Offenbach-Orpheus in th Underworld: Can Can arr. Hernandez (SP)-B/2V/C/X/4M/4T/P

A classic work for your percussion ensemble! Michael Hernandez has recreated the light energy of Jacques Offenbach's Can Can. Bring a little operetta into your next percussion ensemble concert!

Number of Players: 16
Difficulty: Grade 4
Duration: 2:23
Instrumenta1tion:

Player 1: Bells

Player 2: Vibe

Player 3: Vibe

Player 4: Chimes

Player 5: Xylo

Player 6: Marimba

Player 7: Marimba

Player 8: Marimba

Player 9: Marimba

Player 10: Marimba

Player 11: Timpanis

Player 12: Triangle

Player 13: Tambourine

Player 14: Snare Drum

Player 15: Bass Drum

Player 16: Crash Cymbals

Jacques Offenbach (June 20, 1819 – October 4, 1880), composer and cellist, the creator of 'La vie Parisienne' and an originator of the operetta form, a precursor of the modern musical comedy. He was one of the most influential composers of popular music in Europe in the 19th century, and many of his works remain in the repertory.

Michael A. Hernandez is the Associate Director of Bands and Percussion Coordinator for the Plano Senior High School Cluster in Plano, Texas, and a founder and Operations Executive for the north Texas based percussion-publishing company, Drop6 Media, Inc.He has performed with the Dallas Wind Symphony, the Allen Symphony, and the Richardson Symphony in addition to freelance work in the North Texas Metroplex. Michael was a member of the Desperadoes Steel Drum Band and the Serenaders Traditional Steel Drum Band in Trinidad and Tobago and is presently a member of the DFW-based Panhandlers Steel Drum Band. His marching percussion experiences include the Sky Ryders Drum and Bugle Corps, the Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps and the University of North Texas Drumline. Hernandez is the author of "Beats-A Drum Method," co-author of the exercise book series: ³Listen In,² and composer/arranger of several percussion ensembles published through Drop6 Media, Inc.Michael is well respected in the percussion idiom and in demand as a percussion instructor, drumline show designer, arranger, adjudicator and has served as percussion consultant with many award winning band programs in the North Texas area. He is affiliated with the nationally acclaimed Universityof North Texas Marching Percussion Camp and host of the Leigh Howard Stevens Pre-College Summer Marimba Seminar in Plano, Tx.