Enchantment

Magic awaits around every corner! Enchantment for percussion quintet is written for a developing percussion ensemble who is ready to explore a deeper level of musicality. With an effective musical story in advance of its simpler technical challenges, this piece is sure to leave the audience spellbound!

Program Notes

Commissioned by Ray Hilley and the Wilson Middle School Band for the 2020 Music for All Festival, Enchantment for percussion quintet is written for a developing percussion ensemble. This piece serves to teach simpler rhythms and note patterns while giving listening responsibilities to each performer across the group and providing opportunity for many sensitive musical moments and long lyrical lines. In the early stages of composing, I was struck by the simple effectiveness of a falling step-wise motion and used this melodic fragment as the composition’s core.

-M.M.

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

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Instrumentation

Bells/High Woodblock
Vibraphone/Medium Woodblock
Marimba 1 (4-octave)*
Marimba 2 (4-octave)*
Timpani (4 drums)/Suspended Cymbal

*Marimba 1 & 2 can share a single 4-octave instrument