Enigmatic Journey (Ensemble Version)

Dan Moore

General Info

Year of Published: 2019
Publisher: Row-Loff Productions
Difficulty: Advanced
Duration: 00:07:25
Cost: Score and Parts - $0.00   |   Score Only - $0.00

Instrumentation

Solo

Marimba

Ensemble

Player 1: Xylophone & Triangle Player 2: Glockenspiel & Suspended Cymbal Player 3: Crotales & Shaker & Crash Cymbal Player 4: Vibraphone Player 5: Marimba 1 Player 6: Marimba 2 Player 7: Marimba 3 Player 8: Timpani Player 9: Snare Drum & Wind Chimes Player 10: Bass Drum with Cymbal attachment & Wind Chimes Player 11: Castanets & Congas & Mark Tree & Bongos Player 12: Suspended Cymbal (Small, Medium and Large) & Tam Tam & Wind Chimes

Program Notes

An Enigmatic Journey isn’t a vacation where you relax and unwind. It’s an adventure in which you step out of your comfort zone into a world of experiences that are mysterious, puzzling, and often impossible to fully understand. Along the way, you grow as a person and as a member of the human race. This composition—much like the composer—has made its own enigmatic journey.

Enigmatic Journey for solo marimba began many years ago with a few simple ideas in the form of an easy marimba solo for a former student. It was inspired by the music of Al Di Meola and Jean-Luc Ponty, and was meant to sound like a classic “Spanish opener,” to use an old drum corps phrase. The piece sat unused for several years until my first journey to Argentina when I brought it out for a solo concert at the 2005 Patagonia Percussion Festival. I reworked the solo by expanding sections and adding classic marimba hot licks. The new solo was a big hit at the festival, and I’ve performed it many times since. I always thought it would be effective as a solo with ensemble. After several attempts to create a suitable ensemble setting for the solo (orchestra, wind ensemble, string quartet), percussion ensemble emerged as the perfect vehicle for this Enigmatic Journey.

Works for Percussion by this Composer

Solo Works

Almost Calypso - Marimba
Enigmatic Journey (Solo Version) - Marimba

Percussion Ensemble Works

Pun Intended Consequences - 2 Players
Race the Desert - 11 Players
Rocket Summer - 11 Players
Sleepless - 12 Players
Vibe-a-licious, Drums-a-Go - 8 Players

Solo with Ensemble Works

Hot Town in the Old Tune Tonight - Xylophone; Percussion Octet
Enigmatic Journey (Ensemble Version) - Marimba; Percussion 12