Seeing an Old Friend - Percussion Ensemble
I wrote this work with the idea of the mind navigating through memories of childhood friends, and the good times you shared together. This piece creates a gentle and flowing soundscape to encapsulate the nostalgic feeling of looking back on distant and fading memories. The repeating phrases add and subtract layers to represent the wandering state of the mind as its searching for remnants of some of its oldest memories. Each larger section represents a different time in life, each one having a slightly different feeling and emotion. The piece eventually changes key, and the feeling here shifts from nostalgia to hope. The earlier motifs return but this time in a more triumphant key, representing the feeling of finally Seeing an Old Friend.
This piece requires: Two Marimbas (5 oct.), Vibraphone, Glockenspiel, Upright Kick Drum, Electric Bass Guitar.
I wrote this work with the idea of the mind navigating through memories of childhood friends, and the good times you shared together. This piece creates a gentle and flowing soundscape to encapsulate the nostalgic feeling of looking back on distant and fading memories. The repeating phrases add and subtract layers to represent the wandering state of the mind as its searching for remnants of some of its oldest memories. Each larger section represents a different time in life, each one having a slightly different feeling and emotion. The piece eventually changes key, and the feeling here shifts from nostalgia to hope. The earlier motifs return but this time in a more triumphant key, representing the feeling of finally Seeing an Old Friend.
This piece requires: Two Marimbas (5 oct.), Vibraphone, Glockenspiel, Upright Kick Drum, Electric Bass Guitar.
I wrote this work with the idea of the mind navigating through memories of childhood friends, and the good times you shared together. This piece creates a gentle and flowing soundscape to encapsulate the nostalgic feeling of looking back on distant and fading memories. The repeating phrases add and subtract layers to represent the wandering state of the mind as its searching for remnants of some of its oldest memories. Each larger section represents a different time in life, each one having a slightly different feeling and emotion. The piece eventually changes key, and the feeling here shifts from nostalgia to hope. The earlier motifs return but this time in a more triumphant key, representing the feeling of finally Seeing an Old Friend.
This piece requires: Two Marimbas (5 oct.), Vibraphone, Glockenspiel, Upright Kick Drum, Electric Bass Guitar.