Unlike many of Helble’s pieces, “Dragon” is more atmospheric, featuring a portentous, ominous opening Adagio, and an Allegro that alternates dark drama with dazzling and climactic moments of triumph. This is a crowd pleaser!
$18.00
Dragon of Wyckham (Marimba Solo)
marimba solo”Dragon” is more atmospheric, featuring a portentous, ominous opening Adagio, and an Allegro that alternates dark drama with dazzling and climactic moments of triumph.
Raymond Helble (b. Feb. 3, 1949) began his composing at the age of 10 and conducting at 12.
Duo Concertante for Vibraphone and Marimba
$26.00Duo Concertante for Vibraphone and Marimba is a bravura crowd pleaser for two strong players. The style has a baroque flavor, offering players and audiences to hear the materials develop, cross and re-cross parts, and engage in contrapuntal arabesques.
Duo Concertante for Vibraphone and Marimba is a bravura crowd pleaser for two strong players. The style has a baroque flavor, offering players and audiences to hear the materials develop, cross and re-cross parts, and engage in contrapuntal arabesques.
Grand Duo Concertante
$36.00A duet for two five-octave marimbas.
A duet for two five-octave marimbas.
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Vertical River
$30.00 – $35.00Inspired by Tyson’s rafting adventure with John Parks on the Boise River. This piece depicts the beauty, excitement, and occasional feeling of losing control that they experienced in the raft that day.
Inspired by Tyson’s rafting adventure with John Parks on the Boise River. This piece depicts the beauty, excitement, and occasional feeling of losing control that they experienced in the raft that day.
Solos
Four Rotations: The Complete Collection
$34.00 – $40.00All Four Rotations, now available in one collection!
All Four Rotations, now available in one collection!
Advanced
Charleston Capers (G.H. Green/arr. Bob Becker)
$19.00 – $22.00The arrangement Bob Becker made for NEXUS which has caught the attention of audiences and percussionists around the world and created a whole new fascination with the xylophone as a solo instrument. The accompaniments require four players performing on a minimum of two marimbas.
The arrangement Bob Becker made for NEXUS which has caught the attention of audiences and percussionists around the world and created a whole new fascination with the xylophone as a solo instrument. The accompaniments require four players performing on a minimum of two marimbas.
Advanced
Skylark Orange Circles
$33.00 – $39.00Duet for two marimbasSkylark Orange Circles is dedicated to the wonderful Japanese marimba virtuoso, Momoko Kamiya. The music is very dance-like in quality, going over and over through mostly the same sequence of harmonies while melodic variations are developed. The melodic ideas become more and more like a bird (or flute) singing as the work progresses.
Duet for two marimbasSkylark Orange Circles is dedicated to the wonderful Japanese marimba virtuoso, Momoko Kamiya. The music is very dance-like in quality, going over and over through mostly the same sequence of harmonies while melodic variations are developed. The melodic ideas become more and more like a bird (or flute) singing as the work progresses.
Advanced
Kaleiduoscope
$29.00 – $33.00Written for Leigh Howard Stevens and She-e Wu, this jazzy piece requires two advanced players and two 5.0 octave instruments. A “must play” if you have a friend ready and willing to take on the challenge with you.
Written for Leigh Howard Stevens and She-e Wu, this jazzy piece requires two advanced players and two 5.0 octave instruments. A “must play” if you have a friend ready and willing to take on the challenge with you.
24 Etudes for Marimba
$18.00This outstanding etude book emphasizes the equalization of the two hands via musically interesting compositions.
This outstanding etude book emphasizes the equalization of the two hands via musically interesting compositions.
Method of Movement
$35.00The most detailed text ever written on the subject of four mallet playing. 15 chapters covering grip, strokes, shifts, tone production, interval changes, efficient movement around the instrument.
The most detailed text ever written on the subject of four mallet playing. 15 chapters covering grip, strokes, shifts, tone production, interval changes, efficient movement around the instrument.
The Two Woodpeckers Polka
$12.00For marimba duet with piano accompaniment
For marimba duet with piano accompaniment
Jerry-Rigged
$8.00A 4.3 marimba solo inspired by the Grateful Dead.
A 4.3 marimba solo inspired by the Grateful Dead.
Wrist Twisters
$32.00Wrist Twisters: A classic method book for snare drum, written by Elden “Buster” Bailey, who was a 40+ year member of the New York Philharmonic, a 20+ year teacher at the Juilliard School, and is acclaimed as one of the greatest snare drummers and snare drum teachers of all time.
Wrist Twisters: A classic method book for snare drum, written by Elden “Buster” Bailey, who was a 40+ year member of the New York Philharmonic, a 20+ year teacher at the Juilliard School, and is acclaimed as one of the greatest snare drummers and snare drum teachers of all time.