Timpani Solo Sheet Music
Adams, T.-Tribute to my Timpani Heroes-4-5T
Bill Wilder, Paul Yancich, Cloyd Duff, Fred Hinger and Vic Firth were the reasons that I became a timpani player. I was honored to have heard all of them play in the orches...
Curtis-Saturday in January: Sonata #1-4T
Number of Players: 1 Difficulty: Grade 4+ Instrumentation: 4 Timpani
Tribby-Gray 102 for Solo Timpani (4T)
Gray 102 by Colin Tribby is a timpani solo for four drums, which features subtlety as its focal point. Through the use of quiet dynamics, short melodic motives, ringing chords...
Paulson-Phonology-4T
Phonology by Glenn Paulson was written after the composer temporarily lost his ability to think and speak as a result of a severe mountain biking accident. Phonology, which is...
Rossini-William Tell Overture arr. Soto-4-5T
Gioachino Rossini's William Tell Overture is one of the most celebrated and iconic pieces in orchestral repertoire. Leonardo Soto, principal timpanist of the Houston Sympho...
Houllif-Der Paukenmeister -4T
Three movement suite for four solo timpani. Grade 6 difficulty but well worth the effort. One of Murray Houllif's most popular timpani solo's. PerMus is happy to have acquired...
Corbett-Three Movements for Timpani-4T
Number of Players: 1 Difficulty: Grade 5 Instrumentation: 4 Timpani
Orfaly-Five Intermediate Pieces-4T
This collection is a valuable addition to the material fro developing timpanists. Advanced levels of musicality are stressed within the composition. Many of the odd-meterpassa...
Moore - Gavin's On The Run - 4T
Gavin's on the Run is a grade 3 timpani solo inspired by the composer's son Gavin, as he was learning to learn to walk. To be played with a lot of energy and exaggerated dynam...
Rehmann-Between the Essence & the Descent-5T
Between the Essence and the Decent is inspired by the poem The Hollow Men by T.S. Eliot. While not entirely programmatic, elements from the work influenced much of the piece....
Yowell-Homage-5T
This piece pays homage to two musical sources. The first and most obvious is the timpani solo from the first movement of Mahler's 5th Symphony. The second more obscure homa...
Adams, D.-Pentagonal Waves-5T (Bachovich Edition)
I composed Pentagonal Waves for Dr. Joseph Moore III on the occasion of his appointment to the Director of Percussion Studies at the University of Texas, Brownsville. The titl...
Leonard-Madras-4T
Madras by Stanley Leonard is an advanced timpani solo consisting of two contrasting movements. Extensive use of pedal technique as well as special effects make this a challeng...
Orfaly-Improvvisato Contrasto (new edition)-4T
Improvvisato Contrasto by Alex Orfaly is the first place winner of the 2010 Percussive Arts Society Competition Contest. This timpani solo is similar to Orfaly's "Rhapsody No....
Parthun-Waltz for Two Big Drums-2T
Waltz for Two Big Drums is an excellent teaching piece by Jeffrey Parthun for developing the skills required for good timpani performance. Featured in this solo are dam...
Beck-Mixing It Up (SP)-2T/SD
Mixing It Up by John H. Beck that can be played in a variety of ways. This can be performed either as a snare drum solo, a timpani solo, or a timpani and snare drum duet. It's...
Kopetzki-Different Ways for Solo Timpani-4T/P OS
Number of Players: 1 Difficulty: Grade 5+ Instrumentation: 4 Timpani, China Cymbal
Coutsouridis-Variations and Themes for Four Timpani-4T
The five movements of Peter Coutsouridis' Variations and Themes for Four Timpani are arranged in an arch form. Movements I and V are related both thematically and in t...
Tresselt-Etude 111-4T
Etude 111 by Klaus Tresselt for solo timpani. This solo covers different musical and tehcnical aspects of high level timpani playing. It is divided into three parts: Pa...
Crawford-Arthur's Seat-4T/Tam tam
Inspired by the hills surrounding Edinburg, Scotland - this some-what programmatic piece makes unique use of a tam-tam in combination with four timpani. Number o...
