Auroras
General Info
Year of Published: 2018
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Comissioner: Austin Schmidt
Dedication: Omar Carmenates
Difficulty: Intermediate
Duration: 00:13:00
Cost: $13.00
Movement
Movement 1: Soaring Greens
Movement 2: Sunken Yellow
Movement 3: Fleeting Orange
Movement 4: Sustained Violets
Movement 5: Disappearing Blues
Instrumentation
Glockenspiel with optional atmospheric audio track
Program Notes
Auroras is a 5-movement work for solo glockenspiel & electronics representing some of the breathtaking colors seen in these rare phenomena and are depicted by various textures, moods, and harmonic languages or structures that have always spoken to the composer personally as feeling/sounding celestial.
Performance Notes
The optional audio tracks represent the black of space seen behind each magnificent Aurora. They are admittedly simple in composition and should never overpower the solo, but will certainly enhance any performance greatly should the technology be available. Each track is initiated prior to the beginning of movements 1, 3, and 5, but during movements 2 and 4 as indicated. Though nothing needs to be “aligned” vertically throughout, being near the indicated tempo of each movement will certainly elevate the perceived cohesion of the audio track and solo part. As a general rule for movements 1, 3, and 5: wait 5 seconds after initiating a track before beginning to play. No single performance would and should be the same, so embrace this spontaneity and have fun exploring the possible variations you can create between the solo and audio.
Recent Performance
Works for Percussion by this Composer
Solos
Auroras
Chemical Songs (Volume 1)
Chemical Songs (Volume 2)
Mementos
Percussion Ensembles
Beacons of Light - Percussion Ensemble
Bad Juju - Percussion Octet
Canon Fodder - Percussion Quartet
Coming of Age - Solo Marimba and Percussion Quartet
Elements - Marimba Duo
Epoch - Percussion Sextet
Hydra - Percussion Octet
Panthera Pardus - Percussion Ensemble
Perched - Drumset & Multiple Percussion
Thundersnow
Treespeak - Percussion (13)
Tribe
Two Preludes - Mallet Sextet
Undisclosed - Percussion Nonet
Wanderlust - Percussion Septet