When Fireflies Danced
General Info
Year of Published: 2022
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Level: Medium Advanced
Duration: 00:09:45
Cost: $48.00
Instrumentation
Soloist
Ensemble
Player 1: Glockenspiel & Xylophone & Crotales (high A#, B)
Player 2: Vibraphone & Wind Chimes
Player 3: Vibraphone
Player 4: Marimba & Crotales (high Ab, G)
Player 5: Marimba
Player 6: Marimba
Player 7: Celeste
Player 8: Clave & 2 Suspended Cymbals & Mark Tree & Snare Drum & Tom Tom & Temple Blocks & Slapstick & Crotales (low octave + high E, F)
Player 9: Large Tam-Tam & 2 Suspended Cymbals & Snare Drum & Tom & Triangle & Woodblock & Crotales
Description
On a warm summer evening around midnight, a lone firefly flits among the trees and is soon joined by dozens of others. Suddenly and magically they coordinate their flashing lights and movements as they dance a veritable ballet. Then, as suddenly as they appeared, in a burst of silent fireworks, the choreography ends and they scatter in all directions. The lone firefly remains and, with a few last flickers of light, disappears into the stillness of the night. The piece was commissioned for and dedicated to Eleanor Duncan Armstrong by her partner in the Armstrong Flute & Percussion Duo, Dan Armstrong.
Online Recording
Works for Percussion by this Composer
Beneath the Canopy - Multiple Percussion, Flute
Concertino for Bb Trumpet and Percussion Ensemble - Percussion Septet; Trumpet; Piano
Contrasts (Parker) - Percussion Ensemble (10); Piano
Declamation Fanfare - Percussion Quartet; 6 Trumpets
Five Bagatelles (Parker) - Marimba, Vibraphone; Clarinet
Five Pieces for Clarinet & Percussion Orchestra - Percussion Septet; Clarinet; Piano; Harp
Rainmaker - Multiple Percussion, Native American Flute
Sketches - Percussion Quartet; Saxophone; Piano; Harp
Structures in Wood - Marimba, Oboe
Three Episodes - Timpani, Trombone
When Fireflies Danced - Flute / Piccolo & Percussion Nonet
Winter Images - Percussion Ensemble; SATB Choir