Percussion Ensemble Bass Marimba,Bell (or Triangle),Boomwhackers,Claves,Glockenspiel,Snare Drum,Tom Tom,Woodblock,Xylophone - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1427368 By JC Cro. By JC Croyle. Classical,Contemporary,Contest,Festival. 350 pages. JC Croyle #1008094. Published by JC Croyle (A0.1427368). The Vampire Suite is a percussion suite of four Act's, each having anywhere from six to ten parts. It is aproximately 60 minutes long. It can be performed as a percussion suite or can be performed with dance to tell the 4 distinct stories. Each Act is based on a short story written between 1800 and 1920. The stories are The Vampire Maid by Hume Nisbit, Dracula's Guest by Bram Stroker, Clarimonde by Theophile Gautier and Wake Not the Dead by Ernst Raupach.It would take 4-6 percussionists of an intermediate to advanced level. The Marimba parts, being the most difficult, could also be played by a pianist on piano. Included: Full Score Each Part Individually The storyboards for the Ballet Instrument List Bio's of each character Instrumentation: Bass Drum (Concert) Bongos Boom Whackers Claves Concert Toms Conga Cowbell Djembe Drum-Set Glockenspiel (Bells) Marimba Snare Drum (Concert) Triangle Tubular Bells Vibraphone Wood Blocks Xylophone The mp3 here is a sampling of the pieces.The music can be heard in full at https://jccroylepercussion.bandcamp.com/album/the-vampire-suite-for-percussion
