Serengeti Dreams (with Opt. Percussion Ensemble)

Serengeti National Park, a wildlife refuge in northern Tanzania, East Africa, serves as the inspiration for this work. Intended as an introduction to multicultural music for beginning instrumentalists, the work features musical representations of the many exotic animal species found in the park. The beginning is majestic, depicting the hills and grassland ranges. A variety of interesting sounds is created with the strings alone or by including the optional, innovative percussion parts.