Soca Polka
General Info
Composer: Louis Köhler
Arranger: Brain Slawson
Publisher: Tapspace
Year of Published: 2019
Difficulty: Intermediate
Duration: 00:02:30
Cost: $36.00
Instrumentation
Player 1: Glockenspiel
Player 2: Xylophone
Player 3: Marimba 1
Player 4: Marimba 2
Player 5: Chimes
Player 6: Timpani
Player 7: Temple Blocks
Player 8: Bongos
Player 9: Snare Drum
Player 10: Bass Drum
Player 11: Hand Cymbals
Player 12: Bongos
Player 13: Maracas
Player 14: 2 Cowbells
Description
The combination of soul music mixed with calypso brought forth a style of dance music from Trinidad and Tobago known as "soca". In Brian Slawson’s arrangment of Louis Köhler’s Chromatic Polka, there are two musical styles at play: 1) the rhythms and instruments of soca music and 2) the melodies and harmonies of German polka music. Put these two together and you’ve got Soca Polka!
Arrangement for Percussion by this Arranger
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Brandenburg No. 2: Allegro Moderato (Bach) - Percussion (10)
Children's Medley (Bach / Ellemenreich) - Percussion Sextet
Clockbox - Percussion Octet
Concerto in A Minor (Bach) - Mallet Sextet
Danse Macabre (Saint-Saëns) - Percussion Octet
Entrance of the Queen of Sheba (Handel)
Etude in C# Minor (Scriabin) - Mallet Duet
Frightmare (Beethoven) - Percussion (12)
Goldberg Variation 28 (Bach)
Heartland (Rameau & Dvořák) - Percussion Octet
Intermezzo from a Midsummer Night's Dream (Mendelssohn) - Mallet Octet
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Bach) - Mallet Sextet
Leggerhead (Bach, Handel, Dvořák) - Percussion Sextet
Menuetto (Mozart) - Percussion Septet
Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo (Mendelssohn) - Mallet Ensemble
Rock the Gavotte (Rameau & Ditters von Dittersdorf) - Percussion Octet
Shepherds Song (Beethoven) - Percussion (14)
Soca Polka - Percussion (14)
Sonata in A Minor (Scarlatti) - Mallet Duet
Sonata in F (Handel) - Mallet Solo
Sonata in F Minor (Scarlatti) - Marimba
The Storm (Beethoven) - Mallet Trio
Teardrop (Rossini) - Vibraphone; Piano
Three Romanian Dances (Bartók) - Mallet Duet
Upbeat Suite - Mallet Quartet
Waltz in C# Minor (Chopin) - Mallet Duet
Winter (Vivaldi) - Percussion (10)