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16 Boxes
Composer: David Young
Instrumentation: BD, 2 roto-toms, guiro, medicine bottle, shell chimes, beijing opera gong, melodica, 2 cymbals, rain stick, paper, pencils, matches, assorted grains, bowl,
Number of players: Solo w. Origami Assistant
Commissioned by: Eugene Ughetti
12 mins

Amores
Composer: John Cage
Instrumentation: 9 tom-toms, 7 woodblocks, prepared piano.
Number of players: 3 perc. + 1 pianist
10 mins

Artikule
Composer: Alan Lee
Instrumentation: Vocal Percussion
Number of players: 4
Commissioned by: Speak Percussion
5 mins.

As We Are Speaking
Composer: Fritz Hauser
Instrumentation: 17 Temple Blocks.
Number of players: 4
Commissioned by: Speak Percussion
6 mins.

Bath Music
Composer: Christine McCombe
Number of players: 4
8 mins

Beat Generation in the Californinan Coastal Ranges - 1998-99
Composer: Warren Burt
Instrumentation: Vibraphone and/or piano and Sine Waves (CD or Cassette player and small loadspeakers.)
Number of players: Solo or 2
Commissioned by: Peter Neville
10 mins or 9 mins.

Beyond Status Geometry
Composer: Chris Dench
Instrumentation: Very large set-ups: skins, woods, metals, chimes, keyboard perc.
Number of players: 4
Commissioned by: Synergy
22 mins.

CaDance
Composer: Andy Pape
Instrumentation: 4 floor toms, 4 tom-toms (low-high), 2 cymbals, 2 high hats.
Number of players: 4
10 mins

Canti di Prigionia
Composer: Luigi Dallapiccola
Instrumentation: xylophone, vibraphone, tubular bells, 7 timpani, bass drum, snare drum, piccolo snare drum, field drum, 3 tam-tams, triangle, cymbals suspended & pair, 2 pianos, 2 harps, choir (satb)
Number of players: 8 percussion + others
25 mins

Clapping Music
Composer: Steve Reich
Instrumentation: 2 pairs of hands
Number of players: 2
4 mins

Coercion
Composer: James Hullick
Instrumentation: tom-toms, bass drums, tam-tams, woodblocks, temple bells, suspended cymbals,
Number of players: 3
Commissioned by: Swiss Australia Collectables
12 mins

Cogs
Composer: Brendan Colbert
Instrumentation: Xylophone, Marimba, Glockenspiel, Vibraphone
Number of players: 4
Commissioned by: Peter Neville
5 mins

CRYSTAL cannon
Composer: James Tenney
Instrumentation: 4 snare drums
Number of players: 4
5 mins

DisTanz
Composer: Brendan Colbert
Instrumentation:
Number of players: 4
Commissioned by: Speak Percussion
10 mins

Double Exposition
Composer: Fritz Hauser
Instrumentation: 24 Cymbals, 4 orch. BD's, 4 Tam-Tams, 16 Temple Blocks, various mallets.
Number of players: 4
30 mins.

Double Music
Composer: John Cage and Lou Harrison
Instrumentation: Water Buffalo Bells, Chinese Gongs, Brake Drums, Tam-tams, Sleigh Bells, Cowbells, Water bucket, Thunder Sheet
Number of players: 4
5-6 mins. approx.

Dragonfly, Butterfly, Mosquito
Composer: Eve Duncan
Number of players: 4
Commissioned by: Speak Percussion
10 mins

East
Composer: Alexander Balanescu arr. Brett A Jones
Instrumentation: vibraphone & 2 marimbas
Number of players: 4
Commissioned by: Peter Neville
5 mins

Eight Pieces for Four Timpani
Composer: Elliott Carter
Instrumentation: 4 Timpani
Number of players: solo
2-5 mins each

FOUR4
Composer: John Cage
Instrumentation: flexible
Number of players: 4
72 mins

Fragments of the Soul
Composer: Andrian Pertout
Instrumentation: Marimba, bass drum, tom-toms, hi hats, hand cymbals, glockenspiel.
Number of players: 4
5 mins

Frenetic Fantasy Etude
Composer: Eugene Ughetti
Instrumentation: snare drum w. C.D.
Number of players: Solo
Commissioned by: Eugene Ughetti
7 mins

G Spot Tornado
Composer: Frank Zappa arr. Brett A. Jones
Instrumentation: Keyboards, Drum Kit, various smalls.
Number of players: 4 or 7
Commissioned by: Peter Neville
4-5 mins

Glass Duet
Composer: Kate Neal
Instrumentation: Glass: 5 wine glasses tuned, suspended glasses, mixing bowl, 4 light bulbs.
Number of players: Solo + CD
Commissioned by: Eugene Ughetti
3:40 mins

HOCKET for Henry Cowell
Composer: James Tenney
Instrumentation: 4 bass drums
Number of players: 4
5 mins

Hypnagogics
Composer: Anthony Pateras
Instrumentation: 25 miniature instruments & 1 octave of Crotales. 5 metal, 5 wood, 5 skin, 5 ceramic, 5 glass.
Number of players: Solo
Commissioned by: Eugene Ughetti
8 mins

Impact
Composer: Wing Wah Chan
Instrumentation: Bass drums, tom-toms, timbales, tuned gongs, bongos, congas, 3 cymbals, tam-tam.
Number of players: 4
7 mins

Ionisation
Composer: Edgard Varèse
Instrumentation: various inc. 2 air-raid sirens, piano, tubular bells...
Number of players: 13
6-7 mins

Juggelz, The Circus Performer, Takes Stress Leave
Composer: Brett A. Jones
Instrumentation: marimba
Number of players: Solo
Commissioned by: The Coalition of the Willing
2:45 mins

Kling
Composer: James Hullick
Instrumentation: Chinese gong, Japanese woodblock, Chinese temple block & Japanese temple bell.
Number of players: Solo + realtime score & electronics
Commissioned by: Swiss Australia Collectables
7 mins

Lady Cosmic Dream
Composer: Eugene Ughetti
Instrumentation: Gongs (chinese), Jewish Harp, Tom-toms, Bass Drum, Anvils, Water bucket, Bamboo Wind Chimes, Meditation Balls, Cowbell......
Number of players: Solo
Commissioned by: Eugene Ughetti
12 mins

Le Souvenir
Composer: Fritz Hauser
Instrumentation: 4 snare Drums, 2 triangles, orchestral bass drum, bag of metals.
Number of players: 4
9 mins

Letters
Composer: Myles Mumford
Instrumentation: vibraphone, resonant metal objects (brass goblets, japanese temple bells, small suspended bells), 3 chinese gongs, marbles (large & small)
Number of players: 2 + flute
Commissioned by: Swiss Australia Collectables
9 mins

Living Room Music
Composer: John Cage
Instrumentation: objects found in the living room
Number of players: 4
7 mins (approx)

March for 30 Percussion Instruments
Composer: Johanna Beyer
Instrumentation: Triangles x 3, High Pitched Metal Bowl x 2, Chinese Wood Block x 3, Ricebowl x 4, Dragons Mouth, Tambourine, Tom Toms x 4, Cymbals suspended x 2, Anvil, Temple Gong x 4, Snare Drum, Gong, Bass Drum, Thunder Sheet, Lion’s Roar
Number of players: 6
4 mins

Marimba Spiritual
Composer: Minoru Miki
Instrumentation: Marimba, Japanese taditional percussion instruments.
Number of players: Solo marimba + 3
Commissioned by: Keiko Abe
14 mins

Morning Hill
Composer: Clarence Mak
Instrumentation: 9 temple blocks, 4 tom-toms, triangle, timbales, ankle bells, bongos, snare drum, bell tree, tam-tam, Thai gong, water gong (bucket), 4 cymbals, vibraslap, 4 cowbells, maracas, castagnets, military drum, log drum,
Number of players: Solo + 4
13 mins

Music for Pieces of Wood
Composer: Steve Reich
Instrumentation: 4 African pairs & 1 standard pair of claves
Number of players: 5
11 mins

Nagoya Marimbas
Composer: Steve Reich
Instrumentation: 2 marimbas
Number of players: 2
5 mins

Occult Tapestries
Composer: Eugene Ughetti
Instrumentation: vibraphone
Number of players: Solo
Commissioned by: Eugene Ughetti
8 mins

One Last Bar Then Joe Can Sing
Composer: Gavin Bryars
Instrumentation: Song Bells, 2 marimbas, bass drum, 2 oct. crotales, cymbals etc...
Number of players: 5
Commissioned by: Nexus
20 mins

ONE4
Composer: John Cage
Instrumentation: Cymbals and Drums
Number of players: solo
Commissioned by: Fritz Hauser
7 mins (approx)

Oribotics [Laboratory]
Composer: David Young
Instrumentation: Miniature Percussion Instruments by Rosemary Joy
Number of players: 1
Commissioned by: Matthew Gardiner
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7 mins

Pañc hazar chakra kai andar
Composer: Andrian Pertout
Instrumentation: Log drums (6 pitches), crotales, lujon, keyboard, clock chimes & C.D.
Number of players: 4
Commissioned by: Speak Percussion
8 mins

Pauah Fayliah Bacchanaliah
Composer: Brett A. Jones
Instrumentation: SD, Xylophone, 2 x Marimba (5oct.), Vibraphone, Maracas, 3 Glass Bottles, 3 Timpani, 2 Congas, 2 Tam-Tams, Piano, Ruler, Wood instruments,
Number of players: 4
Commissioned by: Speak Percussion/The Coalition of the Willing
12 mins

Pauah Fayliah Dances
Composer: Brett A. Jones
Instrumentation: 5 oct. marimba, 4 oct. marimba, vibraphone, glockenspiel, xylophone.
Number of players: 4
Commissioned by: Speak Percussion/The Coalition of the Willing
7 mins.

Permutation City
Composer: Chris Dench
Instrumentation: 5 oct. Marimba, 4 oct. Marimba, 2 oct. Crotales (high & low), Vibraphone.
Number of players: 2
Commissioned by: Eugene Ughetti
17 mins

Piano Phase
Composer: Steve Reich
Instrumentation: 2 pianos or 2 marimbas
Number of players: 2
8 mins approx.

Player Piano Studies No. 31
Composer: Conlon Nancarrow arr. Eugene Ughetti
Instrumentation: 5 Oct. marimba, xylophone & piano.
Number of players: 2 + 1 pianist
1:45

Player Piano Study No. 19
Composer: Conlon Nancarrow arr. Eugene Ughetti
Instrumentation: xylophone, piano & harpsichord
Number of players: 2 + 1 pianist & 1 harpsichordist
1:45

PNEUma
Composer: Brendan Colbert
Instrumentation: Marimba and vibraphone
Number of players: 2
8 mins. approx

Prelude and Cadenza
Composer: Brett A. Jones
Instrumentation: vibraphone
Number of players: Solo
Commissioned by: The Coalition of the Willing
11 mins.

Prelude and Dragonfly Dance
Composer: Ross Edwards
Instrumentation: 2 Marimba's (4 oct.), Vibraphone, 2 Congas, 2 Bongos, Maracas, Guiro.
Number of players: 4
Commissioned by: Synergy
12 mins.

Primary
Composer: Eugene Ughetti
Instrumentation: 3 music stands
Number of players: solo
Commissioned by: Eugene Ughetti
flexible

Primary Colours
Composer: Eugene Ughetti
Instrumentation: snare drum (without snares)
Number of players: solo
Commissioned by: Eugene Ughetti
flexible

Rain Tree
Composer: Toru Takemitsu
Instrumentation: Vibraphone, 2 marimbas, crotales
Number of players: 3
Commissioned by: Nexus
11 mins

River Walk
Composer: Simon Charles
Instrumentation: xylophone, pitched gongs, glockenspiel, bass drum, temple blocks
Number of players: 3
Commissioned by: Speak Percussion
7 mins

Rubik's Cube: You Are Here
Composer: Peter Head
Instrumentation: 2 marimbas, vibraphone.
Number of players: 3
Commissioned by: Speak Percussion
8 mins.

Ryan Riley's Relaxation Piece No. 2
Composer: Peter Head
Instrumentation: Tubular bells, glock, vibraphone.
Number of players: Solo
10 mins.

Salon Music (after MacDowell) - 1977
Composer: Warren Burt
Instrumentation: 2 Keyboard Percussion and offstage Piano.
Number of players: 3
10 mins

Schallmachine 06
Composer: David Young
Instrumentation: Miniature Instrument by Rosemary Joy: "Treasure Chest"
Number of players: Solo
Commissioned by: Speak Percussion
12 mins x 7

Sea of Tranquility
Composer: Stuart Greenbaum
Instrumentation: 5 oct. Marimba, Steel Pan (lead), 4 Tom-Toms, BD w. pedal, vibraphone, 2 cymbals, Gong w. water tub, Flexatone, Congas, Glockenspiel.
Number of players: 4
Commissioned by: Speak Percussion
13 mins.

Shepherds Hey!
Composer: Percy Grainger arr. Steven Hardie
Instrumentation: Xylophone & 2 Marimbas
Number of players: 4
Commissioned by: Woof! Percussion
4 mins.

Strings Attached
Composer: Erik Griswold
Instrumentation: 5 snare drums, 1 tenor drum, 1 bass drum. 1x 3 metre lighting pole rope attachment. 30 metres of white rope/cord.
Number of players: 6 (or 2)
Commissioned by: Red Fish Blue Fish
12 mins.

Temazcal
Composer: Javier Alvarez
Instrumentation: solo maracas w. CD accompaniment
Number of players: solo
7 mins

The Boy in a Sandpit Counting Colours and Thinking
Composer: Alan Lee
Instrumentation: vibraphone, 4 rin (Jap. temple bells), 2 gongs, tam-tam, 6 WB, BD w. pedal, marbles, cloth, chain.
Number of players: Solo
Commissioned by: Eugene Ughetti
12 mins

The Flames, The Tears, The Stones...
Composer: Mark Pollard
Instrumentation: 2 vibraphones, glockenspeil, crotales (high oct.)
Number of players: 2
Commissioned by: Peter Neville
12 mins or 25 mins.

The King of Denmark
Composer: Morton Feldman
Instrumentation: vibraphone, timpani, gongs, triangles, and others
Number of players: solo
8 mins

The Wild Boys
Composer: Colin Bright
Instrumentation: Bass Drum, metal pipes, bongos, congas, whistle, sampler, tom-toms, snare drum.
Number of players: 4 + Saxaphone Quartet
14 mins

Three Movements for Percussion
Composer: Johanna Beyer
Instrumentation: Triangles x 2 (high and low), Woodblock x 2 (high & low), Tambourine, Snare Drum, Timpani x 2, Gong (large), Cymbal Suspended, Bell (eb), Cymbals pair (2 hands), Tom Tom, Lions-Roar, Bass Drum
Number of players: 5
12 mins

Tintinnabulation (2008)
Composer: Elliott Carter
Instrumentation: perc(6) I: 2congas/4bongos/lg.log drum/flat gong/Chinese opera gong/wood drum; II: guiro/maracas/2cyms/tgl/slap stick/alto nipple gong/3tom-t/alto SD/picc.wdbl; III: bass nipple gong/splash cym/high SD/claves/ratchet/darbouka/timbale/tom-t; IV: sop.nipple gong/talking drum/shaker/med.SD/lg.tam-t/sm.tam-t/Japanese wdbl/sm.log dr; V: 5tpl.bl/2wdbl/tenor nipple gong/low SD/3pipes; VI: 4almglocken/2wdbl/BD/hammer/tom-t/bari.nipple gong
Number of players: 6
Commissioned by: Frank Epstein
9 mins

Toccata
Composer: Brett A. Jones
Instrumentation: vibraphone, 2 marimba's (5 & 4 oct.), piano.
Number of players: 4
Commissioned by: Speak Percussion
4:30 mins.

Transmutations
Composer: Anthony Pateras
Number of players: 6
Commissioned by: Peter Neville (VCA Percussion Department)
22 mins.

WAKE for Charles Ives
Composer: James Tenney
Instrumentation: 4 tenor drums
Number of players: 4
4'30

Waltz for Percussion
Composer: Johanna Beyer
Instrumentation: Triangles x 2 (high and low), Anvil, Drangon’s Mouth x 3, Tom tom, Cymbal suspended, Gong (medium), Timpani x2, Bass Drum
Number of players: 6 (scored for 9)
6 mins

What I Ought And Ought Not Do
Composer: Wally Gunn
Instrumentation: 3 x toms, cymbals, metals, woods + Tape
Number of players: 3
Commissioned by: Speak Percussion
8 mins

Whispers and Cries
Composer: Andrew Byrne
Instrumentation: Choir (w. soloists), Piano, Chamber Organ, Regale, Celeste, Woodblocks or pieces of wood x 6, Bass Drum Low, Gongs x 3, Chinese Tom (small) or small tight drum, Low Gong, Crotales, Triangles x 3, Cymbal suspended x 3, Tom Tom x2, Bongos x 5 (total pitches in pairs), Bass Drum, Cowbell x 2, Bass Drum (kick), Snare Drum, Tubular Bells, Glockenspiel
Number of players: 4 Percussion + choir & 2 pianists
Commissioned by: John McCaughey (Astra)
16 mins

Zeichnung
Composer: Fritz Hauser
Instrumentation: 4 cymbals
Number of players: 2
5 mins.

Zyklus (No. 9)
Composer: Karlheinz Stockhausen
Instrumentation: marimbaphone, vibraphone, tam-tam, 4 tom-toms, snare drum, log drums, hi hat, guiro, triangle, cymbal, tambourine gingles or similar, thai gong.
Number of players: solo
approx 12 mins

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