High School Literature

Please contact Michael Downing with any questions about the high school literature.
mdpercussion@hotmail.com
Please download a copy of the entire list if you would like to see instrumentation for the ensemble and pieces.
PAS High School Repertoire

Snare Drum

REQUIRED PIECE

Downfall of Paris from “The Solo Snare Drummer, Vol.1” – John Pratt

SUGGESTED REPERTOIRE

Colonial Capers – John Beck
Etude no. 3 from “Portraits in Rhythm” – Anthony Cirone
Etude no. 4 from “Portraits in Rhythm” – Anthony Cirone
Etude no. 12 from Intermediate Snare Drum Studies – Mitchell Peters
Etude no. 15 from Intermediate Snare Drum Studies – Mitchell Peters
Flam-able – Michael Roy
From Sea to Shining Sea – Guy Gauthreaux
Lesson 25 from “The Solo Snare Drummer, Vol.1” – John Pratt 
The Peach Grove Drummer – Alan Abel

Marimba

REQUIRED PIECE

Malletrix – Jared Spears

SUGGESTED REPERTOIRE

Dill Pickes (xylophone) – Charles Johnson
Etude No. 1 – Paul Smadbeck
Etude, Op. 6, No. 8 – Clair Omar Musser
Furioso and Valse in D minor – Earl Hatch
Tempest – Todd Ukena
Monograph IV – Richard Gipson
Rain Dance – Alice Gomez
Restless – Rich O'Meara
Spanish Dance – Kai Stensgaard
Suite Mexicana – Keith Larson
Xylophonia (xylophone) – Joe Green
Yellow After the Rain – Mitchell Peters

Timpani

REQUIRED PIECE

Sonata for 3 Unaccompanied Timpani, Mvt. 1 – Phillip Ramey

SUGGESTED REPERTOIRE

Blue Hammers – James Campbell
Challenge – Moses Mark Howden
Cross-Over March – John Beck
El Gran Temblor – Lalo Davila
Farfenmarch – Kirk Gay
Ballad for the Dance – Saul Goodman (*Must bring own Cymbal)
Statement for Timpani – Garwood Whaley
Triplet Threes – Todd Ukena
             

Multiple Percussion

REQUIRED PIECE 
Introduction and Furioso – Jared Spears

SUGGESTED REPERTOIRE 

Engine Room – James Campbell  
French Suite (Two Movements) – William Kraft 
Istra – John Beck
Morris Dance – William Kraft (Snare Drum, Field Drum, Bass Drum)
Phone Tag – Murray Houllif 
Rondo – Mitchell Peters (4 Toms)
Sonata No. 1 – James Moore
Tork – James Campbell 

Percussion Ensemble

SUGGESTED REPERTOIRE

4/4 for Four – Anthony Cirone – 4 players
Bayport Sketch – Jared Spears – 8 or 9 players
Ellipsis – Nathan Daughtrey - 8 players
Layers - Lynn Glassock - 8 players
Mosaics – Jared Spears – 6 players 
One Eyed Jacks – Mark Ford – 6 players
Percussionality – Anthony Cirone – 6 players
Sacrificial Rite – David Gillingham – 5 players
Shock Factor – Nathan Daughtrey – 5 players
Team Work – Lynn Glassock – 7 players
Three Brothers – Michael Colgrass – 9 players