The nine progressive etudes in 'Marimba Pictures' are basically little artworks dealing with the several tecniques as brought forward in Leigh Howard Stevens' "Method of Movement". Independent strokes, sliding movement, accuracy, double-grips and chords, voicing, body position, changing intervals, altenating and [...]
Landscapes is one of the most advanced percussion compositions published by Percussion-Music.com. The work describes 3 types of landscapes and uses very complex rhythmic patterns and structures. Successively we hear 'Mountains', 'Desert' and 'Forest'. Landscapes was composed by the [...]
Gary Parks has taught both choral and instrumental music at all levels for 36 years, serving as percussion instructor for Lamar University from 1991 - 2009. He has been the principal and timpanist for the Symphony of Southeast Texas [...]
We found this video on the internet, with a perfomance of 'Drumexperience' (composed by Henk Mennens). It's a really great and professional recording by a percussion ensemble from Venezuela (Universidad Nacional De San Agustin De Arequipa [UNSA] - Escuela [...]
We are proud to announce that we have recently added a great new composition to our catalog. It is a special work for a large percussion ensemble entitled 'Five Pieces after Edvard Munch'. The composer is the talented Dutchman [...]
In my profession as a professional percussionist I have worked with composers such as: Bruno Maderna, Karlheinz Stockhausen and John Cage. Their compositions contain many rhythmic patterns, sound variations and a number of percussion instruments. But composers such as [...]
I was born in Santiago de Chile, but I have mostly lived in Argentina, my real place in the world. I started making music in a children’s choir in San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina, at the age of 7 [...]
We received this video from one of our customers, playing 'Coena Rudimentalis' (composed by Carlos Passeggi). The great snare drum player in the video is Fabian Kawohl. Coena Rudimentalis is one of the best selling and most played compositions on [...]
The duo format in jazz can be very challenging. Although it does offer great freedom in which to create, it also demands new and greater responsibilities. A bigger group enables more timbres, textures, and creative interplay. Short of that, [...]
Percussion-Music.com is proud to present 2 brand-new compositions, written somewhat in the jazz-fusion style of 'Spyro Gyra'. These compositions are by Frits Kessels junior, a well-known pianist and arranger from the Netherlands. He is very skilled at writing this [...]
