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Tapspace Opa! By Brian Slawson

Opa by Brian Slawson is an energetic celebration of a piece, written for 10 intermediate percussionists. This piece is celebratory in nature, but evolves in sound and texture from a slow call-and-response style introduction into an exuberant blast of a piece to play and experience!

Difficulty: Medium

Duration: 2:50

Instrumentation:

  • Glockenspiel
  • Xylophone
  • Chimes
  • Vibraphone
  • 1 marimba - low A
  • 4 timpani
  • Drum set
  • Drums (bongos, doumbek)
  • Cymbals & gongs (crash cymbals)
  • Accessories (temple blocks, bell tree, finger cymbals, cabasa, tambourine)