Compositions | Arrangements | Adaptations

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Upcoming composition projects:

  • Trio for cimbalom, piano, and oboe – premiere planned for June 2022, National Composer Orchestra, Council Bluffs, Iowa

  • COMING SOON! Marimba Performance Method Book

Recent composition premieres:

  • The Little Drummer Boy/Drummer Boy of Shiloh Medley for brass ensemble (12) and 4 percussionists – premiered by the Dubuque Symphony Orchestra, December 2020

  • Solar Flurries for eight marimbas – premiered by the Heartland Marimba Ensemble, July 2020

  • Rivers of Rage Concertos for marimba quartet and percussion ensemble – premiered by the Heartland Marimba Quartet and the Millikin University Percussion Ensemble, February 2020

Works List and Publishers

Heartland Marimba Publications

  • Rivers of Rage Concerto for marimba quartet and percussion ensemble (2017) - premiere by the Millikin University Percussion Ensemble, Decatur, IL

  • Crazy Characters for solo marimba (2017)

  • Castles in the Clouds for marimba quartet (2019) - premiered by the Heartland Marimba Quartet

  • Solar Flurries for marimba ensemble (4, 5, 8, or more) (2021) - premiered by the Heartland Marimba Quartet and the International Marimba Orchestra

  • Elucidatrix for solo marimba and eight percussionists (2016) - premiered by the University of Denver Percussion Ensemble

  • My Fugal Things for marimba solo (2017) - premiered at Iowa State University, Ames IA

  • Pentagonal Arabesque for marimba solo (2015) - premiered in Hungary

  • Seasons May Change for marimba solo (2017) - premiered at Iowa State University, Ames IA

  • Maneuveresque for percussion duo (2015) - premiered by the Iowa/Hungary Percussion Project

  • The Morning of Life for marimba and flute (2005) - premiered in Chicago by Sonic Inertia

  • Aravot Lousaber for marimba duo (2013)

  • Kernel No. 1 – Morning Across the Fields for young percussion ensemble (2014) - premiered at Iowa State University, Ames IA

  • Kernel No. 2 – 80 On 80 for young percussion ensemble (2014) - premiered at Iowa State University, Ames IA

  • Several arrangements for ensemble and solo marimba available through Heartland Marimba Publications

 

Musicon Publications

  • Journey for Marimba and Piano (2003) - premiered in Chicago

  • Journey for Marimba, Piano, and Percussion Ensemble (2003) - premiered by the Evanston Township High School Percussion Ensemble

  • Circularity for solo marimba (2006) - premiered in Chicago

  • Concealed Chambers for solo marimba (2001) - premiered at the University of North Texas

 

Edition Svitzer, Denmark

  • Superfluous 1 for solo marimba (2008) - premiered at Iowa State University, Ames IA

  • Superfluous 2 for solo marimba (2008) - premiered at Iowa State University, Ames IA

  • Contemplation for percussion nonet (2003) - premiered by Deerfield High School Percussion Ensemble, Deerfield, IL