WILLIAM MOERSCH

MARIMBA SYLLABUS
& REPERTOIRE LIST

I. Technique

Bart Quartier: Image
Leigh Stevens: Method of Movement
Gordon Stout: Ideo-Kinetics Workbook
Jack Van Geem: Four-Mallet Democracy

II. Early Marimba Repertoire

Alfred Fissinger: Suite
Akira Miyoshi: Conversation
Clair O. Musser: Etudes Op. 6, #8-10
Paul Sifler: Marimba Suite

III. Transcriptions

J.S. Bach: Six Suites for Violoncello
J.S. Bach: Sonatas and Parititas for Violin
J.S. Bach: Two-Part Inventions
J.S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier

IV. Early Concerti

James Basta: Concerto for Marimba
Paul Creston: Concertino for Marimba
Robert Kurka: Concerto for Marimba
Darius Milhaud: Concerto for Marimba and Vibraphone
Jorge Sarmientos: Concerto for Marimba

V. Modern Etudes & Companion Pieces

Michael Burritt: Marimbetudes #1-6, Four Movements
Raymond Helble: Preludes #1-9, Grand Fantasy
Paul Smadbeck: Etudes #1-3, Rhythm Song
Gordon Stout: Etudes #1-14, Two Mexican Dances

VI. Abe Improvisations

Keiko Abe: Dream of the Cherry Blossoms
Keiko Abe: Michi
Keiko Abe: Works for Marimba, Works for Solo Marimba

VII. Abe Commissions

Yoshio Hachimura: Ahania (ms)
Minoru Miki: Time
Akira Miyoshi: Torse III
Tokuhide Niimi: For Marimba I & II
Yasuo Sueyoshi: Mirage
Toshimitsu Tanaka: Two Movements

VIII. Stevens Commissions

Raymond Helble: Toccata Fantasy
David Maslanka: Variations on Lost Love
John Serry: Night Rhapsody
John Serry: West Side Suite (ms)
Christopher Stowens: Atamasco (+ tape)

IX. Moersch Commissions

Irwin Bazelon: Suite for Marimba*
Richard R. Bennett: After Syrinx II*
Eric Ewazen: Northern Lights
Harold Farberman: The "A" Train (ms)
Andrew Thomas: Merlin*

X. WM & LHS/GS/RVS/NZ NEA/MTC Commissions

Jacob Druckman: Reflections on the Nature of Water*
Steven Mackey: See Ya Thursday
Eugene O'Brien: Rhyme and Reason (ms)
Roger Reynolds: Islands from Archipelago II: Autumn Island
Gunther Schuller: Marimbology
Joseph Schwantner: Velocities

XI. Miscellaneous Solo Repertoire

Daniel Asia: Marimba Music
Markus Halt: Marimbasonic
Matthew Harris: Potpourri
Evan Hause: Fields (ms)
Peter Klatzow: Dances of Earth and Fire
Gary Kulesha: Angels (+ tape)
Daniel McCarthy: Rimbasly (+ tape)
Andy Pape: Marrrrimba
Marta Ptaszynska: Graffito
Suzanne Sheppard: Suite
Gary Smart: The Seasons (ms)
Martin Wesley-Smith: For Marimba and Tape* (+ tape)
Takayoshi Yoshioka: Suites No. 1-3

XII. Chamber Music with Winds or Brass

Eric Ewazen: Mosaics
Peter Klatzow: Figures in a Landscape
William Thomas McKinley: SingleTree (ms)
Gordon Stout: Duo (Dance-Song)
Toru Takemitsu: Toward the Sea
Tsuneya Tanabe: Recollections of the Inland Sea
Alec Wilder: Suite
Akira Yuyama: Divertimento

XIII. Chamber Music with Strings

Steve Adams: Owed T'Don (ms)
Simon Bainbridge: Marimolin Inventions
William Kraft: Encounters X (ms)
Paul Lansky: Hop
Thomas Oboe Lee: Marimolin
Robert Nieske: Marimba Quartet (ms)
Gunther Schuller: Phantasmata
Alesandro Viñao: Tumblers (+ tape) (ms)

XIV. Chamber Music with Piano or Percussion

Irwin Bazelon: Partnership
Luciano Berio: Linea
Minoru Miki: Marimba Spiritual
Steve Reich: Piano Phase, Nagoya Marimbas
Toru Takemitsu: Rain Tree
Andrew Thomas: Hexengeheule
Charles Wuorinen: Percussion Duo
Nebojsa Zivkovic: Uneven Souls

XV. Chamber Music with Mixed Ensemble

Irwin Bazelon: Quintessentials
Peter Maxwell Davies: Ave Maris Stella
Jacob Druckman: Bo
Takekuni Hirayoshi: Dialog for Marimba and 3 Instruments (ms)
Minoru Miki: Sohmon III
Akira Miyoshi: Nocturne
Teruyuki Noda: Quintet "Mattinata"
Yoshihisa Taira: Pentalpha

XVI. Japanese Concerti

Keiko Abe: Prism Rhapsody
Akira Ifukube: Lauda Concertata
Minoru Miki: Concerto for Marimba
Akira Miyoshi: Concerto for Marimba
Toru Takemitsu: Gitimalya
Toshimitsu Tanaka: Marimba Concerto (Sadlo Concerto)
Takayoshi Yoshioka: Marimba Concerto No. 1 (ms)

XVII. European Concerti

Askel Masson: Marimba Concerto (ms)
Tilo Medek: Concerto for Marimba
Marta Ptaszynska: Concerto for Marimba
Werner Tharichen: Concerto for Marimba and Trombone
Jiri Valek: Concerto for Marimba
Nebojsa Zivkovic: Concerto for Marimba, Second Concerto for Marimba

XVIII. Modern Concerti

Richard R. Bennett: Concerto for Marimba
Peter Klatzow: Concerto for Marimba, Concerto for Marimba and Flute
Libby Larsen: Marimba Concerto: After Hampton
Frank Nuyts: Woodnotes (ms)
Tomas Svoboda: Concerto for Marimba
Andrew Thomas: Loving Mad Tom
Alesandro Viñao: Marimba Concerto (ms)

MM / GPD Requirements:

1 Solo Recital
1 Chamber Music or 2nd Solo Recital (GPD only)

DMA / AD Requirements:

3 Solo Recitals
1 Chamber Music Recital
1 Orchestral Concerto
1 Lecture-Recital (DMA only)

*Recorded on The Modern Marimba: William Moersch (Newport Classic NPD 85528)

For further repertoire information, see:
New Music Marimba Repertoire Guide, William Moersch (New Music Marimba)
Percussion Solo Literature, Tom Siwe (Media Press)

Last updated: 1998.7.12