Product Description
Midnight Manor is a composition for percussion ensemble utilizing 6 performers. The work was written as a side project in segments over the course of the composer's undergraduate degree, beginning as a fragment of a melody and eventually arriving at the final product it is today. The instrumentation of the piece makes use of two 4.3 octave marimbas, a vibraphone, glockenspiel, tubular bells, and various unpitched percussion instruments. An attempt at writing for mostly keyboard instruments in the percussion ensemble setting, this melody-based composition recreates the atmosphere of feeling left alone in a seemingly haunted mansion with nowhere to run. Midnight Manor is in ABA form, with the A section
returning at the end in a more evolved and virtuosic twist, with melodic lines interlacing between instruments and performers. The B section pulls back in tempo, providing a brief moment of relaxation and change in mood.
Duration: 3:00
Level: Medium
Personnel: 6 Players
Instrumentation:
Glockenspiel
Vibraphone
Tubular Bells
2 Marimbas Low A
Suspended Cymbal
Triangle
Single Crotale A
Tambourine
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