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)