TIP OF THE ANDES for Percussion Ensemble

This work is a grade 5 level ensemble piece for six players.

Instrumentation includes:

Player 1
Vibraphone, 4 Concert Toms, Crash Cymbals and Agogo Bells

Player 2
Suspended Cymbal, Crash Cymbals, Orchestra Bells, Tam-tam and Xylophone

Player 3
Timpani and 4 Roto-toms

Player 4
Vibraslap, Snare Drum, Marimba and Guiro

Player 5
Temple Blocks, Tenor Drum, Crash Cymbals, Orchestra Bells, Triangle, Tam-tam and Claves

Player 6
Bass Drum and Suspended Cymbal

Listen to a few musical samples of Tip of the Andes

• Excerpt #1 (opening section) [246k]
• Excerpt #2 [311k]
• Excerpt #3 (middle - lyrical section) [217k]
• Excerpt #4 [198k]
• Excerpt #5 (ending) [377k]

Published by Southern Music Company, Copyright ©1998
San Antonio, Texas 78292

This work is available through Steve Weiss Music at (215) 659-0100.