…And the Earth Melted Into the Sun

Adam Grim

General Info

Year: 2020
Publisher: PerMus Publications
Cost: $30.00

Instrumentation

Player 1: Glockenspiel with acrylic or hard plastic mallets
Player 2: Chimes with 2 hard mallets
Player 3: Vibraphone 1
Player 4: Vibraphone 2
Player 5: Marimba 1 (the top half of the 5 octave marimba)
Player 6: Marimba 2 (4.3 octave)
Player 7: Bass Marimba (bottom half of the 5 octave marimba)
Player 8: Timpani (4 drums, with an assortment of mallets)
Player 9: Bongos & Brake Drum
Player 10: Drum Set
Player 11: Suspended Cymbal & Wind Chimes
Players 12 and 13: Crash Cymbals & Guiro & Bass Drum (on one shared part)
Player 14: Tam-tam & Shaker

Description

…And the Earth Melted Into the Sun is about the imagery of the giant mass of the Earth cascading into the Sun and vanishing as if nothing was ever there. This piece is for a large percussion ensemble. It was written for the Ohio Northern University Percussion Ensembles under the direction of Dr. Sarah Waters. She was one of the biggest influences on my musical career, so this piece is dedicated to my very last concert performing under her instruction. This piece shows exactly what her personality and teaching philosophy shows: everyone can play together and make music in harmony no matter what the conditions are. In such a small school, there is a desire for musicians to play, whether they are music majors or not. This is dedicated to the strong percussion program she holds and to her phenomenal efforts in the percussion community through Ohio Northern University.