Sheet Music for Percussion

A few years after finishing Les Uns, I decided to work on a new version of the piece, with fewer instruments and some changes in the duration of sound events. Although it may have lost some tone color...

The musicians are divided in two equal groups of two to several dozen people each. The two groups face each other on stage. Optional: each group may wear distinctive costumes or make-up. The conductor...

Schlagzeug und Klavier

Íma is a fairy maiden from an Icelandic folk tale. It tells of when she approaches a peasant in the fields with affection also promising him access to a book with supernatural powers. When, after deny...

Íma is a fairy maiden from an Icelandic folk tale. It tells of when she approaches a peasant in the fields with affection also promising him access to a book with supernatural powers. When, after deny...

Marimba and 3 Percussionists Exact instrumentation: perc. I: picc. woodblock, 2 wood blocks, sus. cymbal, glockenspiel, bass drum perc. II: 4 temple blocks, sus. cymbal, vibraphone, large frame drum p...

In Icelandic, Frum means primary or embryo. This catching piece includes many percussion technics: single and double strokes, paradiddles, rolls, polyrhythms, and a variety of attacks, among others. F...

This energetic and powerful percussion trio is a tribute to the drums of Japan and Africa. Fudō is a Japanese term used in Zen Buddhism and means an unshakable serenity of the soul, a higher state of...

This energetic and powerful percussion trio is a tribute to the drums of Japan and Africa. Fudō is a Japanese term used in Zen Buddhism and means an unshakable serenity of the soul, a higher state of...

Kevin Volans 'Abhaya' for four percussionists. This work was commissioned by Hamiruge, the Louisiana State University School of Music's percussion group. Abhaya 's first performance took place at the...

Ellen Reid’s Fear - Release for four percussionists was commissioned by the Los Angeles Percussion Quartet to be recorded for Sono Luminus in surround sound. According to the composer, the piece is ab...

Prophecies of Fire, for percussion quartet, was premiered by Sandbox Percussion in Portland, Oregon on 10 July 2024.

Prophecies of Fire, for percussion quartet, was premiered by Sandbox Percussion in Portland, Oregon on 10 July 2024.

Erratic, diabolic, virtuosic - with unorthodox instruments including multi toms, a pipe drum, a bladder fiddle that is stompingly moved through the room, and many more. A worthwhile challenge for all...