HYPNOTIC FIREFLIES. Brian Balmages. FJH Young Band. Instrumentation. Grade 2.5-3

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1 Hear and donload this iece at jhmusiccom JH Young Band Grade 5- HYNOTIC IRELIES Brian Balmages Instrumentation - Conductor s ull Score - lute - lute - Ooe - Bassoon 5 - B Clarinet 5 - B Clarinet - B Bass Clarinet - E Contra Alto Clarinet - E Alto Saxohone - E Alto Saxohone - B Tenor Saxohone - E Baritone Saxohone - B Trumet - B Trumet - Horn - Tromone - Tromone - Baritone/ Euhonium - Baritone TC - Tua - iano - Mallet ercussion Bells Chimes - Mallet ercussion Virahone Marima Xylohone - ercussion Snare Drum Bass Drum Triangle Bar Chimes inger Cymals - ercussion Crash Cymals China Cymal Susended Cymal Amliied Metal Slinky 55 Davie Road, Suite 60 ort Lauderdale, lorida 7-7 jhmusiccom

2 The Comoser Brian Balmages ( 975) is an aard-inning comoser, conductor, roducer, and erormer He received his achelor's degree in music rom James Madison University and his master s degree rom the University o Miami in lorida Mr Balmages comositions have een erormed orldide at conerences including the College Band Directors National Conerence, the Midest Clinic, American String Teachers Association National Conerence, and the international trumet, horn, tromone and tua/euhonium conerences His active schedule o commissions and remieres has incororated grous ranging rom elementary schools to roessional ensemles, including the Baltimore Symhony Orchestra, the Miami Symhony Orchestra, the University o Miami Wind Ensemle, Boston Brass, memers o the United States Marine Band, and the Dominion Brass Ensemle His music has een erormed y memers o leading orchestras throughout the country and he has enjoyed orld remieres and erormances in restigious venues such as Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center, as ell as erormances at the Macy s Thanksgiving Day arade As a conductor, Mr Balmages enjoys engagements ith numerous all-state and regional honor ands and orchestras along ith university and roessional grous Notale guest conducting aearances have included the Midest Clinic, Western International Band Clinic, College Band Directors Eastern Regional Conerence, and MENC Additional conducting aearances have included the Kennedy Center and Meyerho Symhony Hall He has also served as an adjunct roessor o instrumental conducting and Acting Symhonic Band Director at Toson University in Maryland Currently, Mr Balmages is the Director o Instrumental ulications or The JH Music Comany Inc in ort Lauderdale, lorida He resides in Baltimore ith his ie, Lisa, and their sons, Jaco and Collin B5

3 Aout the Music The entire remise o this iece is the vie o an oen ield in the summer at night, hen thousands o irelies light u the darkness It can e a mesmerizing sight and got my imagination moving at the thought o someone eing hynotized y the lashing lights and then aking in the middle o the ield, comletely enguled in the magniicent gloing lights The iece essentially takes the listener on a metahorical journey It egins ith a sot, steady rhythm surrounded y light metallic sounds This creates the canvas on hich the entire ork is ainted The sot introduction reresents the vie o the oen ield rom ar aay - erhas u on a hill looking don - and atching the tinkling lights aear in various atterns and locations The initial material continues or some time (contriuting to the hynotic state that the listener is entering) and then sloly uilds into measure 5, here e sna ack into consciousness to ind ourselves in the middle o the ield, surrounded y the eaceul glo o irelies everyhere One can eel the steady increasing intensity o music as the lights gro ever righter, and the listener can imagine the visual ercetion o eightlessness as the lights hover around - almost as though they ere stars As the lights reach their eak, so does the music A inal exlosive series o rhythms and thick textures emanates rom the ensemle eore the glo (and musical energy) egins to ade Once more, the hynotic movement o the irelies takes over and the listener is transorted ack to the hill, atching the irelies rom aar As the music ades, so do the lights inally there is only darkness and silence, leaving the listener ishing or the arm lights to come once more, ut they never do There are a lot o unique eects and instruments used in the iece iano is an essential art o the texture, ut the art is easy enough to e layed y most school students edal should e used throughout as noted in the music Take seciic note that, hile the rest o the ensemle should slo don at the end o the iece, the iano layer is seciically instructed to maintain temo and ignore the ritardando I ould suggest that directors sto conducting once the ensemle reaches the oen reeat and simly indicate that the musicians get soter and soter until there is no more sound Once silence occurs, encourage the entire ensemle to stay still and take in the magic o the moment The audience ill e unsure i the iece is over, and that silence is as musically aroriate to the iece as all the notes on the age The iece also calls or an amliied metal slinky The slinky does not necessarily need to e amliied y a microhone layers can try to ush a lastic ottle into the end and use the mouth o the ottle as an acoustic amliier A styrooam cu can also e attached to act as an amliier Note that it is only used in delicate sections here volume is not an issue The slinky should e stretched a decent amount (either eteen to layers or hanging rom something ut not touching the ground) When striking it near the end ith a stick or mallet, it should create hat is oularly called the Star Wars Laser Sound (you'll kno it hen you hear it) Hoever, it should e very delicate in this iece The idea here is not to have a laser sound - rather, the idea is to create an ethereal, celestial tye o sound that is much more delicate You ill need to exeriment ith this a it oth in the rehearsal and concert halls to get the right sound and alance The strongest ercussionists should cover the mallet ercussion and ercussion arts (articularly the susended cymal) Mallet ercussion is layale y one layer Most likely, you ill need layers to cover Mallet ercussion I only one layer is availale, make sure that erson leaves in lenty o time to get to the marima's irst entrance, even i it is at the exense o the material receding that entrance ercussion and can e erormed y layers on each art, though there are lenty o instruments to involve additional layers i you have them availale I truly hoe you enjoy erorming this iece as much as I enjoyed riting it It ill challenge your grou, ut I hoe it ill also reard them B5

4 Duration: :00 lutes Mesmerizing ( = ) commissioned y the Hollidaysurg (A) Area Music arents Association or the Hollidaysurg Area Junior High Bands; Kris E Laird, Dire HYNOTIC IRELIES BRIAN BALMAGES (ASCA) Ooe Bassoon B Clarinets B Bass Clarinet E Contra Alto Clarinet E Alto Saxohones B Tenor Saxohone E Baritone Saxohone B Trumets Mesmerizing ( = ) Horn Tromones Baritone/ Euhonium Tua iano edal alays Mallet ercussion (Bells, Chimes) Mallet ercussion (Virahone, Marima, Xylohone) ercussion (Snare Drum, Bass Drum, Triangle, Bar Chimes, inger Cymals) ercussion (Crash Cymals, China Cymal, Susended Cymal, Amliied Metal Slinky) Virahone China Cymal J Triangle ± J 5 J B5 Coyright 0 The JH Music Comany Inc (ASCA) International Coyright Secured Made in USA All Rights Reserved WARNING! The music, text, design, and grahics in this ulication are rotected y coyright la Any dulication is an inringement o US coyright la Hear and donload this iece at jhmusiccom

5 O Bsn B Cl CA Cl T Sax B Sax Hn Bar/ Euh Tua Mlt erc Mlt erc erc erc ls Cls A Saxes Tts Tns iano ( ) Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ J ± 6 inger Cymals sts only stagger reath Bells - lastic mallets J ± 8 J 9 J ± 0 J B5 5

6 6 ls ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ O Bsn Cls B Cl Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ sts only stagger reath CA Cl A Saxes T Sax B Sax Tts Hn Tns Bar/ Euh Tua ( ) iano J J J Mlt erc Mlt erc J J J J J erc erc Amliied Metal Slinky 5 ± 6 7 ± B5

7 7 ls ~~~~ j O Bsn Cls B Cl CA Cl A Saxes T Sax ~~~~ j a J B Sax Tts Hn Tns Bar/ Euh cu mute (closed i ossile) Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tua iano ( ) J Mlt erc Mlt erc erc erc 8 J Bar Chimes (hi to lo)» 9» J 0» J J ± J J B5

8 8 ls O Bsn Cls B Cl CA Cl A Saxes T Sax J B Sax Tts oen Hn Tns Bar/ Euh Tua iano Mlt erc Mlt erc J J J J J erc erc B5

9 9 ls O Bsn Cls B Cl CA Cl A Saxes T Sax B Sax Hn j j 5 a n n J lay n n n Tts Hn Tns Bar/ Euh Tua iano 5 Mlt erc Mlt erc erc erc 0 ± ± Sus Cym / mallets»» B5

10 0 ls O Bsn J Cls n n n n n n B Cl j CA Cl A Saxes n j T Sax n n J B Sax n J Tts Hn Tns Bar/ Euh J J J a J Tua j iano Mlt erc Mlt erc erc erc Cr Cym 0 B5

11 ls 6 O Bsn Cls n n B Cl n div CA Cl A Saxes T Sax n j n J n B Sax n Tts Hn J J 6 Tns Bar/ Euh Tua J iano Mlt erc Mlt erc erc erc Marima mule Slinky B5

12 ls J J O Bsn Cls B Cl CA Cl sts only J n n j n + nds A Saxes T Sax B Sax n Tts layer st mute layers Hn Tns Bar/ Euh Tua iano Mlt erc J J Mlt erc erc erc BD SD B5

13 ls J 56 O Bsn Cls j B Cl CA Cl A Saxes T Sax B Sax Tts 56 Hn Tns Bar/ Euh Tua iano Mlt erc Mlt erc erc erc B5

14 ls O J J 6 J J Bsn Cls B Cl CA Cl A Saxes T Sax B Sax Tts 6 tutti oen Hn Tns Bar/ Euh Tua iano Mlt erc J J J Mlt erc erc erc Tri j ± 60 6 Cym 6 j ± 6 6 j ± 65 B5

15 5 ls O J J J J J J Bsn Cls B Cl CA Cl A Saxes T Sax B Sax Tts Hn Tns Bar/ Euh Tua iano Mlt erc J J J Mlt erc erc erc 66 j ± Sus Cym / sticks j j 69 j j 70 j j 7 j j B5

16 6 ls O Bsn Cls B Cl CA Cl A Saxes T Sax B Sax 7 n n n n n n n n n n n n n n Tts 7 Hn Tns Bar/ Euh Tua iano n n n B5 Mlt erc Mlt erc erc erc 7 mule BD China Cym mule 7 75» Sus Cym / mallets rass mallets Xylo 76 n n 77

17 ls 78 7 O Bsn Cls j J J j B Cl CA Cl A Saxes j j j T Sax B Sax Tts Hn Tns 78 J J j J J J J n J J j Bar/ Euh Tua n n n J n J j n iano Mlt erc Mlt erc n n n n n erc J erc Cr Cym China Cym J 8 B5

18 8 ls 86 O Bsn Cls n n n n n n n B Cl CA Cl A Saxes T Sax B Sax n n n n n n Euh n Tts n 86 Hn Tns Bar/ Euh Tua n n A iano Mlt erc Mlt erc n erc B5 erc Sus Cym / sticks 87 88

19 9 ls O Bsn Cls n n n B Cl CA Cl A Saxes T Sax lay B Sax Tts Hn Tns n n n n Bar/ Euh Tua iano Mlt erc Mlt erc erc»» erc B5

20 0 ls 9 n O Bsn Cls B Cl n n n n n j n CA Cl A Saxes T Sax B Sax n n n n J n n n n B5 Tts Hn Tns Bar/ Euh Tua iano Mlt erc Mlt erc erc erc n 96 n n n 97 n n n 98 N A

21 ls O n N N Bsn Cls B Cl n n n n N CA Cl A Saxes n n J N a N n T Sax n B Sax a Tts Hn Tns Bar/ Euh Tua iano Mlt erc n n n n n n n N ḟ edal Mlt erc erc erc ± Cym B5

22 ls O 08 stagger reath Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bsn Cls Euh B Cl CA Cl A Saxes T Sax B Sax Tts 08 Euh Euh i needed, only layers lay horn cue Hn Hn Tns N Bar/ Euh Tua iano Mlt erc Mlt erc erc Chimes Vira Bar Ch erc B5

23 O Bsn B Cl CA Cl T Sax B Sax Hn Bar/ Euh Tua Mlt erc Mlt erc erc erc ls Cls A Saxes Tts Tns iano ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ rit oco a oco rit oco a oco 5 N N N N 6 7 B5

24 ls ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A temo O Bsn Cls B Cl CA Cl A Saxes n n T Sax B Sax Tts n n closed cu mute (or in the stand) A temo lay stagger reath Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hn Tns Bar/ Euh Tua iano Mlt erc Mlt erc erc erc B5

25 5 ls Exactly hal as ast ( = 7) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ O Bsn Cls B Cl CA Cl A Saxes T Sax B Sax Tts Exactly hal as ast ( = 7) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hn Tns Bar/ Euh Tua ( ) iano Mlt erc Mlt erc erc Bells - lastic mallets at random ut not too ast (in any order) Vira at random ut not too ast (in any order) edal alays erc Slinky 8 9 B5

26 6 ls ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ oco rit O Bsn Cls B Cl CA Cl A Saxes T Sax B Sax Tts Hn Tns ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ṗ oco rit Bar/ Euh Hn Tua ( ) (do not slo don ith grou - kee same temo to very end) iano Mlt erc Mlt erc erc erc 0 B5

27 7 ls Ÿ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ oen reeat - ade to nothing O Bsn Cls B Cl CA Cl A Saxes T Sax B Sax Tts ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ oen reeat - ade to nothing Hn Tns Bar/ Euh Tua lay ( ) iano Mlt erc continue as eore, adding extra notes Mlt erc continue as eore, adding extra notes erc erc Cym Tri ± 5 ± 6 7 B5

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