These Days ~ The Louisville Leopard Percussionists’s Beginners

The Louisville Leopard Percussionists' Beginners performing These Days at our BiG GiG, April 21, 2024. This is a piece we commissioned as part of a grant through South Arts written by Wes Greer. Wes wanted to introduce the kids to more complex sounding chords but kept the melody as the main topic. Listen for the changing harmony in the marimbas and xylophone while the melody repeats simple phrases. The rhythm section played a pseudo Bossa Nova groove getting used to the ostinato, (repeating rhythm), on the low drums and the syncopation in the higher drums.
The South Arts grant is made possible with the support of Jazz Road, a national initiative of South Arts, which is funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation with additional support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
The Louisville Leopard Percussionists is a non-profit organization offering extracurricular music opportunities to local children. Please help us keep our program going by donating at www.leopardmusic.org.
The Louisville Leopard Percussionists began in 1993. They are a performing ensemble of student musicians, ages 7-18, living in and around Louisville, Kentucky. Each student learns and acquires proficiency on several instruments, such as marimbas, xylophone, vibraphone, drum set, timbales, congas, bongos, and piano.

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