Gray

Gray is a challenging rondo that grew organically out of an improvisation session. It is designed to reflect the feelings of unsurety that accompany the "gray areas" in life, and can be an emotionally satisfying piece to perform.

Program Notes

Gray is a piece written mostly based on improvisations using a few simple motives that are strung together. The piece is a rondo, following an a-b-a-c-a-b-a form (with an overarching a-b-a form), and is written to be heavily expressive and flow cleanly between each section while still maintaining different styles within the short piece. It is technically challenging and can show off each side of a performer's musicality in a very short period of time. It is designed to reflect the feelings of unsurety that accompany the "gray areas" in life, and can be an emotionally satisfying piece to perform. There are almost no rests notated, which is meant to emphasize the constant flow of the piece, and stickings are intentionally excluded to encourage musical expression.

Grade Level: 4
Copyright: 2016
Number of Players: 1
Duration: 5:20
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Category: Solo Works

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Instrumentation

Marimba (5-octave)