Ceremony

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: $100.00
Purchase: $150.00

Premiere: Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, April 16, 1997

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:

Prelude

Procession of the Sacred Object

Placing the Sacred Object on the Altar

Dance

Appearance of the High Priest/Priestess

Induction of the Unclean

Unveiling of the Sacred Object

Ritual Sacrifice

Postlude

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