Animals

Brian Slawson

General Info

Year:
Publisher: Tapspace
Difficulty: Elementary
Duration: 00:05:00
Cost: $34.00

Movement

Movement 1: Small
Movement 2: Medium
Movement 3: Large

Instrumentation

Player 1: Guiro & Triangle & Snare Drum
Player 2: Xylophone & Bongos
Player 3: Claves & Congas & Bass Drum
Player 4: 3 Timpani & 2 Concert Tom-toms & 2 Woodblocks & Vibraslap

Program Notes

All kids love animals, and with Brian Slawson's Animals you'll be able to take advantage of that in a percussive way. Four young percussionists will characterize many small, medium and large animals through their parts in this three movement piece.

Works for Percussion by this Composer

Solos

Two-Beat Tango
Cricket
Animal Cracker Rag

Chamber Percussion Ensemble

Candlesticks - 8 Players
Füm Drum - 9 Players
Odd Duck - 4 Players
Song of All Seasons - 8 Players
Pelican - 9 Players
Rockbox - 9 Players
Tangito - 9 Players
Top Tank - 3 Players
Winterland - 8 Players

Large Percussion Ensemble

Angels in the Moonlight
Animals
Bongito - 13 Players
Book Bash - 10 Players
Christmas Day
Dreams From the Dark Forest - 13 Players
Jokers Wild - 13 Players
La Vida de la Noche (Percussion Ensemble) - 15 Players
Little Lullabies
Nanigo Navidad - 11 Players
Opa! - 10 Players
Pistoleros - 13 Players
Roundup - 10 Players
Santa's Strut - 11 Players
Strum - 10 Players
Tale of the Dragon - 12 Players
Tank Time - 10 Players
The Three Buccaneers
When You Hear the Drum - 10 Players

Mallet Ensemble

A Little Malletmusik
El Paso Waltz
La Vida de la Noche (Mallet Ensemble)

Percussion Ensemble with Other Instrument

An American Dream - Percussion Ensemble & Trumpet

Indeterminate Percussion Ensemble

Pop Drop - 3 or more Players
Yes & No - 5 or 6 Players