Lunar Glimmer (Solo 2-Mallet Vibraphone)

Lunar Glimmer was composed on a January night looking across a canopy of deciduous trees. Being in a rural area, and with the trees completely devoid of leaves, the exceptionally bright moon that night provided a flood of brilliant light through the window onto the vibraphone bars, resulting in this piece.

Genre: Solo 2-Mallet Vibraphone | # of Players: 1
Series: N/A
Level: Intermediate | Duration: 4:40

Instrumentation
Vibraphone (3-octave)

Program Notes
Lunar Glimmer was composed on a January night. I was practicing vibraphone in my office at Warren Wilson College, which looks directly across a canopy of deciduous trees. Being in a rural area, and with the trees completely devoid of leaves, the exceptionally bright moon that night provided a flood of brilliant light through my office window, onto the vibraphone bars. In that moment, I felt a deep connection to the moon. The moonlight on my bars must have inspired me deeply, as I wrote the entire piece in a few hours, the vibraphone bathed in moonlight.

– J.D.