Repertoire
The Repertoire section contains a brief list of suggested material for some of the major percussion instruments. If you're a player of one of these instruments, give some of these selections a try:
Advanced Works for Marimba

4-mallet works

Concerto for Marimba – Rosauro
Concerto for Marimba and Vibraphone – Milhaud
Dream of the Cherry Blossoms – Abe
Merlin – Thomas
Michi – Abe
My Lady White – Maslanka
Time for Marimba – Miki
Two Mexican Dances – Stout
Variations of Lost Love – Maslanka
Water and Fire – Skoog
Wind in the Bamboo Grove – Abe

2-mallet works

Concertino for Marimba – Creston
Tambourin Chinois – Kreisler
Selected Rags – G.H. Green

Works for Vibraphone

4-mallet works

Ben Vindo – Rosauro
Mourning Dove Sonnet – Deane
Selections from Mirror from Another – Friedman
Selections from Music of the Day – Molenhoff
Trilogy – Huesgen
Wallflower, Snowbird and Carillon – Gibson


Works for Timpani (minimum of 4 drums)

Eight Pieces for 4 Timpani – Carter
Four Verses for Timpani – Houllif
Parita in C for 6 Timpani – Druschetzsky
3 Movements for 5 Timpani – Beck

Works for Snare Drum

American Suite – Gauthreaux
6 Pieces for Unaccompanied Snare Drum – Colgrass
Three Dances – Benson
Any work by Mitch Markovitch

Works for Multiple Percussion/Drumset

Any work by David Holliden
Concerto for Solo Percussionist – Suderburg
Concerto pour Batterie – Milhaud
Inspirations Diabolique – Tagawa
French Suite – Kraft

Orchestral Excerpts

Porgy and Bess – Gershwin (xylophone)
Colas Bruenon – Kabalevsky (xylophone)
The Sorcerer's Apprentice – Dukas (glockenspiel)
Carnival Overture – Dvorak (tambourine)
Capriccio Espagnol – Rimsky-Korsokov (snare drum)
Lieutenant Kije Suite – Prokofiev (snare drum)
Scheherzade – Rimsky-Korsokov (snare drum)
Symphony No. 3 – Schumann (snare drum)