Fading Away

Drew Morris

General Info

Year of Published: 2019
Publisher: Yellow Envelope Publications
Difficulty: Advanced
Cost: $45.00

Instrumentation

Player 1: Glockenspiel
Player 2: Vibraphone
Player 3: Xylophone & Vibraphone
Player 4: Marimba 1
Player 5: Marimba 2
Player 6: Marimba 3
Player 7: Piano
Player 8: Snare Drum
Player 9: Tom Toms
Player 10: Bass Drum
Player 11: Hi Hat
Player 12: Ride Cymbal & Splash Cymbal & China Cymbal & Tambourine & Wood Blocks
Player 13: Suspended Cymbal & Wind Chimes & Tambourine & Splash Cymbal & China Cymbal
Player 14: Triangle & Cowbell & Wood Blocks & Tam Tam & Tambourine

Description

“Fading Away” was commissioned for the Pea Ridge High School Percussion Ensemble for the 2019 Indoor Percussion Season. “Fading Away” isn’t specifically programmatic, but it does follow a certain flow of an idea. In early drafts I had it titled as “heroes journey”. So it has your typical layout. Soft start, thrown into conflict, defeat, somber reflection, regroup, face conflict again, succeed? Halfway through the writing process I landed on the idea of “fading” and tried to make different sorts of fades to happen throughout, including the eventual ending which faded away instead of ending big.

Works for Percussion by this Composer

Awakening Storm - Percussion 14
Alpha Bravo Niner - Percussion Nonet
Fading Away - Percussion 14
Groove Juice - Percussion 10
In Hot Pursuit - Percussion 12
Octo Delta Charlie - Percussion Octet
Security Breach - Percussion Octet
Short Film
The Great Divide - Percussion 11
The OI' Switcheroo
Unforgettable - Percussion 12
909