Serengeti National Park, a wildlife refuge in northern Tanzania, East Africa, serves as the inspiration for this work. Intended as an introduction to multicultural music for beginning instrumentalists, there are musical representations of the many exotic animal species found in the park. The beginnng is majestic, depicting the hills and grassland ranges. A variety of interesting sounds are created with the strings alone or by including the optional percussion parts.

Includes CD. 'Serengetti dreams' is track 4. Instrumentation : conductor -- Violin 1 -- Violin 2 -- Viola -- Cello -- String bass -- mallet percussion (large tom, optional bass drum, marimba, optional xylophone) -- timpani -- Percussion 1 (congas, bass drum, djembe, optional large tom) -- percussion 2 (crash cymbals, suspended cymbal, cabasa). Duration: 2:38.