It just dawned on me that I posted this thread a long time ago and never updated anyone on my progress. I did what some of you said. I picked up some George Hamilton Green stuff, and I took Fluffy Ruffles to competition and received "Best Soloist" award. I also got ahold of Parody, by Jesse Monkman, I'm in the process of learning that. Great piece. It's pretty challenging for me right now.

Also, I'm in the process of working out Furioso and Valse and Frogs. So, without wasting anymore webspace, I'd like to say thanks to everyone who replied to my original post about 3 months ago.

ok last year for one of our concerts our percussion director did a marimba solo to "serenade of a picket fence" and i have to say it rocks theres a lot of rolls in it i believe and its a fun fast song that reminds me of candy for some reason.

Good 2 mallet solos:

-Tambourin Chinois by Kreisler
-Creston's Marimba Concertino (a good test on your knowledge of theory)

As for 4 mallets:

-Etudes by Musser
-Mexican Dances 1 and 2 by Stout
-Parody by Monkman

There's many more. Just pick up a Steve Weiss catalog.

Theres a composition for a percussion section of some band Entitled Acid Rain. If you just use the four mallets parts, it sound incredibly awesome, better than many solos I have heard. If you want it, just PM me or post back.