It's Destiny...Gasp!

with Spoken Voice

The percussion lay down a groove for this work with solo voice that can also stand alone as a great ensemble work.

Program Notes

Text by M.B. Hanrahan
Invitation stands.
Driven to a foreign land and dropped from the sky,
through a hole in your open hand.

Remembering when carrying on in school
I was driving the line on company time
I didn't have a clue.
Innocent my frend (especially when I could do it again).
No match from memories,
and stares that catch me unawares.
So casually we seek the ultimate rush—I want to relax!

Suddenly…gasp!
At the door in a flash the clue.

There's nothing for me to do,
nothing for me to do.

Invitations land, dropped from the sky again,
my sight's aligned at long last.
It's Destiny, Gasp!

There's nothing for you to do.
Nothing for you to do.

Play it to my heart
and act as if convinced it's all you ever ever ever wanted to do.
Full moon says she's ready now to drip all over you.
In a flash the clue,
I'm convinced, it's true,
all you ever ever ever wanted to do.
Ever wanted to do.
Ever wanted to do.

Grade Level: 3
Copyright: 2004
Number of Players: 8 + Solo Spoken Voice
Duration: 4:00
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Category: Percussion

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Instrumentation

Solo Voice
Percussion 1 (4.5 octave marimba, suspended cymbal, brake drum, power drill)
Percussion 2 (vibraphone, log drum, claves, cabasa, amplified ruler on tabletop)
Percussion 3 (tuned cowbells or orchestra bells, slapstick, guiro)
Percussion 4 (high tom-tom, woodblock)
Percussion 5 (medium tom-tom, medium bass drum, low roto-tom, small timpani)
Percussion 6 (cuica, splash cymbal, pedal bass drum)
Percussion 7 (low floor tom, snare drum)
Percussion 8 (conga)