MAGICAL SINGING DRUM

MAGICAL SINGING DRUM

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Scoring & Instrumentation
Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Baritone, Dancer/Drummer, Oboe (Doubling English Horn), Synthesizer, and 3 Percusison
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Year Authored (or revised)
Duration (min)
51
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Composer's Note:

Using a traditional story from East/Central Africa, Raymond Luedeke, with the advice and assistance of Joseph Ashong, master drummer from Ghana, has woven together elements of traditional African music and dance with more contemporary sounds to create a unique blend that will delight audiences of all ages.

Ntobuasie, a young girl wanting her freedom from grown-up rules, becomes trapped in a magic drum controlled by an Ogre, Foowala. When Foowala plays his drum, Ntobuasie must sing; and when Ntobuasie sings, she so delights the villagers that they bring the starving Foowala "chicken and rice, potatoes, tomatoes with butter and cream." But Menpaba and Enidaso, Ntobuasie's rather straight-laced parents, are not willing to easily lose their beloved daughter. Leaving all they have behind them, they set off in search of the itinerant Ogre and his mysterious drum. Eventually all is resolved, there is a happy conclusion, and some valuable lessons are learned by Ntobuasie, by her parents and by a contrite Ogre.

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May also be performed as the following versions:

1. Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Baritone, Dancer/Drummer, Oboe (Doubling English Horn), and Synthesizer
2. Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Baritone, Dancer/Drummer, and Synthesizer

Dancer/Drummer may also be broken up into two separate roles.

Contact [email protected] to inquire into either alternate version. The latter version utilizes the reduced score.

First Perfomance
Toronto, March 1998
Recording

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Text Language - Non English

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Title Number
Ensemble Type
chorus+soloist(s)+orch/ens
Genre/Theme
musical theater
Folk Music Influence
Instrument
Soprano , Mezzo-Soprano , Baritone (voice) , oboe , oboe (dbl eng hn) , Percussion , synthesizer
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$70.00 full score: ACA-LUER-082
$68.00 reduced score: ACA-LUER-082k
Contact [email protected] for inquiries into part purchase or rental as well as libretto purchase.