SCORE/PARTS - EL CHUPACABRA for Wind Ensemble

PURCHASE INCLUDES:
- PDF of score (sized to 11"x17")
- PDF of parts (sized to 10"x13")

PROGRAM NOTE
El Chupacabra was inspired by the story of a creature said to attack and drink the blood of animals. The word chupacabra translates literally to “goat sucker” in reference to the initial encounters with the beast, when livestock were found with puncture wounds in the chest area, having been drained of their blood.

One of the first reported attacks by the chupacabra happened in the Puerto Rican town of Canóvanas, which is within 10 miles of El Yunque National Rain Forest. Now imagine that you are in this area of Puerto Rico. El Yunque receives about 120 inches of rainfall annually with an average year-round temperature of 80 degrees Fahrenheit— it’s very humid. There is an abundance of wildlife: various species of birds, bats, frogs, and insects. One bug in particular, the cucubano, is similar to a firefly, but with two bioluminescent spots instead of one. Now imagine, you’re in this rain forest and it’s dark and it’s raining. You hear all kinds of movement around you from the wild life. You keep seeing pairs of eyes moving around— or are they bugs?

Are you the hunter or the hunted?