Toboggan - John Herndon

Toboggan by John Herndon
Performed by the Nicoma Park Middle School 7th grade percussion ensemble (2015-2016)
Program notes:
"Toboggan is a delightful work for young percussionists depicting a short, fast ride on a small sled. The piece starts by capturing the excitement of finding new-fallen snow. The descent swishes and jingles at high speed through sudden direction changes, patches of rough snow, and the gentle rising and falling of fresh powder. Toboggan ends, as sled rides often do, with a playful crash into a snowdrift."
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[@byherndon9981]

Wow, guys - this is great! Love the video and the performance. Do you mind if I share it? Hope you enjoyed Toboggan!

[@joshturner1934]

Thanks a lot John! We loved the piece, it really clicked with the students and it's all they've wanted to play since I handed it out. I'd be honored if you shared it! I'll be getting it submitted to Percussion Music Online ASAP as well.

[@Patukah1879]

these guys playing it in 7th grade, I'm just now playing it in highschool... they did a really good job hope we can do better than 7th graders 🤣

[@lindseypak559]

I’m sure the quality is much better in hs tho I mean they all be playing all the nodes and stuff like that

[@maybe.kay1ee]

lol whaaaa I'm playing it and Im in 7th

[@Hijklmnop]

My 7th grade percussion ensemble is performing this. I’m a 7th grade clarinet player btw. Our winter concert is tonight!

[@Patukah1879]

Good luck

[@lukechristensen7955]

I play percussion. I think the marimba players need to learn to play in THE CENTER OF THE NOTE. It makes it sound less like a mallet hitting a piece of wood and more like a note. But overall GREAT JOB!

[@maskedmayhem4354]

I’m playing this in my school and I have glockenspiel

[@mybutt7167]

I played this a long time ago and same

[@soccerugirl]

I played throughout middle school, high school, and college. I highly encourage all musicians to find the community band in your area. We are playing this piece in our community concert band of 80 people.

[@patrickdevitt1789]

Great stuff.

[@danielclegg1977]

Center of the upper keys would be nice but great run through way faster than I could play

[@noname-bm3kd]

that's my school.

[@zingwastaken]

I'm playing bass drum in this song at my school

[@coltonmcelwee6835]

Wow

[@coolmanofgameyt3464]

Man I'm timpani and I probably won't get that fast Good song though! These guys did it right!

[@ax_lz]

I have to play this at my school in 1 month. I’m playing marimba 2 and it’s way too fast

[@luvvlanie1167]

Noah how It go

[@lukechristensen7955]

Noah marimba 2 is easy for me (no offense)

[@maybe.kay1ee]

Dang, poor you. I'm playing this too except I got timpani

[@ax_lz]

@@maybe.kay1ee Wow I haven’t thought about this since 2017 and it just brought back so many memories lol, and good luck

[@maybe.kay1ee]

@@ax_lz Thanks :)

[@imnotlyric5739]

Playing marimba 1 😎

[@xyr4n_1]

same here