Sky Music by Sarah Santa Cruz combines the forces of a low brass octet and a percussion ensemble to bring you soaring melodies that flow over contradictory, sporadic-sounding keyboard percussion. The result is something markedly unique in the repertoire, and is certainly worth investigating.
A good reason to get students of different instrument groups to interact in a smaller setting, this piece would work well in a high school or college chamber brass concert, or a percussion ensemble concert! You could even double dip performances.
Instrumentation (Percussion):
- Player 1: 5-Octave Marimba (Shared), Small Toms (2), Crash Cymbals
- Player 2: 4.3-Octave Marimba, Medium Toms (2), Suspended Cymbal
- Player 3: 5-Octave Marimba (4.3 Optional), Large Toms (2), Suspended Cymbal
- Player 4: 5-Octave Marimba (Shared), Crotales (1 Octave), Snare Drum
- Player 5: Vibraphone, High Crash Cymbal, Low Crash Cymbal
- Player 6: Vibraphone, Suspended Cymbal
- Player 7: Vibraphone, Bells, Bass Drum
Instrumentation (Brass):
- Player 1: Trombone 1
- Player 2: Trombone 2
- Player 3: Bass Trombone 1
- Player 4: Bass Trombone 2, Gong, Suspended Cymbal
- Player 5: Euphonium 1
- Player 6: Euphonium 2
- Player 7: Tuba 1
- Player 8: Tuba 2, Bass Drum
Difficulty: Advanced
Duration: 5:40
This ensemble includes a full bound score and a CD with all of the individual parts and an MP3 recording.
