Sparkling Light (Band Gr. 2.5)

Sparkling Light celebrates the goodness and love of human kind, beginning with uplifting brightness and ending with an unresolved chord alluding to eternal hope.

Genre: Band | # of Players: Standard
Series: Sapphire Band Series
Level: 2.5 | Duration: 3:10

Instrumentation
Flute 1
Flute 2
Oboe
Bassoon [optional]
B-flat Clarinet 1
B-flat Clarinet 2
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet 1
B-flat Trumpet 2
F Horn
Trombone 1
Trombone 2
Euphonium
B-flat Baritone T.C.
Tuba
Timpani [A, harder]
Timpani [B, easier]
Percussion 1: Glockenspiel
Percussion 2: Xylophone
Percussion 3: Marimba [4-octave], Crash Cymbals
Percussion 4: Vibraphone, Suspended Cymbal
Percussion 5: Brake Drum, 5 Temple Blocks, 4 Concert Toms, Claves, Tam-Tam
Percussion 6: Bass Drum, Triangle, Hi Hat

Program Notes

It is easy to become depressed when we are surrounded by a world of chaos, division, war and and negativity. Yet, when we open our eyes to the “sparkling light” of the goodness of mankind, the darkness is easily overcome.

Sparkling Light celebrates the goodness and love radiated from the sparkling light of human kind from the uplifting brightness of the beginning to the last unresolved chord alluding to eternal hope.