Power Outage

Nathan Tingler

General Info

Year of Published: 2022
Duration: c.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Publisher: Bachovich Music Publications
Cost: Score and Parts - $30.00   |   Score Only - $0.00

Instrumentation

Player I - VI: 6 low drums or other non-pitched instruments

Program Notes

This piece was the final composition of the Brevard College Percussion Ensemble’s program entitled “A Night in the Mountains”. Anyone who has lived in the Blue Ridge Mountains has dealt with a particular power company and the struggles of having one’s power go out and waiting, sometimes for days, for power to be restored. In the valley where I live, nights without power are so dark that any light at all shines as brightly as the sun. Storms produce sounds of wind and thunder that bounce around the valley randomly and wildly. Though the idea for the piece came from my experience living in the Blue Ridge, the name of this work was suggested by my students as I was finishing the piece.

Works for Percussion by this Composer

Solo

Life (Volume 1) - Snare Drum

Ensemble

1up - Percussion Trio
Musica Terrae - Percussion Ensemble Variable
Power Outage - Percussion Sextet