Ghost Garden
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Year: 2015
Duration: c. 4:15
Difficulty: Medium Easy (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C. Alan
Cost: Score and Parts - $10.00 | Score Only - $0.00
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Marimba (4.3 Octaves)
Program Notes
Driving through many major American cities, it's hard not to notice the plethora of vacant and abandonded lots. Where once stood proud businesses, lavish homes, or civic buildings, there is now little more than a blank, grassy plot of land. Though the blank space on the canvas of the cityscape can be profoundly sad, something amazing happens within these empty spaces. Left alone, life swells forth, and these vacant lots start to produce trees, flowers, and grass. Many people have started referring to such lots as Ghost Gardens. In this piece, you can hear where the lot once held a vibrant and exciting tone, only to slowly fade away and change. Through a series of transitional themes, the main idea reforms and comes back as the piece concludes, thus depicting the beauty of the land as it is reimagined.[1]
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Works for Percussion by this Composer
Five on 5 - Snare Drum, Electronics - (Collection of 5 Intermediate Solos]
Ghost Garden - Marimba
Bolado - Percussion Ensemble 11
Island Market - Percussion Quartet - Marimba Quartet
Right Track - Snare Drum, Electronics
Stone's Throw - Percussion Quartet - Marimba Quartet
Wheels Up - Drumset, Electronics - (Collection of 5 Solos)
You Can't Get There From Here - Percussion Duo - Vibraphone, Marimba
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