Percussion-Music.com is proud to present 3 brand-new concert pieces, composed by Henk Martens, a well-known percussionist and composer from the Netherlands. African Beauty This concert piece consists of various impressions of beautiful South Africa. From a beautiful sunrise over [...]
Crime Scene could just be the music of a new Bond movie or a crime thriller! You can clearly hear the wild chases full of suspense and lots of action, interspersed with the typically tense moments on the silver [...]
Disentanglement is a mallet trio for two marimbas and a vibraphone. It is also the last piece of music I will write before turning 30, so ... that's something! After writing a few larger ensembles, I wanted to work on [...]
In 2005 the magazine Percussive Notes (PAS) published a review of 5 compositions, which are for sale via this website. They are all quality compositions that really deserve an international audience. The full review is included in this PDF, [...]
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 [...]
