Sorry for swaying away a bit from the subject of marimba, I was just wondering if anyone has any pieces I should familiarize myself with? I haven't really done as much with the vibes as I have wanted to. I was wondering if you have suggestions on popular solo pieces for the vibes, you know, pieces that all vibe players are familiar with. Thanks.
~Behzad

Any of the John Piper stuff is a good place to start, or a piece called "Six Poems" but I forget who it's by right at the moment. Won a PAS comp. a few years back. solid

HoneyRock Publishing has a number of new pieces & collections for vibraphone including:
Compendium for Vibraphone/David Kovins
Four Concert Pieces For Vibraphone/Saverio Tasca
Five Miniatures/Piazzolla arr. Morleo
Concerto For Vibraphone & Band/Thomas Briggs

and the winners of this years PAS composition contest (solo vibraphone catagory) will be available shortly as well -
The Labyrinth/Chappell Kingsland (1st)
Floes/Alan Chan (2nd)
Market Day/Saverio Tasca (3rd)
The PAS winners should be available on their web-site for pre-publication purchase (at a discount) soon - as well as sound excerpts.

. . . . well you asked . . . 🙂