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Truth or Consequence

for large percussion ensemble
Level: Med-Advanced
Duration: 5:00
Personnel: 19 players
State Lists: Texas | Florida
Release Date: 2017
Product ID : TSPCE17-020
Price: $52.00
Item #: TSPCE17-020

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Description

Jim Casella’s work Truth or Consequence was written during the convergence of 2016 and 2017.  Casella states, “As I write this, it is a time where facts are selective and manipulated in ways to calibrate media coverage for political gain. As a result, the concept of truth has been endangered to the point where personal opinion can be passed off as fact however false it may be. This frightens me, and I fear the consequences the world will face as a result.”

The work is an abstract expression of darkness, tension, surprise, power, and anger. Full of action, colorful vocal effects, and recurring syncopation it has a cinematic quality that doesn’t relent and is sure to engage intermediate percussion students as well as audiences.

This piece comes as a professionally printed and bound score and includes individual parts in PDF format for printing or for tablet viewing.

Instrumentation

Glockenspiel
Chimes
Crotales (2 octaves)
Xylophone
2 vibraphones
3 marimbas—(2) low A, (1) low C*
4 timpani
Piano (or electric keyboard)
Drums (snare drum, 4 concert toms, field drum, bongos, bass drum)
Cymbals & gongs (suspended cymbal, sizzle cymbal, china cymbal, hi-hat, ride cymbal, splash cymbal, pair of crash cymbals, tam-tam)
Accessories (guiro, ratchet, thunder sheet, propane tank, sleigh bells, ribbon crasher, 2 cowbells, claves, tambourine, triangle (with optional water bin for  pitch bend), small shaker, temple blocks, mark tree, ocean drum, vibraslap, slapstick vibra tone)

*Adaptable to a low A

Description

Jim Casella’s work Truth or Consequence was written during the convergence of 2016 and 2017.  Casella states, “As I write this, it is a time where facts are selective and manipulated in ways to calibrate media coverage for political gain. As a result, the concept of truth has been endangered to the point where personal opinion can be passed off as fact however false it may be. This frightens me, and I fear the consequences the world will face as a result.”

The work is an abstract expression of darkness, tension, surprise, power, and anger. Full of action, colorful vocal effects, and recurring syncopation it has a cinematic quality that doesn’t relent and is sure to engage intermediate percussion students as well as audiences.

This piece comes as a professionally printed and bound score and includes individual parts in PDF format for printing or for tablet viewing.

Instrumentation

Glockenspiel
Chimes
Crotales (2 octaves)
Xylophone
2 vibraphones
3 marimbas—(2) low A, (1) low C*
4 timpani
Piano (or electric keyboard)
Drums (snare drum, 4 concert toms, field drum, bongos, bass drum)
Cymbals & gongs (suspended cymbal, sizzle cymbal, china cymbal, hi-hat, ride cymbal, splash cymbal, pair of crash cymbals, tam-tam)
Accessories (guiro, ratchet, thunder sheet, propane tank, sleigh bells, ribbon crasher, 2 cowbells, claves, tambourine, triangle (with optional water bin for  pitch bend), small shaker, temple blocks, mark tree, ocean drum, vibraslap, slapstick vibra tone)

*Adaptable to a low A



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