Marimba Musings and Other Variations is a high-concept, genre-blending sonic feast. Each track is a theatrical ode to a culture, dish, or myth, centered around the marimba — a rhythmic narrator guiding listeners through whimsical, dramatic, and high-energy soundscapes. From the stately romance of Biscuit Marimba to the operatic grandeur of Wagner Marimba, the volcanic bounce of Tsunami Marimba, and the slapstick funk of Croissant Marimba, every piece fuses orchestral craft with absurdist charm and global flavor. Packed with Dolby-level production, Quincy Jones–style arrangements, and bursts of chantable magic, this collection is a genre unto itself.

Track 11 Marimba Meditation North

푸른 빛과 초록 사이 (Orchestra) : 아용

Midnight Music

rag 'n' bone - written by Ren Faye

Male Voice: Ragga a bone, ragga bone, bring out yer rags!

2nd Voices: Make your way out of your homes! Anything for rag and bone?

Have you a bed for the night?
Asked the traveller, to aid in my plight
For the streets to me horse and me feet aren't kind...

She said, I've heard the tales
I knew you were around
Now let me pour some ale
and I'll see if I have anything that can be found
for rag 'n' bone
for rag 'n' bone
this is my home
in rag and bone...

He said, I'll take your bric-a-brac,
Your porcelain plates
and your copper and brass
She said will you take my tears from the past?

He said,
I won't get much for yer tears,
but I promise I'll stay with you
For all the years,
remember when you were kind
and gave a weary rag and bone man,
a bed for, the night...

A stable for me horse,
I'll stay with you of course...

Oh myyyy...
No rags....
Here for me....

Have you a bed for night?
Asked the traveller to aid in my plight
For the streets to me horse and me feet
aren't kind.

rag 'n' bone

8/9/20 Pre-order EP 'Blissful and Beyond' at BandCamp, includes new release 'Waves of my Heart' and six 
more...https://sharonchen.bandcamp.com/album/blissful-and-beyond-2

Full moons, romantic songs.. Collab with Adam 4le..

I hope you like this new release.. Adam4le sent me an older track of his (https://soundcloud.com/adam4le/far-away-original-instrumental) and I re-imagined it with strings. I mixed and mastered it in two reverb halls: medium (String Chamber) and large (Dream Hall) in Logic Pro. I used volume automation to bring out the different string melodies.    https://sharonchen.bandcamp.com/track/beyond-the-clouds

Blissful and Beyond

Beyond The Clouds

It is with great pleasure that I release my second movement of my Fourth Symphony. As with the first movement, I have had the luxury of extra time during these troubling COVID months to invest in the music.

I am also very pleased that the whole Symphony is nearing completion. In total there are four movements totaling just over an hour. I plan to release the third movement on August 1st.   Here's a link to the first movement https://soundcloud.com/cpjl/larkins-symphony-no-4-movement-1

I would like to take this opportunity of thanking John Hopkins @john-hopkins-941786350 and Joseph Haspel @joseph-haspel for their feedback on this movement. Although most of the time I compose in a complete vacuum, I do find it helpful to get insight from others.

I also need to thank Philip aka "Classical Glass" @classicalglass-1. I accidently released as public rather than a private version of the third movement. He immediately commented on it before I deleted it. So, I decided to send him a note of explanation along with a private version of the movement. He very kindly and correctly pointed out that the balance was not right as the 1st violins and sometimes the brass were often drowning out too much in the louder sections. In listening to this movement, I realized that advice was apt and I adjusted the balance on this movement. So thank you Philip again, and it's funny how sometimes the path to help travels through inadvertent ways.



I do hope you enjoy listening. Thank you.

Larkins Symphony No. 4, Movement 2

Silent Heart

A short piece for brass and woodwinds. 
In ancient Greek religion and myth, the Anemoi were wind gods.

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Photo by Ivan Bandura on Unsplash

Anemoi

Walking Alive

Piano solo of the Domenico Scarlatti K466 music piece (first part).
Hope you like it..... it's available with a license for commercial use now here: https://audiojungle.net/item/scarlatti-k466/30331726

Scarlatti K466

«Appearance of Queen of Hearts» (Alice in Wonderland). Op.126-c.

25 July 2025 News
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Classically-trained, award-nominated composer. What Was I Made For? won Steve Sheppard’s Award for Best Single in April 2024, One World Music Radio, UK. Blissful and Beyond Album won third place Best Album (Sept ’24) Harvard College graduate with honors in Music and East Asian Languages and Civilizations.. I am a poet, dreamer; see my poems on Twitter. 

My songs tell stories of darkness evolving into light. I play piano lives on many medias - classical, jazz, neoclassical and somewhere in-between. My YouTube has over 640k views in classical, originals, jazz. Each of my feel-good orchestral works from Blissful and Beyond album has a story of gratitude.

New EP’s in progress in different genres. Disney/jazz (Once Upon a Time, Long,Long Ago);  Album, The Five Elements - wood, water, metal, earth, fire - elements intrinsic to ancient Chinese philosophy, poetry, landscape art.. works either sounds Chinese or western with Chinese philosophy behind it. Chopin EP with new and classic takes. 10 million+ Spotify streams.
https://www.sharonelainechen.com/ 

Watch for originals and covers on both instruments on YouTube and Spotify. Thanks for subbing to my YouTube and following me on Spotify. Find different works on my Bandcamp, One World Music Radio too.
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Dawn of the morning lightly caresses
The moon touch of our hearts reveals 
In the blackest of nights..
In the breathlessness of circumstances 
The embracing hearts slowly heals..

~SEC

Beyond The Clouds

Sharon Chen Music