Electric Breakdance
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String orchestra and electronic audio track
Grade 1.5 Commissioned by ZIONSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL ORCHESTRAS ASHLEY CARNEY, director CENTER GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL CENTRAL BANDS SAMUEL FRITZ, director |
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Photo used with permission by Mike Winkelmann.
(This is the audio track used in performance, without the live orchestra)
PROGRAM NOTE
What would the music sound like in a dance club on an alien planet? This piece is inspired by that question after I saw an awesome image my friend created of an alien sitting in a giant robotic mech with long legs. The alien looks smug and relaxed - ready to cut some serious dance moves with the flick of his finger on the mech controls!
TECHNICAL NOTE - electronic audio track
The electronic audio track is strongly encouraged but optional. This work is intended to be as easy and straight-forward as possible for the orchestra director. It can be performed without any special equipment such as microphones, interfaces, mixing board, earbuds, click track, etc. Simply download the electronic track onto a laptop or any portable device that will play back audio and connect that device to speakers. The piece is as simple as hitting play and then following the tempo of the electronic track.
The ideal setup for performance will have a stereo pair of speakers facing the audience (placed on the right and left side of the lip of the stage), and monitor(s) onstage for the conductor and orchestra. During performance, it will be helpful to have an assistant to start the track (and also ride the faders at a mixing board, if available). The track must be able to be heard by the audience at an equal dynamic level to the band so that they are heard as one mega-instrument.
It will be helpful for the orchestra director to give all of the student musicians their own personal copy of the track so that they can get familiar with it and practice with it individually. Distribution of the track in this way is authorized with purchase of this
work. The orchestra rehearsal room will need to have the ability to play the electronic track so that the conductor (and ideally the students) can hear the electronics during rehearsals.
Email [email protected] to request a copy of the performance track.
What would the music sound like in a dance club on an alien planet? This piece is inspired by that question after I saw an awesome image my friend created of an alien sitting in a giant robotic mech with long legs. The alien looks smug and relaxed - ready to cut some serious dance moves with the flick of his finger on the mech controls!
TECHNICAL NOTE - electronic audio track
The electronic audio track is strongly encouraged but optional. This work is intended to be as easy and straight-forward as possible for the orchestra director. It can be performed without any special equipment such as microphones, interfaces, mixing board, earbuds, click track, etc. Simply download the electronic track onto a laptop or any portable device that will play back audio and connect that device to speakers. The piece is as simple as hitting play and then following the tempo of the electronic track.
The ideal setup for performance will have a stereo pair of speakers facing the audience (placed on the right and left side of the lip of the stage), and monitor(s) onstage for the conductor and orchestra. During performance, it will be helpful to have an assistant to start the track (and also ride the faders at a mixing board, if available). The track must be able to be heard by the audience at an equal dynamic level to the band so that they are heard as one mega-instrument.
It will be helpful for the orchestra director to give all of the student musicians their own personal copy of the track so that they can get familiar with it and practice with it individually. Distribution of the track in this way is authorized with purchase of this
work. The orchestra rehearsal room will need to have the ability to play the electronic track so that the conductor (and ideally the students) can hear the electronics during rehearsals.
Email [email protected] to request a copy of the performance track.
PERUSAL SCORE
| electricbreakdance_orch_scoreperusal.pdf |
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