Search Results

Ford-Marimba: Technique Through Music (Online Video Access)

Marimba: Technique Through Music by Mark Ford is a collection of 16 etudes that are designed to help the intermediate four-mallet marimbist focus on specific stroke techniq... 

Innovative Mark Ford IP813 Medium Hard Birch Marimba Mallets

The Strong Legato series from the Innovative Percussion Mark Ford line is designed to produce a very Strong Legato tone with well defined fundamentals. IP813 Medium Hard malle... 

Ford-Green Road-M

The Green Road is a work for solo marimba by Mark Ford. This piece is layered with musical and technical challenges that are common with Ford's marimba writing. The Green Road... 

Innovative Mark Ford IP812 Medium Soft Birch Marimba Mallets

Innovative Percussion's Mark Ford IP812 Medium Soft mallet gives a Strong Legato sound with very defined fundamentals. This is achieved with a well balanced rubber core covere... 

Ford-Polaris-M

Polaris by Mark Ford is a one movement solo based on a rhythmic theme in 7/8 meter. Set in a modified rondo form, two separate ostinatos help unify the music while th... 

Ford-Cabasa! (SP)-5 cabasas

Cabasa! by Mark Ford showcases the various techniques used on cabasas in an all-cabasa ensemble setting. This unusual piece would be an intersting change of pace in any percus... 

Innovative Mark Ford IP814 Hard Birch Marimba Mallets

The IP814 from the Innovative percussion Mark Ford Strong legato series is made from a rubber core wrapped in soft yarn and set atop an finished birch handle. This mallet is t... 

Innovative Mark Ford Rhapsody Series - IP821 Medium Marimba Mallets

Innovative Mark Ford Rhapsody Series Concerto Medium Marimba Mallets are designed to deliver a brighter more articulate sound than other Mark Ford Mallets. The Medium Malle... 

Innovative Mark Ford Rhapsody Series - IP823 Hard Marimba Mallets

Innovative Mark Ford Rhapsody Series Concerto Hard Marimba Mallets are designed to deliver a brighter more articulate sound than other Mark Ford Mallets. The Hard Mallet is... 

Innovative Mark Ford IP811 Soft Birch Marimba Mallets

Innovative Percussion expands its Mark ford series with the IP811 marimba mallet. This is part of Ford's Strong Legato series. This uses a slightly larger rubber core to produ... 

Innovative Mark Ford Rhapsody Series - IP822 Medium-Hard Marimba Mallets

Innovative Mark Ford Rhapsody Series Concerto Medium Marimba Mallets are designed to deliver a brighter more articulate sound than other Mark Ford Mallets. The Medium Hard ... 

Innovative Mark Ford Rhapsody Series - IP824 Very Hard Marimba Mallets

Innovative Mark Ford Rhapsody Series Concerto Hard Marimba Mallets are designed to deliver a brighter more articulate sound than other Mark Ford Mallets. The Very Hard Mall... 

Ford-#MarimbaBaby-M

#MarimbaBaby: A Marimba Songbook is the sequel to Mark Ford's first marimba method book, Marimba: Technique Through Music. #MarimbaBaby began as an idea to compose original lu... 

Ford/Rennick-Renfro (SP)-M/SD

Renfro, an exciting marimba/snare drum duo, was premiered at the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago. Written by University of North Texas comrades, Paul Rennick and ... 

Promark SD4 Bill Bruford Maple Drumsticks

The Promark SD4W Bill Bruford Signature Maple Drumstick features small barrel wood tip and long tapper. These features contribute to the enhanced ride cymbal articulation and ... 

Ford-Stubernic Fantasy - Piano Reduction (SP)-M/PN

Stubernic Fantasy is based on Mark Ford's marimba trios Stubernic and its sequel, Afta-Stuba. After the premiere of Afta-Stuba in 2000, Eugene Corporon congratulated Ford a... 

Ford-Wink (SP)-M/ASX

Wink by Mark Ford is an alto saxophone/five octave marimba duet was written for his sons, Austin (marimba) and Kevin (saxophone). Premiered in 2011, Wink is a groovy-hip c... 

Ford-Coffee Break (SP)-coffee cups, lids, etc.

Coffee Break by Mark Ford is a unique piece written for four different sizes of paper coffee cups with lids and sleeves. Music is everywhere and of course coffee has rhythm! A... 

Ford-Moon Chasers (Percussion Ensemble Version) (SP)-Solo M/B/2V/3M/4T/P/opt. HP/PN

Moon Chasers for Solo Marimba and Percussion Ensemble is based on Mark Ford's original marimba solo with the same name. Written for his wife, Ewelina, Moon Chasers is the s... 

Ford-Desert Wood (SP)-B/M/P

My concept for Desert Wood was to explore new combinations of sounds for the marimba in a duo setting with instruments such as the doumbek, cajon, glockenspiel, and metal i...