Thunderstorms by Mark Haas (PART 1)

Marshall University Percussion Ensemble, Conductor Steve Hall

Program Note: Thunderstorms was written to recreate the aural
experience of a thunderstorm. To depict this experience, I have
incorporated many different timbres throughout the ensemble, and the
listener will recognize "wind," "rain" and "thunder" as events that
occur interchangeably throughout the work. These various timbres are
recognized as three different sounds, which are conventional to the
percussion ensemble. Wood, metal and skin are the three timbres within
the ensemble exploited in the piece. These facilitate the aural
perception of the thunderstorm. I chose the image of a thunderstorm to
generate this piece because of its diverse and explicit sound
possibilities.

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Music

Tags:

• Mark Haas
• Thunderstorms
• Percussion Ensemble
• Chamber music
• Tone Poem
• Student Composer
• Thunderstorm
• Marshall University

[conventionalattitude]

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[jvandergriff88]

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