Instrumentation: String Orchestra
1st performance: San Jose Chamber Orchestra, Barbara Day Turner, cond., Le Petit Trianon, San Jose, CA, May 17, 2009.
To the forgotten of Hurricane Katrina.
Zydeco is Creole-based music indigenous to Louisiana. The lead instrument of a Zydeco band is accordion and the music itself over the years has integrated a wide variety of popular music forms. Rather than trying to copy the sound or instrumentation of a Zydeco band, the emphasis is on rhythm.