soca/calypso
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Last Train to San Fernando
$30.00 Select optionsThis was among the first recorded pieces to document a steel orchestra at work. The Woodbrook Invaders recorded it in 1950.
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Backyard Finns
$35.00 Select optionsBackyard Finns was written to showcase the resonating quality of pans in the “sweet” registers, this is a modern calypso, post soca.
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Six Pieces for Beginning Steel Band
$100.00 Select optionsThis series was commissioned specifically to provide quality steel band music for beginning steel bands. The six pieces in this collection represent a variety of styles, composers and difficulty and can serve as an entire semester’s repertoire.
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Working
$20.00 Add to cartWorking is a medium-tempo soca with nuanced dynamics and features a jam section with rich inner voicing.
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Don Quixote
$35.00 Add to cartThis Spanish-tinged calypso from a suite chronicling the adventures of Cervantes’ Don Quixote is ideal for the intermediate to advanced ensemble.
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Ambidextrous
$35.00 Add to cartA funk-infused tune for steel band based loosely in the tonal framework of D major.
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Family
$40.00 Add to cartThis tune was originally commisioned for a Canadian/Caribbean Film called “Finder of Lost Children.”
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Catch Me
$20.00 Add to cartThis lively calypso packs a punch! Through great voicing and effective stops, this danceable melody will please your audience.
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Hope
$20.00 Add to cartHope, written by composer, performer and educator Jeff Narell, weaves nicely between reggae and soca.
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Pagliacci
$40.00 Add to cartThis is an exciting adaptation from Leoncavallo’s most famous opera, Pagliacci or, “Clowns.”