild - Digital (C7.CGB991). UPC: 749193025086.This original composition opens with a haunting lyrical section employing LVs and fresh harmonies. An energetic and rhythmic middle section employing mallets and several techniques provides contrast before the return to the opening theme. Percussion instruments (snare drum, tom-toms, suspended cymbal, timpani and chime tree) add extra color to the sounds of the handbells, as well as increased rhythmic drive, but they are optional.  The percussion parts are included at the back of the full score.

Alto Flute,Cello,Double Bass,High Voice,Percussion,Piano,Suspended Cymbal,Timpani,Viola,Violin - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1333798 Composed by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz. Arranged by Keith McCauley. Broadway,Film/TV,Musical/Show. 36 pages. Cantus Youth Choirs Publishing #920078. Published by Cantus Youth Choirs Publishing (A0.1333798). Cantus Youth Choirs presents Just Around the Riverbend from Walt Disney's POCAHONTAS. Pocahontas has a sense that something big is coming and must decided between the traditional and safe choice, or to venture off into the unknown. For solo voice, piano, flute 1, flute 2, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass, timpani, suspended cymbal, crash cymbals, and mark tree.

Duet (Handbells) - Digital Download SKU: H1.8348HBDP Arranged by Joel Raney. Moderate Advanced. Piano & Organ Worship Openers. Patriotic, General Worship. Handbell part. 12 pages. Hope Publishing - Digital #8348HBDP. Published by Hope Publishing - Digital (H1.8348HBDP). A magnificent prelude based on popular tunes From Joel Raney, here is a magnificent prelude for piano/organ duet, with SATB choir entering at the conclusion for an optional choral introit. This patriotic montage is packed with memorable heart-tugging emotion, and includes the tunes, Battle Hymn, God of Our Fathers, and My Country 'Tis of Thee. An optional 2nd piano part embellishes this grand patriotic presentation elevating it to even greater heights. Both keyboard parts and a reproducible page of the text for the choir are included. Optional parts include: 3-6 octave handbells with optional 3-5 octave handchimes, 2nd piano, B-flat trumpet and percussion (timpani: B-flat & C, suspended cymbal, wind chimes & snare drum). The Instrumental Parts include: 2nd Piano, B-flat Trumpet, and Percussion (timpani, suspended cymbal, snare drum & wind chimes).

Acoustic Guitar,Bass Voice,Glockenspiel,Suspended Cymbal,Tenor Recorder - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1214314 Composed by Pierre Joseph Arvay. Arranged by Trevor Wharton. 20th Century,Classical,Film/TV. 15 pages. Bumpmusic Editions #811398. Published by Bumpmusic Editions (A0.1214314). Pierre Arvay (1924 - 1980) was a French composer and arranger particularly known in the world of library music. The Merry Ocarina is a charming little piece originally featuring the Ocarina, but in this arrangement replaced by the Tenor Recorder. The interplay between the recorder and glockenspiel provides a contrast in tone and texture and is accompanied in a implistic style by the suspended cymbal, guitar and bass.'The Merry Ocarina' was used to accompany a segment of the British TV children's programme 'Vision On' featuring 'Humphrey', the tortoise.

3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 octaves handbells, glass or shall windchimes, concert bass drum, suspended cymbal, thunder sheet (or thunder tube or tam-tam), and optional 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 octaves handchimes - Level 4+ - Digital Download SKU: C7.CGB1241 Composed by Cathy Moklebust. Christmas-Winter. With optional 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 octaves handchimes. Score. 16 pages. Chorister's Guild - Digital #CGB1241. Published by Chorister's Guild - Digital (C7.CGB1241). Thundersnow is descriptive of a typical snowstorm - the first section is soft, light and Christmasy, but the beauty turns to discord as an impending storm begins to materialize. A blizzard rages, complete with the growls and booms of the phenomenon of Thundersnow provided by percussion. The blizzard subsides, and we are left with the wondrous beauty of perfectly white mounds and drifts of new snow. Malleted bells and optional handchimes are used, and parts for glass or shell wind chimes, concert bass drum, suspended cymbal, thunder sheet (or thunder tube, or tam-tam), and wind machine are included.

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!

2 or 3 octaves handbells - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: C7.CGB497 Composed by Valerie W Stephenson. Christmas. With 2 or 3 octaves handchimes. Score. 4 pages. Chorister's Guild - Digital #CGB497. Published by Chorister's Guild - Digital (C7.CGB497). UPC: 749193012390.The ethereal opening and closing motifs, played on randomly-malleted suspended bells, suggest the mystery surrounding the beginning and ending of life. The music of the stanzas depicts the various stages of life as described in the hymn text. The third stanza is written for handchimes (optional) beneath a descant played with mallets on suspended bells. Mirroring the opening section, the piece grows softer until the final malleted chord. An optional hymn page for vocal soloist is included. If desired, the hymn text may be read by a narrator, beginning each stanza at the places indicated within the score.

B-Flat Trumpet,Choir,Organ,Suspended Cymbal - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1190816 Composed by Friedrich Spee, 1623. Arranged by David A. Riethmiller. Christian,Praise & Worship,Religious,Sacred,Spiritual. 13 pages. David A. Riethmiller #790353. Published by David A. Riethmiller (A0.1190816). An arrangement of LASST UNS ERFREUEN with fanfare for two trumpets, suspended cymbal, organ, and choir/congregation.  The tune first appeared in the Geistliche Kirchengesange in 1623, and updated by Ralph Vaughn Williams in 1906.

Congregation, SATB choir, and organ, with optional brass quartet/quintet, timpani, suspended cymbal, and handbells - Moderately Easy - Digital Download SKU: MQ.60-5010-E Composed by James Chepponis. Pentecost, Thanksgiving, Confirmation, Ordination/Installation. 10 pages. MorningStar Music Publishers - Digital Sheet Music #60-5010-E. Published by MorningStar Music Publishers - Digital Sheet Music (MQ.60-5010-E). English.This hymn concertato on Holst's noble tune THAXTED provides two texts: one by Delores Dufner, OSB, for Pentecost/Confirmation, and Michael Perry's more familiar general text. The opening fanfare and interlude for brass, timpani, and handbells facilitate festive processions, but the piece may be adapted for use with only organ accompaniment. An elegant SATB harmonization of the middle stanza may be sung by choir alone.Instrumental Parts include: Barss Quartet/Quintet (2 Trumpets in C and Bb, 2 Trombones [Horn in F substitute for Trombone I], Tuba, Timpani, Suspended Cymbal, Handbells (2 Octaves).

Full Orchestra - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.533655 Composed by Carson Cooman. Contemporary. Score and parts. 39 pages. Musik Fabrik Music Publishing #3035627. Published by Musik Fabrik Music Publishing (A0.533655). Commissioned by and is dedicated to trombonist Haim Avitsur. Throughout the work, the trombone is placed into a variety of different musical contexts—sometimes with bleakness and sometimes with warmth. The work begins with the tubular bells alone, presenting the principal musical material of the work. The strings enter with a suspended tapestry, through which the trombone plays its opening melodies. In this section, the trombone has a cantorial role—singing and interacting with the orchestra. These opening musical ideas are developed as the trumpet, horn, and clarinet join the trombone in soloistic roles. A signal gesture on the trumpet is heard once, interrupting the tapestry. When the signal is heard again, the music accelerates into the second section. The second section is fast and bell-like as the trombone sings excited lines through ringing masses of sound. Whirring figurations emerge in the winds and are picked up by the strings. The sectiongrows wilder until it climaxes in hammer chords. From this, the trumpet, bells, and trombone emerge—maintaining and propelling the energy of thesection. Gradually, the energy is released, leading into the third section. The third section is chorale-like, combining again suspended sounds in the strings with harmonic motion in the winds in brass. The trombone again plays a cantorial role. A build up of energy occurs at the end of this section, leading into the fourth and final section—the cadenza. The trombone bursts into the cadenza, not with a forceful shout, but with a whisper. The work winds down to its conclusion—without a loss of speed or energy, but rather by the increase of silence. Instrumentation: 2111/1100/timp/1perc/soloTbn/strings The score by itself is available as another item. The parts are on rental from the publisher.

Full Orchestra - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1005640 Composed by Rudy Volkmann. Contemporary. Score and parts. 225 pages. Rudy Volkmann #6073661. Published by Rudy Volkmann (A0.1005640). Southwood is a 20-minute, three-movement symphony for small (Schubert-sized) orchestra with an expanded percussion section. It is melodic, structured on classical formal models, and often harmonically dissonant (employing mixed meters as well). It is scored for 2 Flutes ( II d. Piccolo), 2 Oboes ( II d. English Horn), 2 Bb Clarinets ( II d. Bass Clarinet), 2 Bassoons, 2 French Horns, 2 Trumpets in C, Timpani, Xylophone (both soft and hard mallets), Snare Drum, Bass Drum, Auxiliary Percussion (2 players - including Cymbals, Suspended Cymbal, Tambourine, Triangle, Large Gong, and Mark Tree), and Strings.  The FINALE mp3 gives you the feel for the piece, but FINALE’S un-pitched percussion sound files are inadequate to convey the real feel of any of those instruments.  In addition, several effects such as string glissandos, Suspended Cymbal coin edge slides, and the Mark Tree parts are simply missing.