Looking Down to See the Sky

Just off the coast of Cozumel, there is an area near the Columbia Reef known as El Cielo ("the Heavens"). Here you will find a shallow sandy bottom with a bit of sea grass and hundreds if not thousands of giant starfish. The local dive operators who bring you to this location therefore say that you are “looking down to see the sky.” This unique & colorful duet for tenor pan & marimba sparkles from beginning to end.

Program Notes

Just off the coast of Cozumel, there is an area near the Columbia Reef known as El Cielo ("the Heavens"). Here you will find a shallow sandy bottom with a bit of sea grass and hundreds if not thousands of giant starfish. The local dive operators who bring you to this location therefore say that you are “looking down to see the sky.”

This piece was funded and supported by a consortium, managed by Dave Gerhart, and features the following members:

Megan Arns, Brandon Beck, Ken Broadway, Gregg Charest, Jeremy Craycraft, Elizabeth Delamater, Michael Downing, Amanda Duncan, Daniel Edwards, Andrew Eldridge, Ricardo Flores, Alexandros Fragiskatos, Dave Gabrielson, Dave Hall, Brandon Haskett, Wes Hawkins, Greg Haynes, John Kilkenny, Bob Ledbetter, Nathaniel Lee, Melinda Leoce, Ryan Lewis, Diana Loomer, Andrew Martin, Scott McConnell, CJ Menge, Brad Meyer, William Moersch, Oliver Molina, Matthew Nichols, Kristofer Olsen, Lisa Rogers, Rob Sanderl, Ron Schermerhorn, Greg Secor, Joe Sonnefelt, Cliff Sutton, Chris Tanner, Josh Watkins, Ben Yancey.

Looking Down to See the Sky received its world premiere by Dave Gerhart (tenor pan) and Thomas Burritt (marimba) at the 2019 National Conference on Percussion Pedagogy, Lubbock, TX, May 2019.

Grade Level: Medium Difficult
Copyright: 2020
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Category: Percussion

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Tenor Steel Pan
5-octave Marimba