Impact
for orchestra
Instrumentation: 3-3-3-3; 4-3-3-1; timpani, 3 percussion, harp, piano, strings
Percussion Instruments (in addition to timpani):
Bar Chimes, Triangle, Splash Cymbal, Sizzle Cymbal, Chinese Cymbal, Small Suspended Cymbal, Medium Suspended Cymbal, Large Suspended Cymbal, Heavy Tam-tam, Slapstick, Vibraslap, 3 Snare Drums with contrasting sounds (high, medium, low), Conga, 3 Bass Drums (if a third bass drum is not available, substitute with a mounted kick drum), 5 String Bows, Crotales, Glockenspiel, Xylophone, Vibraphone, Marimba
Duration: ca. 8 minutes
Year Composed: 2013
Premiere performance by the Mexican National Symphony Orchestra on May 16, 2014
Additional performances by the Shepherd School Symphony (1/14/15) and Cabrillo Festival Orchestra (8/16/15)
Score is 11x17, Parts are 9 x 12.
*Use the Rental Inquiry Form for a parts rental quote.
Digital perusal score available upon request.
for orchestra
Instrumentation: 3-3-3-3; 4-3-3-1; timpani, 3 percussion, harp, piano, strings
Percussion Instruments (in addition to timpani):
Bar Chimes, Triangle, Splash Cymbal, Sizzle Cymbal, Chinese Cymbal, Small Suspended Cymbal, Medium Suspended Cymbal, Large Suspended Cymbal, Heavy Tam-tam, Slapstick, Vibraslap, 3 Snare Drums with contrasting sounds (high, medium, low), Conga, 3 Bass Drums (if a third bass drum is not available, substitute with a mounted kick drum), 5 String Bows, Crotales, Glockenspiel, Xylophone, Vibraphone, Marimba
Duration: ca. 8 minutes
Year Composed: 2013
Premiere performance by the Mexican National Symphony Orchestra on May 16, 2014
Additional performances by the Shepherd School Symphony (1/14/15) and Cabrillo Festival Orchestra (8/16/15)
Score is 11x17, Parts are 9 x 12.
*Use the Rental Inquiry Form for a parts rental quote.
Digital perusal score available upon request.
for orchestra
Instrumentation: 3-3-3-3; 4-3-3-1; timpani, 3 percussion, harp, piano, strings
Percussion Instruments (in addition to timpani):
Bar Chimes, Triangle, Splash Cymbal, Sizzle Cymbal, Chinese Cymbal, Small Suspended Cymbal, Medium Suspended Cymbal, Large Suspended Cymbal, Heavy Tam-tam, Slapstick, Vibraslap, 3 Snare Drums with contrasting sounds (high, medium, low), Conga, 3 Bass Drums (if a third bass drum is not available, substitute with a mounted kick drum), 5 String Bows, Crotales, Glockenspiel, Xylophone, Vibraphone, Marimba
Duration: ca. 8 minutes
Year Composed: 2013
Premiere performance by the Mexican National Symphony Orchestra on May 16, 2014
Additional performances by the Shepherd School Symphony (1/14/15) and Cabrillo Festival Orchestra (8/16/15)
Score is 11x17, Parts are 9 x 12.
*Use the Rental Inquiry Form for a parts rental quote.
Digital perusal score available upon request.
Program Notes
Impact is an eight-minute work for large orchestra that explores an aural gesture best described as a heavy thud. This gesture, which opens the work in its clearest form, is a steep drop from the upper register of the orchestra to its depths. Each time the gesture plummets to the bottom, the impact of this arrival generates various “resonances” – shards of harmonic or melodic material that proceed to develop on their own, contributing to subsequent thuds and eventually blooming into more lyrical sections of music. Along the way, the thudding gesture is dissected, reversed, and fragmented before finally regaining its original form and prominence near the end. One giant, swirling thud brings the work to a rumbling close. — Charles Halka
Cabrillo Festival Orchestra (Live)
Marin Alsop, conductor
★★★★★
2015 Cabrillo Festival - Photos by RR Jones
★★★★★