Los Angeles Percussion Quartet Talks Mallet Selection6/3/2016Mallet Quartet, scored for two vibraphones and two 5-octave marimbas, is a piece that was commissioned by Los Angeles Percussion Quartet and composed by Joe Pereira. The work, written to consider all elements of sound for these instruments, was premiered at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana on November 15, 2013. In 2014, LAPQ recorded this piece on their second album with Sono Luminus Records, entitled The Year Before Yesterday, and was rated "Best of 2014" in the Classical Music category from iTunes.