Multi Percussion Solo Sheet Music

Cahn-Nara

Five movement suite, for solo percussion, inspired by a visit to the city of Nara in Japan.  Instrumentation: tom toms, timpani (1), bass drum, crotales, temple blocks, c... 

Volans-She Who Sleeps With A Small Blanket

She Who Sleeps With A Small Blanket by Kevin Volans was written for Robyn Schulkowsky and first performed by her at the Museum Carolino Augusteum in Salzburg 1985. By limiting... 

Cangelosi-Evil Ernie-P

Evil Ernie for solo percussion was written by Casey Cangelosi in 2009. This moderately difficult work for multi-percussion requires some independent work by each hand ... 

Ferneyhough-Bone Alphabet-P

Bone Alphabet by Brian Ferneyhough for solo percussion. Duration: 11'30" Bone Alphabet came about as the result of a request by Steven Schick for a solo work for a grou... 

Kraft-English Suite-P

William Kraft's mulit-percussion solo English Suite is a set of "Baroque" English dances. There are 7 movements (or dances) to the piece - Prelude, Allemande, Couran... 

Tompkins-To Varese-P

To Varese by Joe Tompkins is a multiple percussion solo that employs French rudimental concepts. The recurring theme is based on the snare drum motif in Edgard Varese's "Ionis... 

Cage-One 4 (1990) OS

The score contains six time brackets for the left hand and eight for the right hand. Each time bracket contains one single sound, resulting in a total of fourteen sounds for t... 

Finley-Blade-P

Blade by Benjamin Finley is a multipercussion solo centered around an abbreviated drum set (snare drum, bass drum, tom toms – played while standing) and is complemented ... 

Globokar-Toucher-P

Toucher by Vinko Globokar requires the performer to narrate a story while simultaneously playing the syllabic patterns on the percussion array. Number of Players... 

Glassock-Motion

Number of Players: 1 Difficulty: Grade 3 Instrumentation: 2 Bongos, 3 Tom-Toms, 2 Suspended Cymbals, Bass Drum 

Gottry-Toy Box-P

Toy Box is based on the idea to create a multi-percussion solo utilizing primarily small percussion "toys" and incorporating the programmatic elements of a child playin... 

Martynciow-Impressions P

Impressions for side drum and two tom-toms lasts about eight minutes, making it one of the longest pieces ever written for the side drum. The last work of comparabledim... 

Cangelosi-Naglfar-P

Naglfar , a work for solo percussion by Casey Cangelosi, is based on the Norse myth of the Naglfar that signals Ragnarok (a series of battles and natural disasters that ... 

Campbell/Hill-Music for Multi-Percussion: A World View

Music for Multi-Percussion: A World View by James Campbell and Julie HIll is designed as a progression of complex skills required to play multi-percussion. Ten percussi... 

Cangelosi-Glamour-P

G L A M O U R by Casey Cangelosi was commissioned by and written for Paopun Mu Amnatham. solo multi percussion. Instrumentation: wood block, piccolo wood block, bottle, small ... 

Cangelosi-Sick 6erpent-P

Sick 6erpent is a frantic, fast paced work for multiple percussion by Casey Cangelosi. The limited instrumentation makes this a very accessible piece for advanced play... 

Zivkovic-Castle of the Mad King, The -P OS

THE CASTLE OF THE MAD KING (1998/99) is an energetic "tour-de-force" multi-percussion piece written for the special large set-up that includes some unusual instruments like Ja... 

De Lancey-Love of L'Histoire-P

Number of Players: 1 Difficulty: Grade 4 Instrumentation: Snare Drum, 2 Tom-Toms, Bass Drum, Suspended Cymbal, Sizzle Cymbal, Tambourine, 1 Temple Block, 3 Wood Blocks, ... 

Norgard-I Ching-P/V/T OS

I Ching by Per Norgard is a multi percussion solo written in 4 movements. Based on the I Ching, a thousand year old Chinese oracle that explores the 64 states of being. Per... 

Peters-Perpetual Motion-P

Perpetual Motion is a study employing double and buzz strokes on multiple drums. The whole study is on continuous roll broken into patterns across the five drums. Numb...