Illuminations for Percussion

Posted by on Thursday, February 12, 2009 · 1 Comment 

Thanks to everyone who left such kind comments about my Illuminations show! I’m flattered that so many people took time to listen to it and let me know what they thought.

Now I’d like to post the original Illuminations, written in the fall for indoor percussion ensembles. This piece came about because of Jason Miller at Impact Marching. Jason and I used to work together at Marching Show Concepts, and out of the blue this fall, he called me up and asked if I would write an IP show for his new company. An opportunity to write music? Sign me up! So I sat down and wrote this:

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If you’re familiar with IP music, you’ll notice the battery is missing. Although I took drumset lessons as a tween back in the day, I don’t have the chops to write the battery just yet. That actually worked to my advantage, because Jason decided to have Mike Coers write the battery! Well, it must have worked, because last time Jason and I spoke about it, our show was one of his top sellers! That’s actually why we decided to re-work it for the field for 2009.

Oh, and if you’d like to hear the full version, battery and all, check out Impact Marching’s site here. Just scroll to the second show. The mp3 is at the bottom of the listing.

Thanks for listening!

Much metta,

John

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One Response to “Illuminations for Percussion”
  1. mike Coers says:
    March 7, 2009 at 11:51 pm

    Nice!

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