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Snake Charmer
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General Info
Year: 2009
Duration: c. 5:45
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Grand Mesa Music
Cost: Score and Parts - $65.00 | Score Only - $8.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bb Soprano Clarinet I-II
Bb Bass Clarinet
Alto Saxophone I-II
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
Bb Trumpet I-II
Horn in F
Trombone I-II
Euphonium/Bassoon
Tuba
Mallets (Bells/Xylophone)
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bongos (opt. Tom-Toms)
- Cymbals (crash and suspended)
- Maracas
- Tambourine
- Triangle
- Wind Chimes
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
From the Score:
Snake Charmer is a piece of music intended to invoke the air of exotic mystery that surrounds the art of snake charming. An altered scale gives the piece a slightly middle-eastern flavor. The piece begins with the image of the charmer setting up his performance area in the streets, opening the lid, and letting the serpent appear. Then, the snake begins its swaying, dangerous dance until, exhausted, it returns to the dark safety of its basket.
From the Grand Mesa Website:
This highly evocative work invokes the air of exotic mystery that surrounds the art of snake charming. An eastern scale, very colorful percussion writing, aleatoric techniques, and an optional loud or soft ending make "Snake Charmer" a one-of -a-kind work that adventurous bands will not want to miss. Use of the included scale study sheet will help students understand the mechanics of the music and add to their success playing what should become a classic in the young band literature.
Awards
- J.W. Pepper's Editor's Choice (2009)
Commercial Discography
- Teaching Music Through Performance in Band,Vol.8
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Recent Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Neuque Valley Wind Ensemble, Naperville, Illinois - 2009 Midwest Clinic
Additional Works for Winds by this Composer
- Adrenaline Engines
- Afterburn
- Aggressivo!
- Art(isms) I: Pointallism
- Art(isms) II: Surrealism
- Art(isms) III: Abstract Expressionism
- Battlesong
- Brighton Camp March (2012)
- Buffalo Island March
- Celebration Tribalesque
- Christmas Fanfare, A
- Danse Bohemien
- Daybreak March
- Fields of Clover
- Folk Suite for Beginning Band
- Gadget (2012)
- Gently Blows the Summer Wind
- Grace
- Half-Past One
- Her Majesty's Brigade
- In Late November
- Lullabye (Waltz for Band)
- Ode to Joy
- Pandora
- Portent
- Prayer Before Nightfall, A
- Rage
- Ridge Spirit Fanfare
- Rowan Tree, The
- Snake Charmer
- Steel
- Still, Still, Still
- That Old Hound Dog Rag
- Towercrest March
- Union Street March
- Victory Parade March
- With Every Winter's Breath
- Zooveniers
Additional Resources
None discovered thus far.
