Above the Clouds
General Info
Year of Published: 2010
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Level: Advanced
Duration: 00:06:40
Cost: Score and Parts $42.00 | Score Only $14.00
Instrumentation
Player 1: Xylophone & Glockenspiel
Player 2: Chimes & Crotales & Suspended Cymbal
Player 3: Vibraphone
Player 4: Vibraphone
Player 5: Marimba
Player 6: Marimba
Player 7: Marimba
Player 8: Marimba
Player 9: 4 Timpani
Player 10: Bass Drum & Suspended Cymbal & Triangle
Player 11: 4 Concert Tom-toms & Suspended Cymbal & Ride Cymbal
Player 12: Piccolo Snare Drum & Concert Snare Drum & Splash Cymbal & Djembe
Program Notes
Joe Moore III began writing this piece after the flight to Ithaca, NY for the graduate school audition at Ithaca College. The piece is essentially to aid in Joe Moore III's own fear of flying by putting more of a focus on the part of flying that is most enjoyable, which is being Above the Clouds. Looking out the window once the plane has broken through the clouds gives me instant peace because it is such a beautiful sight – almost indescribable.
Works for Percussion by this Composer
Solo Works
3 drums (congas)
A Day in the Studio (vibraphone)
Agape (IP) (marimba)
A Glimpse of Life (marimba)
Autumn (marimba)
A Wind Sketch (marimba)
Bound (multi-percussion)
Celestial Dreams (IP) (multi-percussion w/tape)
Chant (marimba + tabla)
Dawn (marimba)
Eclipse (vibraphone)
Epoch (multi-percussion)
Faith (marimba)
Five Pieces for Solo Glockenspiel
Finding Meaning (vibraphone)
Fuse (cowbell)
Halley's Comet (marimba)
iDrum (marching snare drum)
juNO (rudimental snare drum)
Kindled Fire (multi-percussion)
Lemniscate “8 is strength” (marimba)
No wind, no rain, just a subtle mist. (vibraphone)
Of the Moon (marimba)
Pantocrator (marimba)
Parable (timpani)
Platform (snare drum)
Pulsar (multi-percussion)
Release (marimba)
Redemption (marimba)
Reveries (marimba)
Ritual (tambourine)
Still Waters Run Deep (multi-percussion)
The Piece that Passes All Understanding (marimba)
Thick Skin (djembe)
Thunder (timpani)
Treading Lightly (timpani)
Visible Light (crotales)
Wavelengths (crotales)
Duets
Apex (two percussionists)
Astronomically Speaking (alto saxophone + percussion)
A yearning (horn + marimba)
Bad Vibes (Bb trumpet + vibraphone)
Beijos (violin + percussion)
Barbaric Passages (two percussionists)
Constellations (alto flute + marimba)
Dimension 5 (two percussionists)
Even - keel (horn + percussion)
Geaux (snare drum + timpani)
Leoce (IP) (two marimbas)
Luna (IP) (marimba + vibes)
Omojo (two percussionists)
Pattern Music ( marimbas)
Purple Mist (IP) (marimba & vibes)
Sapphire (flute + Bb clarinet)
Secrets We Keep (2 percussionists)
Space Grey (electric guitar + vibraphone)
The Colour Suite (IP) (violin + percussion)
The Jackal’s Wedding (saxophone + percussion)
Percussion Ensembles
Above the Clouds (percussion ensemble 12 players)
At a Distance (percussion ensemble 4+ players)
Bon Temps (percussion quartet)
Burning Coal (percussion ensemble 8-12 players)
Celestial Bodies (marimba quartet)
Crescent (percussion quintet)
Dark Matter (IP) (percussion quartet)
Denkyem (percussion ensemble 6 players)
Entourage (percussion quartet)
Genesis (percussion ensemble 8 players)
Halo (percussion trio)
Marimba Quartet (IP)
Mosaic (IP) (percussion quintet)
Northeastern Relic (IP) (percussion ensemble 9 players)
Nova (percussion ensemble 10 players)
Sweet Bread (beginning level percussion ensemble)
Projection (percussion ensemble 13 players)
Spiritual Gifts (percussion quartet)
Strobes (percussion quartet)
Tempered Glass (percussion quintet)
with liberty... (percussion ensemble 14+ players)
Chamber Works
Trio for flute, clarinet and Bells (originally titled Newton's Laws)
Wooden Alloy (trumpet + two percussionists)
Concerto
Concerto No. 1 for Marimba and Orchestra(IP)
Cucuy (percussion ensemble with solo snare drum)
Fede di Volare (Faith to Fly) (marimba w/percussion trio)
Landscapes (IP) (solo timpani w/percussion ensemble)
Primary Source (solo marimba w/percussion sextet)
Seconds Away (solo marimba w/percussion duo)
Unchained (solo marimba w/percussion trio)
Unforeseen Problems (solo marimba w/percussion trio)