For four percussion, includes score and parts. Toy pianos, snare drums and kazoos join with other percussion instruments in a joyful "Toy Parade." Hannay's work from the mid 1970s offers four percussionists an opportunity to parade their "stuff" and is guaranteed to delight any audience, young or old. Duration: ca. 8'
Print size: Score: Legal (8.5 x 14")
Parts: Letter (8.5 x 11")
Review from Percussive Notes:
This five-movement, contemporary percussion ensemble was originally composed by Roger Hannay in 1974, but only published commercially in 1999. Dr. Hannay is the retired Professor of Composition at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His expertise in percussion is well-founded and inventive. The instrumentation is creative as well: Percussion 1 includes marching snare drum, concert snare drum, five graduated toms, toy piano; Percussion 2 includes marching snare drum, concert snare drum, five graduated drums, toy xylophone; Percussion 3 includes marching snare drum, concert snare drum, five graduated drums, small tambourine, toy piano, kazoo; Percussion 4 includes bass drum with attached cymbal, small snare drum, five graduated drums, toy xylophone, triangle. The five movements in this eight-minute suite are titled "Processional," "Canons," "Challenges," "Games and Dances," and "Recessional." The overall style is whimsical and somewhat comical, revealing the wit of Roger Hannay. This is definitely a work for the mature collegiate percussion quartet.
-Jim Lambert
