La Vida de la Noche (Percussion Ensemble)

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Brian Slawson

General Info

Year of Published: 2023
Publisher: Tapspace
Difficulty: Intermediate
Duration: 00:04:30
Cost: $42.00

Instrumentation

Player 1: Glockenspiel
Player 2: Xylophone
Player 3: Vibraphone
Player 4: Marimba 1
Player 5: Marimba 2
Player 6: Marimba 3
Player 7: Chimes
Player 8: Crotales
Player 9: Timpani
Player 10: Drumset
Player 11: Bongos
Player 12: Temple Blocks
Player 13: Tambourine
Player 14: Bell Tree & Triangle & Tam Tam
Player 15: Hand Cymbals & Suspended Cymbal & Vibraslap

Description

Ready for a night on the town? Transport your audience to the dance club with La Vida de la Noche (Nightlife) by Brian Slawson. This spirited, soca-style work for mallet sextet. With a single quarter note pickup in the mallets, the piece wastes no time launching into the catchy melody. The main melody is a study in sixteenth + dotted eighth rhythms (as well as the reverse), while a secondary melody switches almost entirely to triplet-based rhythms. Interlocking parts throughout the rest of the ensemble keep the more challenging rhythms achievable.

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

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