Echoes of the Past - for Six Percussion and video
Echoes of the Past - for Six Percussion and video
Six Percussion and Video
Composer's Note:
Mesa Verde, a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Colorado, was inhabited by Ancestral Puebloan peoples dating back to 7500 BC. By 1285 due to severe and prolonged droughts, the cliff dwellings were abandoned. Looking closely at scorched trees burnt from centuries of forest fires, one might notice images of animals, human forms, Native American Kachinas, and the remains of bewitchingly shaped trees. The adage, "seeing the trees through the forest" is apropos. Photographic images of selected trees became the storyboard upon which the animation was created. One might elect to conjure up an image that, unlike Icarus, these Ancestral Puebloans have returned to earth to live again through in the devastated forests. This film documents these images with a fanciful treatment with animation which may provoke thoughtful dialogue as to the health of planet Earth.
Authored (or revised): 2020
Duration (minutes): 18.0
First performance: August 2022 at the BETA International Percussion Institute in Eugene, OR
Book format: score + 6 parts
SKU
ACA-UDOW-021Couldn't load pickup availability
Description
Shipping and Returns
PDF Download Policy
Composer's Note:
Mesa Verde, a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Colorado, was inhabited by Ancestral Puebloan peoples dating back to 7500 BC. By 1285 due to severe and prolonged droughts, the cliff dwellings were abandoned. Looking closely at scorched trees burnt from centuries of forest fires, one might notice images of animals, human forms, Native American Kachinas, and the remains of bewitchingly shaped trees. The adage, "seeing the trees through the forest" is apropos. Photographic images of selected trees became the storyboard upon which the animation was created. One might elect to conjure up an image that, unlike Icarus, these Ancestral Puebloans have returned to earth to live again through in the devastated forests. This film documents these images with a fanciful treatment with animation which may provoke thoughtful dialogue as to the health of planet Earth.
Shipping
We ship world-wide using US International Postal Mail - Priority, First Class International Mail, or UPS Global. In the US, we usually use US Priority Mail or Media Mail or UPS Ground services.
Return Policy
Orders received damaged will be replaced immediately at no additional charge. Refunds requested will be issued back to the original payment
method.
PDF files are not refundable and are considered permanent loan rentals licensed to the customer who purchased.
Purchasing any digital PDFs from American Composers Alliance grants you an unlimited license for your personal use only. ACA grants permission for you to duplicate the score and files as needed for performance.
Any other use of the PDF files may require additional permission from ACA. Purchase and download of PDFs does not automatically include performing and recording rights.
PDF files are not refundable and are considered permanent loan rentals licensed to the customer who purchased.