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	== General Info ==		== General Info ==
	Year ~~of Published~~: 2022 <br/>		Year: 2022 <br/>
	Publisher: [[C. Alan Publications]] <br/>		Publisher: [[C. Alan Publications]] <br/>
	Difficulty: Advanced <br/>		Difficulty: Advanced <br/>

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	Cloud Dance begins in the rainstorm I sat down in, emulating the sounds of rolling thunder, falling rain drops, and gently stirred wind chimes. It develops into a dance in which several central ideas are developed as if they were rain clouds being moved by the wind, shifting shapes, and colliding into one another only to take on new forms and repeat the cycle. Eventually, the dance reaches a fever pitch in a crash of thunder, and the work ends as the storm does: with the rain slowing to a stop and the warm summer sun beginning to peek out from behind the clouds.		Cloud Dance begins in the rainstorm I sat down in, emulating the sounds of rolling thunder, falling rain drops, and gently stirred wind chimes. It develops into a dance in which several central ideas are developed as if they were rain clouds being moved by the wind, shifting shapes, and colliding into one another only to take on new forms and repeat the cycle. Eventually, the dance reaches a fever pitch in a crash of thunder, and the work ends as the storm does: with the rain slowing to a stop and the warm summer sun beginning to peek out from behind the clouds.

			== Recent Performance ==
			<embedvideo service="youtube"> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r7xpYqzTjc </embedvideo>

	== Works for Percussion by this Composer ==		== Works for Percussion by this Composer ==

Rubyng2004: Created page with "Harrison Collins == General Info == Year of Published: 2022
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Difficulty: Advanced
Duration: 00:07:30
Cost: $70.0..."

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[[Harrison Collins]]
== General Info ==
Year of Published: 2022 
Publisher: [[C. Alan Publications]] 
Difficulty: Advanced 
Duration: 00:07:30 
Cost: $70.00 

== Instrumentation ==
Player 1: [[Crotales]] & [[Glockenspiel]] & [[Castanets]] 
Player 2: [[Glockenspiel]] & [[Castanets]] 
Player 3: [[Vibraphone]] 1 
Player 4: [[Vibraphone]] 2 & [[Lead Pan]] & [[Wind Chimes]] 
Player 5: [[Marimba]] 1 & Thunder Tube or Auxiliary Cymbal 
Player 6: [[Marimba]] 2 & Thunder Tube or Auxiliary Cymbal 
Player 7: [[Marimba]] 3 & Thunder Tube or Auxiliary Cymbal 
Player 8: [[Marimba]] 4 
Player 9: 5 [[Timpani]] & [[Suspended Cymbal]] 
Player 10: [[Rain Stick]] & [[Guiro]] & [[Bongos]] 
Player 11: [[Wind Machine]] & [[Tam-Tam]] & [[Cabasa]] 
Player 12: [[Suspended Cymbal]] & [[China Cymbal]] & [[Maracas]] 
Player 13: Large [[Thundersheet]] 
Player 14: [[Bass Drum]] 
Player 15: [[Piano]] 

== Program Notes ==
Where I reside in North Texas, the summer of 2022 was terribly hot and dry. Nearly every day was over 100 degrees, and there was no rain for months. When the ﬁrst rainstorm of the season ﬁnally came in mid-August, and brought with it a lovely 75 degree temperature outside, I was so glad to see it that I decided to go outside, sit down in my driveway, and just enjoy being rained on. I sat out there for half an hour, and I found myself watching the massive dark gray storm clouds shifting around. It was enrapturing to watch them change shape and collide into one another only to take new forms and repeat. It was like they were dancing. As soon as I arrived at that metaphor, I began hearing musical ideas in my mind, and so when I went inside, I sat down and began writing feverishly—it was like I could hardly keep up with the ideas taking shape in my mind. A week later, I had completed Cloud Dance.

Cloud Dance begins in the rainstorm I sat down in, emulating the sounds of rolling thunder, falling rain drops, and gently stirred wind chimes. It develops into a dance in which several central ideas are developed as if they were rain clouds being moved by the wind, shifting shapes, and colliding into one another only to take on new forms and repeat the cycle. Eventually, the dance reaches a fever pitch in a crash of thunder, and the work ends as the storm does: with the rain slowing to a stop and the warm summer sun beginning to peek out from behind the clouds.

== Works for Percussion by this Composer ==
{{Collins, Harrison Works}}

== Reference ==

[[Category: Percussion Ensemble Works]]
[[Category: Percussion 15 Works]]

Cloud Dance - Revision history

Admin at 11:07, 3 January 2026

Rubyng2004: /* Works for Percussion by this Composer */

Rubyng2004: Created page with "Harrison Collins == General Info == Year of Published: 2022 Publisher: C. Alan Publications Difficulty: Advanced Duration: 00:07:30 Cost: $70.0..."

Rubyng2004: Created page with "Harrison Collins == General Info == Year of Published: 2022
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Difficulty: Advanced
Duration: 00:07:30
Cost: $70.0..."