Musical Compositions featuring percussion and…

Maria Finkelmeier creates in both notated scores and electronically produced environments. From establishing a rich sonic world to designing placement, staging and movement, she approaches each composition from a wholistic mindset, envisioning the final experience from the first note.

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for Solo marimba and optional electronics
6 minutes
Electronics via Ableton Live
2024
A set of six musical vignettes for solo marimba
8 minutes
2026
For Solo Marimba and loop
2017
For marimba soloist and three percussionists
Published by Edition Svitzer
2010

Works for Soloist

For 10 percussionists, slinkies, and electronics
Commissioned by Furman University Percussion Ensemble, as winners of the 2026 International Percussion Ensemble Competition of the Percussive Arts Society.
6 minutes
2026
For Percussion Duo and data
Three movement work
Commissioned by the South Florida Center for Percussive Arts
25 Minutes
2026
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Chamber Opera
Premiered and Co-Commissioned by Third Angle New Music
75 Minutes
2025/6
For Trumpet/Vocal soloist, two percussionists and video integration. Features electronics and spoken word.
Commissioned by Jean Laurenz
60 Minutes
2021
For String Quartet, Percussion Quartet, Piano, Quatro Trio, and wind chimes with integrated video
Commissioned by the New Gallery Series in Boston, Massachusetts
15 minutes
2022
For Percussion Quartet
Commissioned by the Boston Center for the Arts
6 minutes
2017
For Eight Percussionists Quartet and SATB, movement and video projection
Commissioned by the Boston Center for the Arts
75 minutes
2018