VELVET AUDIO
Day of the Dead
Unavailable for Regional Protection
DIFFICULTY: ADVANCED / RUNTIME: 8’12
The original ideas for this show date back to the summer of 2016, and as we have quite the obsession with dark, scary and depressing shows, this show is surely nothing short of that!
The motif of the show is based around Frédéric Chopin’s “Marche Funébre” from his Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 35 (or more commonly known as, the “Funeral March”) dating all the way back to 1839. We obviously took a massively different twist on the idea and also applied it to a marching-style show, with the rest of the material being original content. The writing of the show (since 2016), has been re-written massively (for improved/reduced instrumentation, writing techniques, and other various scoring changes). Just a few months was spent collectively on the re-write before publishing.
Woodwinds
- Piccolo
- Flute
- Clarinet in B♭
- Bass Clarinet in B♭
- Alto Saxophone
- Tenor Saxophone
- Baritone Saxophone
Brass
- Trumpet in B♭
- Horn in F (Mellophone)
- Trombone
- Baritone Horn
- Tuba
Front Ensemble Percussion
- One Synthesizer
- Two Marimbas (4.5-octave range) (or optional 5-octave)
- Two Vibraphones (3-Octave range)
- One Xylophone (w/ 2-octave Crotales)
- One Glockenspiel (w/ 2-octave Crotales)
- One set of Timpani (Four Drums)
- One Auxiliary Percussion
Battery Percussion
- Marching Snare Drum
- Marching Tenor Drums (w/ 2 spocks)
- Marching Bass Drums (5 bass drums)
- Marching Crash Cymbals
- Full Scores & Parts (in .PDF format)
Woodwind & Brass, Front Ensemble, and Battery Percussion Scores (in PDF format)
Notation Files (Sibelius & MusicXML)
Full Show Audio (in .MP3 format)
Narration & Sound FX Samples (in .AIF format)
- Woodwinds/Brass: Hunter Davis
- Front Ensemble Percussion/SFX: Hunter Davis
- Battery Percussion: Zach Brumfield