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Ceremony

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Composer: David Heuser
Instrumentation: 2 flutes, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, 4 percussion (adult and/or child dancers optional)
Year Composed: 1994
Duration: 15 minutes
Pages (score): 50
Cost:
  • Rental: $30.00
  • Purchase: $50.00


Percussion Required:
  • Percussion 1: crotales, 2 low tomtoms
  • Percussion 2: chimes, 2 high tomtoms
  • Percussion 3: finger cymbals, 2 timbales, bass drum
  • Percussion 4: triangle, congas, tam-tam

Program Notes:

Ceremony is an interactive performance work for ten players and an undetermined number of dancers. It is intended as a non-specific religious ceremony in nine sections. Audience members will be asked to participate in the service, and you are encouraged to get involved in appropriate ways. At the end of the piece, please return any items you have been given during the performance.

Ceremony was commissioned by Linda Lamkin, and it was composed during the summer of 1994. It is approximately fifteen minutes long and in nine sections:

  1. Prelude
  2. Procession of the Sacred Object
  3. Placing the Sacred Object on the Altar
  4. Dance
  5. Appearance of the High Priest/Priestess
  6. Induction of the Unclean
  7. Unveiling of the Sacred Object
  8. Ritual Sacrifice
  9. Postlude


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