Mark Connor, Meditation and Dance
For Wind Band
Duration 4:53
Meditation and Dance was written as a commission for a consortium of five ensembles through Composers and Schools in Concert. The composer met with the students from each school to answer questions about composing and to solicit feedback about their favorite music. The result of these visits is a work in two parts: The first part, Meditation, opens with four soloists, each playing different melodies. Slowly, they find common ground and are joined by the full ensemble as the music builds and crests in several waves before subsiding to a solo cello that hearkens back to the opening. The Dance begins with an aggressively repeated figure in the low strings that echoes the asymmetrical music and joyful dances of the Balkans. Throughout several sections of fast music that follow, the ensemble gradually falls back into disagreement. It is only after a brief reminder of the opening slow music that the ensemble comes back together for an exciting conclusion.
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Alton High School Orchestra
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Orchestra Director
Brebeuf Jesuit Camerata Orchestra
Brandon Lee
Director of Bands and Orchestra
Edwardsville High School Orchestra
Victoria Voumard
Orchestra Director
Edwardsville , IL
Little Delaware Youth Ensemble
Uli Speth
Music Director
Sequoia High School String Orchestra
Daniel Broome
Orchestra Director