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1 Eighth Note ulications Tis the Season Dayne Engh This piece as ritten or and premiered at the 00 Calgary Stampede Shoand Winter Holiday Chamer Ensemle Concert It starts ith a vocalist solo at the eginning o the piece, chanting the melody rom Creator o the stars o night (hich is the title o the English translation that ohn Mason Neale did rom the Latin o an old Sarum plainsong) Alternatively, it may e (and has een) perormed ith any other Advent/Christmas melody eing sung live (or even ith a recording o Christmas choral music) The intent is to create an otherorldly or out o time eel When the marima starts, ignore the tempo o the vocalist and plays the melody ruato as ell It is not until the 5/8 that a strict tempo is set The ermatas at measure 76 end the irst section When it as originally perormed, a sequenced hip-hop track started during the rolls and continued to the end o the piece (doing a ade at the end, ater the last note is struck) I ould recommend starting the track during the ermatas so that tempo can e estalished eore the next phrase starts Alternatively, a drum set playing any unk/hip-hop groove (any heavy groove that ould not normally e considered appropriate or Christmas Carols ould e perect) When perorming, take great care to ring out all the various melodies so that they can all e heard clearly and recognized y the audience, even hen occurring simultaneously I hope you enoy perorming Tis the Season REVIEW Complete List o Instruments Needed: ONLY Bells Octaves o ales Viraphones phone Marimas angles Sleigh Bells ourine Floor Tom Dayne Engh has een lessed ith a ide range o opportunities throughout the orld as a composer, conductor, percussionist, and educator He recently had the opportunity to participate in a residency as a composer at the Ban Centre or the Arts, here he also played or the Ban Centre Opera and ith the Ban Festival Orchestra He holds a Bachelor o Music and a Bachelor o Education (Masters o Teaching) rom the niversity o Calgary Dayne has ritten or chamer ensemles, choirs, dance, ilm and theatre His original compositions have een perormed on CBC Television He has ritten or dance groups including the Alerta Ballet School o Dance, Corps Bara Dance Company and rovidence Catholic Winterguard (Chicago) His most recent orks or theatre include Sam Shepard's savage love (00) and Daniel MacIvor's The Soldier Dreams (001) He has ritten percussion ensemle pieces or many ensemles, most notaly Move to Strike, the Calgary Stampede Shoand, the Sizu-City Elementary School Marching Band (apan) and the Central Kitsap High School ercussion Ensemle (Washington) An accomplished percussionist, he has perormed ith the Calgary hilharmonic Orchestra and the National Ballet Orchestra, recorded or CBC Radio and perormed ith pit orchestras in oth Toronto and Calgary Mr Engh is a ounding memer o the Move to Strike ercussion Group and o the saxophone-marima duo Saxima He has orked as a modern, Flamenco and West Arican dance percussion accompanist or the niversity o Calgary Dance rogram and or the DD School o Dance He is an active reelance percussionist and drummer around Calgary Mr Engh is the Director o Bands or the Calgary Exhiition & Stampede and the Music Director o the community choir Cum Vino Cantus As ell, he as ormally an O-Campus Teacher Representative and a high school English and Music educator or the Calgary Board o Education ISBN: CATALOG NMBER: E73 COST: $3000 DRATION: 3:30 DIFFICLTY RATING:Medium-Diicult ercussion Ensemle enpmusiccom

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3 Bells Vie SB Marim REVIEW ONLY Bells Vie SB Vies Vies Marim 'TIS THE SEASON pg

4 Bells Vie SB Marim Bells Vie SB Marim 8 9 & n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n & 3 33 n n n REVIEW ONLY 3 n n n n Floor Tom (yarn mallets) p 'TIS THE SEASON pg 3

5 Bells Vie SB Marim REVIEW ONLY Bells F Vie SB Marim 'TIS THE SEASON pg

6 F Bells Vie SB F F Marim F F REVIEW F ONLY Bells Vie SB Marim & 'TIS THE SEASON pg 5

7 Bells Vie SB Marim n n n n n n n n n n n n REVIEW ONLY Sequence track n q» Bells Vie SB @ 71 & n n n n n n n n n n n n 7 & 73 roll hal notes or longer roll hal notes or longer 7 'TIS THE SEASON pg 6

8 Bells Vie SB n n Marim REVIEW ONLY Bells 9 Vie SB Marim & 'TIS THE SEASON pg 7

9 Bells n Vie n SB ales & Marim REVIEW ONLY Bells n Vie SB n Marim 'TIS THE SEASON pg 8

10 Bells n Vie SB n Marim REVIEW ONLY Bells n n Vie n SB n Marim 'TIS THE SEASON pg 9

11 117 n n n Bells n n n n n n Vie n n n SB n n n n n n Marim n n n n n n REVIEW ONLY Ï Bells Vie SB Marim Ï Ï Ï + Roll Ï Ï Ï + Roll Ï 'TIS THE SEASON pg 10

12 Bells Vie n SB Marim n n REVIEW ONLY Bells n Vie SB Marim 'TIS THE SEASON pg 11

13 Sequence continues Bells n Vie SB Marim REVIEW ONLY 'TIS THE SEASON pg 1

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18 REVIEW ONLY Exclusively distriuted in the nited States y: E73 $3000 alredcom