Echoes of Mexico
General Info
Year: 2020
Duration:
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Sergio Barer
Cost: Score and Parts (digital) - $50.00 | Score Only (digital) - $5.00
Instrumentation (Flexible)
Full Score
Part 1
- Piccolo
- Flute
- Oboe
- E-flat Soprano Clarinet
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- B-flat Soprano Saxophone
- Piccolo Trumpet
- B-flat Trumpet
Part 2
- Piccolo
- Flute
- Oboe
- E-flat Soprano Clarinet
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- B-flat Soprano Saxophone
- E-flat Alto Saxophone
- Piccolo Trumpet
- B-flat Trumpet
Part 3
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone
- Horn in F
Part 4
- Bassoon
- B-flat Bass Clarinet
- E-flat Baritone Saxophone
- B-flat Bass Saxophone
- Horn in F
- Trombone
- Bass Trombone
- Tuba
Percussion, including:
- Claves
- Conga
- Guiro
- Marimba, or piano, or two marimbas, or marimba and xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
About a month ago [2020] I was invited by Alex Shapiro to participate in a Facebook group to write flex music for band. The need for flex band pieces arose due to the COVID-19 epidemic, as school bands are just getting back together and big groups are not allowed to share the same space. So pieces that are flexible as to their orchestration are very needed at this time.
This piece is based on several Mexican themes, the main one being La Cucaracha, a folk song that was widely sung during the Mexican Revolution (1910-1917) and is now considered a children's song (although "mariguana" is mentioned prominently in it) .
- Program Note by composer
Performance Notes
This piece is designed to be performed by a high school band, a college band or a professional band. The reason it is a flex piece is because some schools don't have all the instruments of a symphonic band available to them, so this scoring allows them to perform the piece with whatever instruments they have. It can be with 4 clarinets, or 4 saxophones, or 4 flutes, or a different assortment of instruments, whatever you have.
Media
(Needed - please join the WRP if you can help.)
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Echoes of Mexico (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
All Wind Works
- Echoes of Mexico (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
Resources
- Serio Barer, personal correspondence, September 2020
- Serio Barer website Accessed 16 September 2020