Serengeti
General Info
Year of Published: 2008
Publisher: Row-Loff Productions
Difficulty: Late Elementary to Intermediate
Duration: 00:04:02
Cost: $40.00
Instrumentation
Player 1: Glockenspiel
Player 2: Xylophone
Player 3: Vibraphone
Player 4: Marimba 1
Player 5: Marimba 2
Player 6: Chimes
Player 7: Timpani
Player 8: Snare Drum
Player 9: Bass Drum
Player 10: 4 Concert Tom-tom
Player 11: Conga
Player 12-14: Rainstick & 2 Suspended Cymbals & China Cymbals & Guiros & Shakers & Triangles & Tambourines (Mounted) & Brake Drums & Sleigh Bellss & Surdo or Floor Toms & Djembes
Description
Serengeti is the latest piece for percussion ensemble by popular composer Chris Crockarell. Based on driving African rhythms, there is a part in this piece for everyone! Serengeti is written for 14 players and uses many different instruments - mallets, timpani, traditional concert drums, shakers surdo, and djembe! This piece will certainly be fun for performers and audiences alike!
Recent Performance
Works for Percussion by this Composer
Small Ensemble
Concerto for Garage Band – Percussion Quintet; Percussion (5); Guitar; Keyboard; Bass Guitar
Cymbalectomy – Percussion Sextet; Percussion (6)
Drum Bizness – Percussion Quartet; Percussion (4)
DrumZuhBit – Percussion Quartet; Percussion (4)
Hipster –
Kaleidoscope (Crockarell) – Percussion Sextet; Percussion (6)
Katie's Bossa – Percussion Sextet; Percussion (6)
Sahara Dream –
Shimi, Shami, Shang! –
ShockuhFunk –
Shoe Bop –
Snaresville - Percussion Quartet
Snare Necessities - Percussion Quartet
Svengali
Synergy – Percussion Quartet; Percussion (4)
Taco Tico –
Tequila –
Timp or Mental - Percussion Quartet
Three Way Split – Percussion Trio; Percussion (3)
Under the Big Top –
Medium Ensemble
Circus, Circus! – Percussion (10)
Comic Relief – Percussion Octet; Percussion (8)
Dance of the Wind-up Toy – Percussion Octet; Percussion (8)
Glitzville! – Percussion Nonet; Percussion (9)
Kawf Dooda Code – Percussion Octet; Percussion (8)
Leetul Reekee –
Last Warrior – Percussion (10)
Outbound – Percussion Nonet; Percussion (9); Tape
Rocking Angel - Percussion (11)
Stratus – Percussion Nonet; Percussion (9)
Sushi Funk – Percussion Octet; Percussion (8); Bass Guitar
Large Ensemble
Curse Of Tortuga - Percussion (14)
Gorsky's Dream – Percussion (12)
Serengeti - Percussion (14)
Visions of Sugar Plums - Percussion 12
Flexible Ensemble
Hark, the Herald Bossa - 4 to 7 Players
Kawf Dooda Code - 8 to 16 Players
Kuhthunk! - 4 to 20 Players
Me Tarzan - 8 to 16 Players
Ensemble Collection
Pick a Key, Any Key - 5 or More Players
Yuletide Buckets - 4 to 16 Players
Drum It Down - Percussion Quartet