Sky Music
General Info
Release Date: 2013
Publisher: Tapspace Publications
Level: Advanced
Duration: 00:05:40
Price: $40.00
Instrumentation
Brass Octet
Player 1: Trombone
Player 2: Trombone
Player 3: Bass Trombone
Player 4: Bass Trombone & Tam Tam & Suspended Cymbal
Player 5: Euphonium
Player 6: Euphonium
Player 7: Tuba
Player 8: Tuba & Bass Drum
Percussion Septet
Player 1: Marimba & 2 Tom-toms (High) & Hand Cymbals
Player 2: Marimba & 2 Tom-toms (Medium) & Suspended Cymbal
Player 3: Marimba & 2 Tom-toms (Low) & Suspended Cymbal
Player 4: Marimba & Crotales & Snare Drum
Player 5: Vibraphone & 2 Suspended Cymbals (High & Low)
Player 6: Vibraphone & Suspended Cymbal
Player 7: Vibraphone & Glockenspiel & Bass Drum
Program Notes
Meant to be a musical representation of the many colorful images one would experience along a flight to an unknown destination, Sky Music by Sarah Santa Cruz uses an accompanying low-brass octet to provide a warm background and additional melodic depth to the seven-member percussion group that carries the overall ensemble. This unique instrumentation is one of the numerous contradictory elements of this diverse piece. Others include soaring lines and rooted ones, frenetic figures and calm ones, and lush lines and stark ones. Together, this variety allows for personal interpretations as varied as the sky. Sky Music was commissioned by the Cedar Ridge High School Low Brass Ensemble for their performance at Midwest Clinic 2013 and the Cedar Ridge Percussion Ensemble for their performance at TMEA2014.
Performance Notes
- Number of Players on each brass part is flexible
- Marimba 1 and Marimba 4 can share a 5-octave marimba.
- Two or more cymbals should be used