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Marimba Quartet - "The Merry, Indecisive Carolers", by Ben Wahlund - from the 11/25/09 rehearsal for "Rosewooden Carols", featuring Shelly May, Brad Stirtz, Chris Dandeles, and Ben Wahlund. Happy Holidays!!! (3:45)

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Mike Truesdell performing "Hard-Boiled Capitalism: The Day Mr. Friedman Realized Google is a Verb" for solo vibraphone, by Ben Wahlund. The title takes its name from both Thomas Friedman's writings and Milton Friedman's writings. Programmatic in nature, this speaks to America answering to and accepting the emerging powers of India and the East, in general. Performance from PASIC, 2009, in Indianapolis, IN. More info. @ www.blackdogmusicstudio.com

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A performance of "Fire Elves" by Julie Spencer. Julie's voice in percussion has long been an inspiration for me and I hope this does her work justice.

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This is an arrangement I did of the first track from one of my favorite albums of all time - Little Feat's "Representing the Mambo". "Texas Twister" served as a healthy opener for my high school students' 2007 percussion ensemble concert (NCHS Drumshow). I owe a "thank you" to Robert Chappell for the "freak-out" section to end this. More info available @ www.blackdogmusicstudio.com and @ www.nchsdrumshow.com

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A performance of "Spanish Point" for percussion ensemble, by Ben Wahlund - featuring the students of Naperville Central High School's "Drumshow" project. This was a commission from Minot State University and is loosely based on my Grandparents experience in North Dakota setting up & living near a plot of land known as Spanish Point. More info available at www.blackdogmusicstudio.com and www.nchsdrumshow.com

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This is the recording of the premiere of my composition, "Widowmaker", for steel pan ensemble. Much love to the members of the NIU Pan Studio and other friends for helping me with this! More info available at www.blackdogmusic.com

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A performance of "Four Sketches for Sam", by Ben Wahlund, featuring Katie Wiegman (marimba) and Malika Green (steel pan). Published by Honeyrock, 3rd Place Winner PAS International Composition Contest - sorry for the buffering problems. More info available at www.blackdogmusic.com

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A rough recording of Ben Wahlund performing an arrangement of "Jump Down" from his collection, "Three American Folksongs" for solo marimba. More info availabe at www.blackdogmusic.com

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