Keyboard Committee Panel Discussion PASIC 2005
Selected Works for "Keyboard" Percussion Ensemble
Compiled by David P. Eyler
Author(s)
Title
# of Players/Instrumentation
Publisher
Difficulty
Maslanka, David
Crown of Thorns
eight (8) – 5M/2V/Glock
OU Perc. Press
Difficult
Ewazen, Eric
Palace of Nine Perfections
10 players-1B/2V/4M/Timp/2 Perc
OU Perc Press
Med. Difficult
Gillingham, David
Stained Glass
11 players (+ piano), inc. timp, + 2 Perc
C. Alan Publications
Med. Difficult
Arr. Gipson/Rogers
Away in a Manger
11 players -7M/2V/Glock/Crotales
OU Percussion Press
Med. Easy
Helble, Raymond
Diabolic Variations
10 players – Cro/B/V/Ch/X/4M/Timp
OU Percussion Press
Difficult
Levitan, Daniel
Marimba Quartet
4 players-4 Marimbas
Med. Difficult
Rosales, Eustasio
Arranged by Clair Omar Musser
Bolero
5 Players - all marimbas
Forester/S. Weiss
Med. Easy
Rounds, Ted
Bluebird Samba
4 Players - all marimbas
Tyler-Rounds Prod.
Med. Difficult
Compiled by Phillip J. Mikula
Author(s)
Title
# of Players/ Instrumentation
Duration
Difficulty
RaymondHelble
Concertar
12/Crotales, Glockenspiel, Vibraphone, Chimes, (3) 4.3 Marimbas, (1) 4.6 Marimba, (2) 5.0 Marimbas, (5) Timpani, Snare Drum
10 minutes
Advanced/Collegiate
David Maslanka
Hohner21
(can be done with fewer people on Marimba parts.)/ (3) Vibraphones, (3) 4.3 Marimbas, (4) 4.2 Marimbas, (2) 5.0 Marimbas, Glockenspiel, Crotales, Piano, Double Bass, Shakers, Gongs, (2) sets of Timpani, (3) Snare Drums, various Concert Toms, Bass Drum, various small percussion instruments
11 minutes
Advanced (because of the large number of players)
Jay Dawson, arr. by David Steinquest
Berceuse
6/Glockenspiel, Xylophone, Vibraphone, (2) 4.3 Marimbas, Finger Cymbals, (3) Suspended Cymbal
5 minutes
Easy/Beginning
Astor Piazzolla, arr. by William Smith
Tres Minutos Con La Realida
12/Glockenspiel, Xylophone, Almglocken or Crotales, (2) Vibraphones, Chimes, (4) Marimbas, Piano, String Bass, Small Percussion Instruments.
3 minutes
Difficult
Michael Burritt
Marimba Quartet
4/(2) 4.3 Marimbas, (2) 5.0 Marimbas
8 minutes
Advanced/Collegiate
Abe Holzmann, arr. by Wessela Kostowa
Smoky Mokes
6/Xylophone, Glockenspiel, Vibraphone, (2) 4.3 Marimbas, Drum Set
4 minutes
Easy/Medium
David Maslanka
Crown of Thorns
8/Glockenspiel, (2) Vibraphones, (3) 4.3 Marimbas, (2) 5.0 Marimba
14 minutes
Advanced
Anders Astrand
Finding Fossil
18/(2) sets of Crotales, (2) Glockenspiels, (2) Xylophones,(4) Vibraphones, (2) 4.3 Marimbas, (2) 5.0 Marimbas, (3) Percussion Parts (playing an array of small percussion instruments.), and a Flute soloist
13 minute
Advanced
Nigel Westlake
Omphalo Centric Lecture
4/4.3 Marimbas, 4-pitched Log Drum, Splash Cymbal, Shaker
6 minutes
Medium/Difficult
Donald Grantham
Houston Stroke
12/(1) Glockenspiel, (2) Xylophones, (2) Vibraphones, (3) 4.3 Marimbas, (2) 5.0 Marimbas, Concert Toms, Array of Small Percussion Instruments, Set of 5 Timpani
20 minutes
Advanced/Collegiate
Compiled by Blake Tyson
Author(s)
Title
# of Players
Instrumentation
Publisher
Mantle Hood
Implosion
4
2 xylophones, marimba, vibraphone
Somers
G.H. Green arr. Becker
Various Rags
5
xylophone solo, 2 marimbas (4 hands)
KPP/Marimba Productions
Debussy arr.
PrinceDanse
6
Bells, Chimes, Vibraphone, 3 marimbas
Permus
Bob Becker
Turning Point
5
marimba, vibraphone, songbells (or vibraphone), glockenspiel, crotales, piano
KPP Marimba Productions
Toru Takemitsu
Rain Tree
3
vibraphone, 2 marimbas, crotales
Schott Japan
Emil Richards
Underdog Rag
4
4 marimbas
manuscript
Nigel Westlake
Omphalo Centric Lecture
4
4 marimbas (may be reconfigured for fewer instruments), log drum, splash cymbal, shaker
Rimshot Music
Daniel Levitan
Marimba Quartet
4
4 marimbas
KPP Marimba Productions
Ted Rounds
Bluebird Samba
4
4 marimbas
available from the composer
Steve Reich
Six Marimbas
6
Six Marimbas
Boosey and Hawkes