Water Spirits
General Info
Year of Published: 2019
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Duration: 00:06:15
Cost: $100.00
Instrumentation
Soloist
Percussion 1: Glockenspiel & Xylophone & Tom-tom (Low) & Ocean Drum
Percussion 2: Vibraphone & Tom-tom (Low) & Marimba (shared)
Percussion 3: Marimba (shared) & Chimes & Tom-tom (Low)
Percussion 4: 4 Timpani & Suspended cymbal
Percussion 5: Snare Drum & Bongos & Ribbon Crasher (Small) & Woodblock & Suspended Cymbal
Percussion 6: 4 concert Tom-toms & Hi-hat & Ribbon Crasher & China Cymbal
Percussion 7: Concert Bass Drum & Tam-Tam & Wind Chimes
Wind Ensemble
Woodwinds: Flute 1/2 & Oboe & Bassoon & Clarinet 1/2/3 & Bass Clarinet & Alto Saxophone 1/2 & Tenor Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone
Brass: Trumpet 1/2 & French Horn 1/2 & Trombone 1/2 & Euphonium & Baritone & Tuba
Program Notes
Water Spirits was initially inspired by tales of a mer-man sighting in Lake Minnewanka, which is located in the eastern area of Banff National Park in Calgary, Alberta (near the school that commissioned the piece). Minnewanka translates to “Water of the Spirits” in Nakoda. This inspiration lead me down the mer-man research rabbit hole and landed on the myth of Glaucus and Scylla in Ovid’s ‘Metamorphoses.’ In essence, the myth is a love triangle between Glaucus (a mer-man), Scylla (a nymph), and Circe (a witch). In short, Glaucus loves Scylla. Scylla does not love Glaucus, as she finds his half-fish form repulsive. Glaucus goes to Circe to ask her to cast a love spell on Scylla so that she will fall in love with him. Instead, Circe falls in love with Glaucus. When he does not return her affections, Circe takes it out on Scylla by poisoning the water in which she was bathing. This turns Scylla into a hideous sea monster with the head of six serpents and a waist of six vicious dogs. The piece follows the outline of the myth, which is filled with darkness, longing, love, denial, and betrayal.
Online Recording
Works for Percussion by this Composer
Vibraphone Solo
Encantada
No One is Alone
Penelope
The Place Where Lost Things Go
Marimba Solo
Burned
Mountain Paths
The Giving Tree Variations
Multiple Percussion Solo
Mallet Ensemble
- Immortal Dream - Mallet Septet
- Spun - Mallet Octet
- A Yuletide Celebration
- Azul
Small Ensemble
- Almost Beyond
- Blaze - Percussion Septet
- Black Rainbow - Percussion Octet
- Ellipsis - Percussion Octet
- Fever Dream - Percussion Quartet
- Fidget - Percussion Octet
- Lost Souls - Percussion Quintet
- Mercury Rising - Percussion Septet
- Power Struggle - Percussion Octet
- StarDancer - Percussion Octet
- Sunward/Onward - Percussion Nonet
Medium Ensemble
- Adaptation - Percussion (11)
- Chasing Infinity- Percussion Ensemble (13)
- Edge of the World - Percussion Ensemble (10)
- Firefly (Nathan Daughtrey) - Percussion Ensemble (12)
- Jötenheim - Percussion (13)
- Legacies - Percussion Ensemble (10)
- Limerick Daydream - Percussion Ensemble (10)
- Luminescence - Percussion Ensemble (12)
- The Cry - Percussion Ensemble (12)
- The Dreamers of Dreams - Percussion Ensemble (12)
- Till the Stars Come Down - Percussion Ensemble (10)
- Topsy Turvy - Percussion Ensemble (12)
- What Lies Within - Percussion Ensemble (10)
Large Ensemble
- DrakenVuur - Percussion Ensemble 20+
- Luna, Luna - Percussion (15)
- The Heroes Around Us - Percussion (16)
Flexible Ensemble
Aftershock
Drums of Moria
Fallen Stars
Prism Schism
Sea of Tranquility (Full Percussion Ensemble Version)
Percussion Concerto
- Concerto for Vibraphone & Percussion Ensemble
- Halcyon Days
- Irish Washerwoman
- The Foggy Dew
- Water Spirits
Percussion Ensemble with Other Instrument
As Above, So Below - Percussion Ensemble (12) with Piano
Be That of the Wind - Percussion Octet with Wind Quintet
Bounce - Percussion Ensemble (12) with Solo Trumpet
Coming Home - Percussion Quintet with Solo Euphonium
Spitfire II - Percussion Nonet with Solo Euphonium
Twitch - Percussion Ensemble (11) with Solo Clarinet
The Wexford Carol - Percussion Nonet with Solo Soprano Saxophone