Jokers Wild
General Info
Year of Published: 2016
Publisher: Tapspace
Difficulty: Elementary
Duration: 00:02:20
Cost: $36.00
Instrumentation
Player 1: Glockenspiel
Player 2: Xylophone
Player 3: Marimba
Player 4: Marimba
Player 5: Marimba
Player 6: Chimes
Player 7: Timpani
Player 8: Snare Drum
Player 9: Bass Drum
Player 10: Crash Cymbals
Player 11: Triangle
Player 12: Cowbell & 2 Woodblocks
Player 13: Vibraslap & Brake Drum & school bell & cork pop gun & police whistle & slide whistle & nightingale bird whistle & 2 bulb horns
Program Notes
Veteran percussionist and composer Brian Slawson may have just created the catchiest tune on your next concert. Whether for younger middle school groups, or an encore piece for more advanced groups, Jokers Wild is a Vaudville-style circus piece that’s sure to bring the house down! Jokers Wild is as adaptable as it is entertaining. Playable as a trio (xylophone & basic 4-mallet marimba & percussion), it’s also expandable through optional parts that can reach thirteen or more players! Listed in the score is an order of priority for adding extra parts to the trio – a kind of “choose your own adventure” approach to building the ensemble.
Recent Performance
Works for Percussion by this Composer
Solos
Two-Beat Tango
Dynamic Solos for Timpani
Dynamic Solos for Mallets
Dynamic Solos for Snare Drum
Cricket
Animal Cracker Rag
Percussion Ensemble
A Little Malletmusik
Angels in the Moonlight
Animals
Bongito
Candlesticks - Percussion Octet
Christmas Day
Dreams From the Dark Forest
Füm Drum
Jokers Wild
La Vida de la Noche (Mallet Ensemble)
La Vida de la Noche (Percussion Ensemble)
Little Lullabies
Nanigo Navidad - Percussion (11)
Odd Duck - Percussion Quartet
Opa! - Percussion 10
Pelican - Percussion (9)
Pistoleros - Percussion (13)
Pop Drop
Rockbox - Percussion Nonet
Santa's Strut
Tale of the Dragon
The Three Buccaneers
Top Tank
When You Hear the Drum
Winterland - Percussion Octet
Percussion Ensemble with Other Instrument
An American Dream - Percussion Ensemble & Trumpet