The Secret Lives of Tadpoles
Duration: 7:00
Instrumentation: Flute, Bb Clarinet
Premiere: December 15, 2018 // Collar Works, Troy, NY
Premiere performer: Roberta Michel, flute; Carlos Cordeiro, clarinet
Publisher: A-Town Publications (ASCAP) © 2018
The Secret Lives of Tadpoles was commissioned by Roberta Michel and Carlos Cordeiro.
Interesting Facts About Tadpoles:
A tadpole is also called a pollywog.
Frog tadpoles grow into frogs and toad tadpoles grow into toads.
Transformation can take anywhere from six weeks to three years.
Tadpoles store food in their tails, then absorb their tails into their bodies in exchange for legs.
Fossil tadpoles have been found.
—Erin Rogers (2018)