"Resonance10" by Joshua Albert is an exploratory work for a single 5.0 Octave Marimba and single Vibraphone. Inspired heavily by Steve Reich and Phillip Glass, Resonance10 aims to provide a beautiful, full featured, pseudo minimalist work, that can fit on a couple of instruments that most programs have. That is to say there is no harm in playing the piece on more than one marimba. The vibraphone player acts as a conductor while six players share sections behind and in front of the marimba. The work is easy enough to put together in a short time and perform in any environment. The "10" in the title refers to the harmonic series in which a marimba is tuned to, utilized in the piece to maximize the resonance of the instrument.

XY Recommends this piece for High School to College level percussionists.

Duration: ~6:00

Angular Momentum was written for the Hong Kong Arts Council as a custom commission for four mallets players on two marimbas, one vibraphone, and one glockenspiel. The work is written in a semi-minimalist style in which Marimba Player 1 receives an almost concerto-esque feature on top of the ensemble. Everyones parts are equally active and this piece is sure to be a powerful start or end to a concert. This works world premier in Hong Kong, China apart of the HKAC showcase concert.

Duration 5:00

XY Recommends this work for advanced ensembles with soloists in mind for the P1 part.

"Prelude Op. 3 No. 2" written by Sergei Rachmaninoff and arranged by Joshua Albert for Mallet Octet. This arrangement was created for University of Central Florida in an effort to create an arrangement hard enough for graduates, undergraduates, and young students to be challenged all at once.

Instrumentation: Six Marimba (At least two 5.0 octaves), Vibraphone, Chimes/Glock.

XY Publications recommends this piece for Highly Advanced High School to Graduate level ensembles.

Duration ~5:00

"Claire de Lune" by Claude Debussy arranged by Joshua Albert for Mallet Quintet.

This very accessible arrangement for three 4.3 oct marimbas and two 3.0 octave vibraphones works as a fantastic piece for high school or college students looking to broaden their musical phrasing and voicing abilities. One of the best features of this quintet is the ability to double parts for large ensembles, as well as omit a part to make the piece a quartet.

XY Publishing recommends this work for High School to Undergraduate level students.

Duration ~ 5:00

"Panoramic Signals" by Joshua Albert, was written in 2013 for the New Music Concert at Stetson University. This piece has four players sharing one 5.0 Octave Marimba and Two Optional Mallet Instruments. This piece focuses rhythms and creating new sounds on the mallet instruments while retaining a tonal and digestable piece for every audience.

Instrumentation: 5.0 Octave Marimba, Two 3.0 Octave Keyboard Instruments (Xylophone Recommended)

XY recommends this piece for High School-Collegiate Level Percussionists.

Written for the instrumentation from "Carmina Burana" by Carl Orff, Hirsch's work allows percussionists to have an ensemble piece to play using very accessible percussion equipment. The work is a suite written for five very short and to the point movements.

XY recommends this work for Advanced High Schools to University level students.

Duration: ~6:00-8:00

Cinco por Cuatro DOCE by Fidel Zaldumbide is an etude written for marimba, vibraphone, and xylophone. Its name is due to the number of measures used to form musical phrases (5-4-12).

A very learnable, short, and audience friendly work for younger students, this work can be adapted for three or four players. Repetitive and purposefully easily learnable in less than a day.

XY recommends this work for young ensembles looking for a quick piece to involve players.

Parts are to be read off the score

Duration: ~2:30-3:00