Serengeti Dreams

From Wind Repertory Project
Robert W. Smith

Robert W Smith


General Info

Year: 2000
Duration: c. 3:05
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $56.00; (digital) - $56.00   |   Score Only (print) - $10.00


Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute
Oboe
B-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet
Horn in F
Trombone/Euphonium/Bassoon
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:

  • Bass Drum
  • Cabasa
  • Conga
  • Crash Cymbals
  • Djembe (optional large Tom-tom)
  • Marimba (optional Xylophone)
  • Suspended Cymbal
  • Tom-toms (large)


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

Serengeti Dreams was composed for the young band as an introduction to multicultural music. The title of the piece is derived from Serengeti National Park, a wildlife refuge in northern Tanzania, East Africa. The park was established in 1951 and extends east and southeast from the shores of Lake Victoria. Serengeti has an area of about 14,763 sq. km (5,700 square miles). Its hills and grasslands provide habitat to elephants, black rhinoceroses, lions, leopards, cheetahs, gazelles, wildebeests, hyenas, buffalo, zebras, giraffes and antelope. The park is the only place in Africa where vast animal migrations, especially in May and June, can still be seen.

- Program Note from score


Media


State Ratings

  • Alabama: Class D
  • Georgia: II
  • Indiana: ISSMA JH/MS/ELEM BAND GROUP IV
  • Louisiana: I
  • North Carolina: II
  • South Carolina: II
  • Texas: I. Complete
  • Virginia: II
  • West Virginia: I


Performances

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