Written for the April 2016 issue of Rhythm! Scene (A free online Percussive Arts Society magazine), Spring Falls paints a musical portrait of the change of season from winter to spring, as the flowers begin to bloom from the recently frozen ground. As such, the solo is filled with ascending and descending figures that require the performer to move gracefully around the instrument.

Medium: Solo 2-mallet Marimba (4-octave)
Publisher: NathanDaughtrey.com
Composed: 2016
Duration: 1:45
Difficulty: Medium Easy

Commissioned by Chris Dial and the Elkins High School Percussion Ensemble (Sugar Land, Texas) for performance at the 2025 Midwest Clinic, A WORLD IN US is a celebration of friendship. The exciting 5-1/2 minute work takes its title from the following quote from The Diary of Anaïs Nin:

“Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.”

Medium: Percussion Ensemble (14-16)
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Composed: 2025
Duration: 5:30
Difficulty: Medium Advanced
Commission: Elkins High School Percussion Ensemble (TX)

In Greek mythology, Elysium was the final resting place for the souls of the heroic and the pure. It has come to mean any place or state of bliss or delight. Paradise. Originally written for percussion trio in the collection “Triology,” the piece has been expanded both in personnel and in duration, adding a slow introduction that sets up the ethereal mood.

Medium: Percussion Ensemble (8-9)
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Composed: 2025
Duration: 2:40
Difficulty: Grade 2.5

Inspired by David Whyte's poem of the same name, Everything is Waiting for You tackles the topic of loneliness. Whyte starts the poem pointedly by writing, "Your great mistake is to act the drama as if you were alone." As the poem progresses, it feels lighter and more uplifting, ending with "Put down the weight of your aloneness and ease into the conversation. All the birds and creatures of the world are unutterably themselves. Everything is waiting for you."

Medium: Solo Marimba (4.3-octave, optional 4.5-octave)
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Composed: 2026
Duration: 4:00
Difficulty: Intermediate

Commissioned by Ben Bruggemeier and the Ferris High School Percussion Ensemble (Spokane, WA), IN THE SHADOW OF GIANTS is an 11-minute celebration of 4 mountain peaks in the Pacific Northwest – Mt. Rainier (The Beast), Mt. St. Helens (The Lady of Fire), Mt. Adam (Sleeping Beauty), and Mt. Hood (Retreat).

Medium: Percussion Ensemble (14-16)
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Composed: 2025
Duration: 11:00
Difficulty: Medium Advanced
Commission: Ferris High School Percussion Ensemble (WA)

MARIMBA SKETCHES, VOL. 1 is a collection of five 2-mallet marimba solos with piano accompaniment. Each is an arrangement of one of Nathan Daughtrey's popular percussion ensemble works. These bite-sized pieces for 4-octave instrument span a myriad of styles, techniques, moods, and tempi, so they are appropriate for any number of performance situations – from lessons to studio classes to recitals.

Medium: Solo 2-mallet Marimba with Piano Accompaniment
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Composed: 2026
Duration: 14:30 total
Difficulty: Medium Easy to Intermediate

MARIMBA SKETCHES, VOL. 2 is a collection of five 2-mallet marimba solos with piano accompaniment. Each is an arrangement of one of Nathan Daughtrey's popular percussion ensemble works. These bite-sized pieces for 4.3-octave instrument span a myriad of styles, techniques, moods, and tempi, so they are appropriate for any number of performance situations – from lessons to studio classes to recitals.

Medium: Solo 2-mallet Marimba with Piano Accompaniment
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Composed: 2026
Duration: 17:30 total
Difficulty: Medium Easy to Intermediate

Commissioned by the FIM Flint School of Performing Arts in Memory of Delaina Oberman, "Multiple Musings" is a collection of five graduated solos for the developing multi-percussionist, ranging from medium easy to medium advanced.

Medium: Solo Multi-Percussion
Publisher: C. Alan Publications (available November 2024)
Composed: 2024
Duration: 12:40 total
Difficulty: Medium Easy to Intermediate

Commissioned by Adam Kollipara and the Northville High School Percussion Ensemble (Northville, Michigan), NORTH STAR takes inspiration more from the phrase's symbolic meaning than from its astronomical one. For centuries, it has served as a guiding principle, providing stability, direction, and inspiration in life. This can come in many forms, such as an educator, religious leader, a therapist, a guru, but it can also simply come from within an individual as they seek to find purpose in the world.

Medium: Percussion Ensemble (8) + Piano
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Composed: 2026
Duration: 6:20
Difficulty: Intermediate
Commission: Northville High School Percussion Ensemble (MI)

Inspired by albums by London-based producer Al Wooton, Shadowfall pieces features heart-thumping grooves that get passed around the ensemble. The easy-to-digest syncopation will make younger players sound like professionals in no time.

Medium: Flex Percussion Ensemble (3-8+)
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Composed: 2025
Duration: 2:00
Difficulty: Grade 2.5

Songs of Venus was created to celebrate several of the women in Daughtrey's immediate and extended family. Represented are grandmothers, mothers, sisters, nieces, and now daughter, each having a unique and meaningful impact on his life. For the 2nd edition, all the solos were reworked for 3-octave vibraphone and made more playable by a wider range of players. A bonus solo was added to celebrate his daughter.

Medium: Solo Vibraphone
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Arranged: 2015
Duration: ca. 34:00 total
Difficulty: Grade 4-5