Kendor Music

Inspired by nature, this original solo by Tyler Arcari offers students a thoughtful look at the ¾ time signature. Though the tempo stays fairly consistent throughout, a powerful middle section present...

Introduce students to the well-known tone poem by Camille Saint-Saëns in a fun and accessible way with this arrangement by Tyler Arcari. At a tempo of 166+, this Waltz is a wonderful exercise in artic...

This heartfelt solo by Larry Clark is both a beautiful piece of performance music, and a highly effective teaching tool. Students can polish and showcase a beautiful tone in the middle-upper register...

Larry Clark presents a tuneful arrangement of Tchaikovsky's Italian Song from Op. 30 No. 15. This charming, classic melody offers students a number of learning opportunities pertaining to musical nuan...

Each solo in this grade 3-4 collection has its own unique style, and will advance the student as a mallet player.

This grade 4 two-mallet solo with piano accompaniment has beautiful harmonies and a poignant musical message. The challenges for the mallet player include double stop rolls, arpeggiated patterns, and...

This beginning mallet duet is set in a blues style for grade 2 players. Young players can choose to improvise using the blues scale during a brief section, or they can choose to omit the section all t...

This collection contains 8 Orff pieces playable by classroom students. The teaching suggestions offered for each piece will get your students playing music right from the first day.

Series Timpani Solo. Grade 2 Features Timpani Solo (Unaccompanied). Big Kettles is a grade 2 timpani solo that provides the beginning timpanist with a piece that gives them the feeling of playing a re...

Series Timpani Solo. Grade 2 Features Timpani Solo (Unaccompanied). Big Kettles is a grade 2 timpani solo that provides the beginning timpanist with a piece that gives them the feeling of playing a re...

Series Timpani Solo. Grade 3+ Features Timpani Solo (Unaccompanied). This lively, rhythmic piece requires three timpani and is exciting for performers and audiences alike. No tuning changes are necess...

Series Timpani Solo. Grade 3+ Features Timpani Solo (Unaccompanied). This lively, rhythmic piece requires three timpani and is exciting for performers and audiences alike. No tuning changes are necess...

Series Timpani Solo. Grade 4 Features Timpani Solo (Unaccompanied) . This dynamic, contest-calibre solo for grade 4 timpanists features the traditional technique of crossing one mallet over the other...

The eight solos contained in this grade 3-5 collection are suitable for any performing venue or pedagogy. Techniques of tuning, muffling, double-stops and staccato-legato are employed. Styles include...

Series Timpani Solo. Grade 4+ Features Timpani Solo (Unaccompanied). This grade 4+ timpani solo incorporates a variety of rhythms from both Latin and funk music - very common in drum set playing. In a...

Series Timpani Solo. Grade 4+ Features Timpani Solo (Unaccompanied). This grade 4+ timpani solo incorporates a variety of rhythms from both Latin and funk music - very common in drum set playing. In a...

This original explores an exciting array of musical concepts, including tempo changes, mixed meters, metric modulations, dynamic contrasts, and melodic fragments. They all come together in a grade 5 t...

We welcome Patrick Moore to the Kendor family of writers with this grade 3+ timpani solo. This piece was inspired by his son Gavin, as he was learning to walk. To be played with a lot of energy and ex...

We welcome Patrick Moore to the Kendor family of writers with this grade 3+ timpani solo. This piece was inspired by his son Gavin, as he was learning to walk. To be played with a lot of energy and ex...

Series Timpani Solo. Grade 5-6 Features Timpani Solo (Unaccompanied). The six solos in this collection were inspired by the nicknames of some of the greatest baseball players of all time - all inducte...

Series Timpani Solo. Grade 5-6 Features Timpani Solo (Unaccompanied). The six solos in this collection were inspired by the nicknames of some of the greatest baseball players of all time - all inducte...

John Beck, head of the percussion department at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester (NY) has written 'The Jury', containing all the musical and technical concepts of classical timpani performing....

John Beck, head of the percussion department at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester (NY) has written 'The Jury', containing all the musical and technical concepts of classical timpani performing....

This solo collection for contest, recital, audition and lessons presents ten solo originals. 8 are written for two timpani, and 2 are written for three drums. Only the last solo requires just a few tu...