La Perla Negra Composed by Colin Skinner
Music for Brass Band Duration: 6:30 Minutes Percussion: 4 Players Drum Kit, Maracas, Xylophone, Triangle, Tambourine, Glockenspiel, Claves, Castanets and Marimba
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La Perla Negra For this brooding piece the composer has used the following storyline. “A sad elderly man sits alone in a bar whilst an accordionist plays a slow tango. A beautiful woman walks in wearing a single black pearl necklace and proceeds to dance with the old man. Gradually the music becomes more and more spirited and the dance faster as the old man becomes youthful again. With a passionate kiss he passes out in the girls arms and when he awakens he is back in the bar alone save for the accordionist. As he contemplates his dream he notices a single black pearl left behind on the bar. The sombre mood is lightened in the middle section by a deliberately trite and vibrato fuelled section, but we soon return to the opening material for a slow fade-out� Colin Skinner Colin studied bassoon at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow and has played with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and B.B.C. Scottish Symphony Orchestra. He joined Trinity College of Music and played saxophone with the Jazz Orchestra, directed by Bobby Lamb. In 1987 he started touring with the Glenn Miller Orchestra U.K., leaving in 1995 for a Caribbean cruise performing cabaret with The Mellotones vocal quartet. He also plays lead alto sax with Echoes of Ellington, Back To Basie and The Syd Lawrence Orchestra. West End shows include Company, Damn Yankees, Chicago, Anything Goes, Acorn Antiques, Sinatra, Babes In Arms, Porgy & Bess the musical and Crazy For You. He is increasingly in demand for his writing and arranging contributing to the library of The John Wilson Orchestra, The Syd Lawrence Orchestra, Matt Ford and his own big band "Skin Deep" and septet "Squatty Roo". He has performed with Shirley Bassey. Billy May, Sacha Distell, Tony Bennett and Kevin Spacey. 2011 saw the release of "Cookin' With The Lid On" a recording of a big band he co-leads with drummer Matt Skelton in homage to the legendary Terry Gibbs Dream Band. Superbrass Music Since the start of Superbrass in early 2005, I have strived to commission new original compositions and arrangements for brass and percussion. Superbrass Music is committed to developing accessible new music for brass of the very highest quality. Illegal photocopying denies composers and publishers of their rightful revenue. A lack of revenue deters publishers from investing in new commissions. ALL MUSICIANS suffer the consequences of illegal photocopying. The future is in your hands. Now that you have the facts, you can help the future of the creative music world. If you do happen upon any errors please let me know by contacting me personally at info@superbrass.co.uk Roger Argente / Artistic Director
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Composed by Colin Skinner Arranged by Jock McKenzie Edited by Roger Argente
La Perla Negra Soprano Cornet
Solo Cornet
Repiano Cornet
2nd Cornet
3rd Cornet
Flugelhorn
slow tango
A lamentoso
Harmon Mute
1. only
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1st Horn
2nd Horn
1st Baritone
2nd Baritone
1st Trombone
2nd Trombone
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Eb Bass
Bb Bass
Drums
Percussion 1 Maracas & Xylophone
Percussion 2 Triangle, Tambourine & Glockenspiel
Percussion 3 Claves, Castanets & Marimba
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Solo Horn
2x only
Cup Mute
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pp
Triangle
pp
Claves
pp
St. Mute
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p - mp
p - mp
p - mp
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