The Power of Unity: Zodiac Story
General Info
Year of Published: 2024
Difficulty: Advanced
Cost: $48.00
Movement
1. Dragon and Tiger's Spirit
2. Rat and Ox's Misadventure
3. Pig's Peaceful Journey
4. Goat, Monkey and Rooster
5. The Rabbit's Own Path
6. The Dragon Returns
7. Surprise of the Snake
8. The Horse's Charge
9. Fortune of the Dog
Instrumentation
Solo
5.0 octave Marimba
Ensemble
Player 1: Vibraphone & drum
Player 2: Marimba, drum
Player 3: Small metal, Glockenspiel & Triangle
Player 4: Crash Cymbal & Suspended Cymbal & Tam-tam & Wood Blocks
Player 5: 2 x taiko-style drums (one low, one high)
Optional Part
Player 1: any register of human voice
Player 2: Bass Marimba
Player 3: Bass Drum
Player 4: Tam Tam
Description
The Power Of Unity: Zodiac Story was commissioned by Defying Gravity Percussion and its director Tim White OAM, premiering live at Defying Gravity's Dream Garden series of concerts in April and May 2024. I was asked to present four of my own works - a new multi-percussion solo TEN, a new massed marimba chorale Song From The Heart, my popular large ensemble work Beautiful World... Of Dreams And Wonder... and a new solo feature work, which is The Power Of Unity: Zodiac Story. The Power Of Unity is a percussion sextet that uses programmatic-style to depict the ancient folk story of the origin of the Chinese zodiac calendar and its animals. Colloquially referred to as 'The Great Race', the story details a running race of animals hosted by the Jade Emperor to determine the order of the animals on the calendar.
Recent Performance
Works for Percussion by this Composer
Marimba Works
Autumn (Tan)
Dream (Tan)
Honest
Hope
Lotus
Moon
Path
Skyward
Spring (Tan)
Summer (Tan)
Sunflower
Together (Tan)
Winter (Tan)
Vibraphone Works
Percussion Ensemble Works
Beautiful World... Of Dreams And Wonder
Flying Colour - Mallets Duo
Little Things
Meet Again - Marimba Duo
Sword Shield - Mallets Duo
We Are Heroes - Percussion Trio