West Side Story Symphonic Dances Drum Set Play-Through and Lesson

Here is a lesson about and play-through of Leonard Berstein's Symphonic Dances from West Side Story. I posted a video about my setup for this piece a while back. You can find that here:    • West Side Story Symphonic Dances Drum Set ...   This composition can be one of the more challenging things an orchestra percussionist will have to perform. Strong knowledge of Jazz, Latin and Orchestral percussion is required to do the piece justice. I talk about each section of the piece and then play through it while displaying the part that I wrote for this performance. Time Stamps: 0:00 Introduction and Setup 3:05 Prologue (Allegro moderato) 4:19 Prologue Play-Through 14:18 Somewhere (Adagio) 14:37 Scherzo (Vivace e leggiero) 15:59 Mambo (Meno presto) 22:28 Cha-Cha/Meeting Scene 22:53 Cool (Fugue) 26:16 Rumble Equipment: Tama 1990's Star classic Exotix Bubinga kit: 22x18 Bass Drum 10, 12, 14" Toms Lang/Gladstone 14" x 7" Stave Snare Drum Ludwig 14" x 5" Maple Classical Snare Drum Cymbals 20" K Constantinople Ride, 17" Paiste Traditional Crash, 16" Paiste Sound Formula Crash, 14" Paiste Traditional Crash, 13" Paiste Traditional Thin Hi-Hats, 3 Meinl Cowbells, 1 Mounted Pearl Woodblock