Moto Perpetuo
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Style: Modern / Intense | Difficulty: Medium Difficult | Grade: 4+
Credits
Composed by: Key Poulan, Brian Mason, and Mike Jackson
Originally commissioned by: Santa Clara Vanguard Drum and Bugle Corps, Santa Clara, California - Jeff Pearson, Director
Published By: Key Poulan Music
Duration: TBA
Description
Inventors have long been fascinated with the concept of perpetual motion, the idea that something can be set into motion and remain in motion indefinitely. Moto Perpetuo explores that illusive theory with an underlying "heartbeat" that "pumps" throughout, musically demonstrating that something, somewhere in the show, is never static and is always in motion.
Music Samples
Mvt. 1: "Chains of Reaction" starts off with a “big bang,” an extended opening explosion of sound that generates further reactions throughout. Each time another reaction “pops,” the music gets more frenetic and frenzied. A multitude of simultaneous meters concludes in a hurried marching tempo at near warp speed.
Mvt. 2: "Newton’s Cradle" continues the perpetual motion with quirky jazz romp inspired by the kinetic transfers of energy in the title creation, the toy where one stringed-up ball slams into another, causing the last ball to pop outwards. Each snippet of melody collides with the next, and the new snippet further collides with the following, causing each to generate the next burst of transferred energy.
Mvt. 3: "Echoes of Time" is a romantic brass ballad, but with a twist. Dual and competing universes of brass and percussion echo motifs through altered explorations of sounds that hauntingly waft through time, doing to the music what Salvador Dali did with his paintings of drooping watches.
Mvt. 4: "The Speed of Sight" is agitated and frenetic, the fast moving fragments seeming to wrap around each other as if encapsulating a mass of sound that is moving through a different plane of time. But can time handle the dichotomy? The very ending answers that question in a most unanticipated fashion. | Show Specific Add-Ons Many KPM shows are now available with effective drill. The drill options include stock, modified stock or custom drill packages and are all reasonably priced. Drill comes pre-designed for small, medium and large bands and can be modified to your instrumentation by the writer. Custom drills are also available!
T-Shirts with officially licensed "show specific" artwork by Key Poulan Music are available for as little as $12.00! Narration is available for this show in a high quality AIFF format! ClickTrax are pre-recorded click tracks designed for indoor and outdoor rehearsals. The ensemble will be able to rehearse with perfect performance tempi, accelerandos, rallentandos, and ritardandos. ClickTrax have count-off clicks and start at every possible drill phrase of the show which saves hours of rehearsal time! ClickTrax are available for this show in a high quality AIFF format! PracticeTrax are recorded synthetic tracks of each part or section so students may play along! PracticeTrax are available for this show in a high quality AIFF format! SmartMusic® files are available for those of you who use SmartMusic® as a means for student evaluation.
Production Sheets are expanded and detailed count sheets intended for drill designers with valuable information regarding the staging of instruments and other elements. Show posters featuring officially licensed "show specific" artwork by Key Poulan Music are available. Contact Key (key@keypoulanmusic.com) for more information. Show appropriate flag designs are available for your color guard! Our flag designs support the intended concept of a show by Key Poulan Music. Show appropriate prop designs are available for your band and/or color guard! Create visual interest and be remembered by designs which give you a fully produced package for a show by Key Poulan Music. Guard Costume Designs enhance the overall look and feel of the color guard! Create visual interest and be remembered by designs which give you a fully produced package for a show by Key Poulan Music. Flag Choreography by Key Poulan Music insures that a well thought out and musical approach that enhances the overall effectiveness of your band! Create visual interest through intelligent choreography and be remembered! Flag and Weapon Choreography by Key Poulan Music adds the use of weapons to the flag choreography for your medium and advanced level color guards. Utilizing a musical approach, this choreography insures a well thought out and logical enhancement for the overall effectiveness of your band! Create visual interest through intelligent choreography and be remembered! General Add Ons Be prepared all year long with a warm up program designed to develop warm up, tune, and rehearse ensemble fundamentals needed for a successful musical performance for all Key Poulan Music works.
There's nothing like a great backfield performance of previous Santa Clara Vanguard chord progressions that are designed to energize not only the members of your band but the audience as well.
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