A must-have collection of well-known songs from pop hits and movie themes to jazz tunes and classical melodies all expertly arranged for early-level xylophone players and presented in progressive order from simple to more challenging! Songs include: Billie Jean · Chim Chim Cher-ee · Dancing Queen · Fever · Game of Thrones · God Bless America ® · A Hard Day's Night · He's a Pirate · Heart and Soul · Live and Let Die · Misirlou · Mission: Impossible Theme · Nola · The Rainbow Connection · Roar · Rolling in the Deep · Shake It Off · Skating · Star Wars (Main Theme) · Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious · William Tell Overture · and more.

Percussionist Marcel Jorand (b. 1937) studied at the Paris Conservatoire where he won many prizes including first prize for his instrument. His professional work as a performer and teacher combined produced many well-informed study books for Percussion including Fifteen Studies for Xylophone. Following his graduation from the Paris Conservatoire Jorand worked with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio-France as a soloist. In 1978 he went on to teach at the Regional Conservatory of Montpellier and direct the Ecole municipale de Juvignac. Four years before his move to the South of France Jorand producedFifteen Studies for Xylophone. These studies address a wide range of aspects of technique on the instrument. Marcel Jorand's Fifteen Studies for Xylophone is imperative to the technical progression of all aspiring Xylophone players.