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Please contact Dave Gerhart with any questions about the college literature.
dave.gerhart@csulb.edu
Please download a copy of the entire list if you would like to see instrumentation for the ensemble pieces.
College Repertoire

 

Snare Drum

REQUIRED PIECE
Etude No. 3 from Douze Etudes (1964) – Delecluse

SUGGESTED REPERTOIRE
Advanced Etudes for Snare Drum – Keith Aleo
American Suite – Guy Gauthreaux
Concert Suite – Eckhard Kopetzki
Contest Solos for the Advanced Snare Drummer – Murray Houllif
Minute of News, A – Eugene Novotney
Rudimental Solos for Accomplished Drummers – John Pratt
Stamina – Mitch Markovich
Suite for Solo Snare Drum – George Frock
Symphonic Dances – James Campbell
Three – Mike McIntosh



Mallets

REQUIRED PIECE
Etude No. 1
– Paul Smadbeck

SUGGESTED REPERTOIRE

Dream of the Cherry Blossoms – Keiko Abe
Etude for a Quiet Hall
– Christopher Deane
Four Rotations for Marimba – Eric Sammut
Ilijas – Nebojsa Zivkovic
Libertango –
Eric Sammut
Michi – Keiko Abe
Polaris –
Mark Ford
Quintessence
– Ian Grom
Restless – Rich O'Meara
Rhythm Song –
Paul Smadbeck
Two Mexican Dances – Gordon Stout

Timpani

REQUIRED PIECE
Four Pieces for Timpani
: Mvt. 1, Recitative – John Bergamo 

SUGGESTED REPERTOIRE
Alcobaça Suite – Kevin Erickson
Bushido: The Way of the Warrior – John Willmarth
Continuous Lines of Evenness – Dave Gerhart
Eight Pieces – Elliott Carter 
Raga No. 1 – Bill Cahn
Sonata for Timpani – John Beck
Sonata No. 1 – Anthony Cirone
Three Designs for 3 Timpani – Robert Muczynski
Variations for Solo Kettledrums – Jan Williams
 
 
Multiple Percussion

NO REQUIRED PIECE for logistical reasons


SUGGESTED REPERTOIRE
Canned Heat – Eckhard Kopetzki
Cold Pressed – David Hollinden
French Suite – William Kraft
Inspirations Diabolique – Rick Tagawa
Motion – Lynn Glassock
Partita – Bill Cahn
Sticks of Eloquence – Michael Burritt 
Suite – Michael Horvit 
The Love of L'Histoire – Charles Delancey


Percussion Ensemble

SUGGESTED REPERTOIRE

Bicksa –
Thomas Hasenplug – 4 players
Downfall
– John Beck – 5 players
Equal Fire
– Paul Bissell – 6 players
Eye Irascible – Steve Riley – 8 players
Gainsborough – Thomas Gauger – 5 players
Ku-Ka-Ilimoku – Christopher Rouse – 4 players
Overture for Percussion Ensemble
– John Beck – 8 players
Overture in Percussion
– Anthony Cirone – 5 players
Sonatina – Fisher Tull – 4 players
Toccata – Carlos Chavez – 6 players