Todd Ukena

This solo can also be played as a duet with the timpani solo, 'No. 2 Funk' (ST849), also available from the publisher.

This solo can also be played as a duet with the drumset solo, 'Funk No. 2' (ST746), also available from the publisher.

A single movement contest solo for marimba written in the style of a minuet.

This intermediate to advanced mallet solo features shifting accents over a 'perpetual motion' sixteenth note pulse in the opening and closing sections. A more lyrical Adagio middle section employs rol...

A single movement gigue for mallet instrument and piano, with a middle section in Bb major with D minor at the begginning and end. Todd A. Ukena is a composer and arranger of percussion literature and...

This lively and fun-to-play rag features and interesting syncopated melody and changing meters.

Movement titles: I. Praeludium, II. Allamande, III. Courante, IV. Sarabande, V. Bouree, VI. Gigue

This piece for solo marimba gives advancing students the opportunity to improve on four mallet technique and quick alterations of duple to triplet figures.

This slow piece for four mallets explores harmonic progressions, and is a great option for practicing four mallet roll technique.

This solo for timpani requires three drums. As the title suggests, it incorporates many triplet figures.

This four mallet piece for unaccompanied vibraphone is a great recital or contest selection for the intermediate player.

As the title suggests, accents as well as dynamics are the emphasis in this short contest solo for two pitched drums (snares, tomtoms or rototoms).

As the title suggests, this work for advanced mallet ensemble summons the flavor of Carnival. It is scored for seven players: Bells, chimes/shaker, marimba/claves, vibes/vibraslap/flexitone, bass mari...

As the title suggests, this advanced snare drum solo is based on flam technique, also incorporating dynamic rolls, rim shots and backsticking to create an exciting showpiece with plenty of driving rhy...

This march-tempo rudimental snare drum solo utilizes tone shadings by varying the distance to the center of the drumhead and emphasizes multiple roll techniques, flams, and paradiddles.

This four movement suite recommends specific stick types and employs advanced sticking technique, both in what part of the stick is used and what part of the drum should be struck.