Everest (Reduced Instrumentation)

Style: Modern / Epic | Difficulty: Medium Difficult | Grade: 4

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Do you have what it takes to summit planet Earth’s tallest peak? Everest is an exciting musical journey to the summit, featuring expansive mountainscapes, a dreamlike nighttime snowfall, and even a heart-pounding avalanche.

CREDITS

Composed by: Key Poulan, Paul Pennick and Sandi Rennick.
Originally commissioned by: Bushwackers Drum & Bugle Corps, Harrison, New Jersey - Jay Morlot, Director

Published By: Key Poulan Music Duration: 11:30 (Extended Version including Pre-Show).
For a Shorter Show, Perform Mvts. 2, 3, 5 (8:21)

Bands will also have permission to utilize all movements in a condensed format to customize the show for your band.

MUSIC SAMPLES

Mvt. 1: Pre-Show (This is currently the FI Recording) opens the show with a lyrical prelude in contemplation of the legendary height, awesome beauty, and dangerous allure of planet Earth’s tallest mountain Everest.
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Mvt. 2: First Climb (This is currently the FI Recording) captures the excitement of beginning to ascend the world’s most imposing and awe-inspiring mountain. The winds are crisp and steady, the views are breathtaking, and the trek is challenging, but exciting. The music maintains a feeling of constant forward motion with brisk tempos, ascending scale patterns, and ascending chord progressions.
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Mvt. 3: Rest At High Camp (This is currently the FI Recording) is a moonlit serenade in the snowfall. This melancholy ballad contemplates the juxtaposition of an individual snowflake’s fragility with the unforgiving deadliness of a sudden heavy blizzard.
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Mvt. 4: Second Climb And Avalanche (This is currently the FI Recording) begins with a bright and triumphant spirit—the battery percussion carries the momentum forward, until—in the blink of an eye—the avalanche strikes. Chromaticism with repetitive, syncopated rhythms and heavily accented passages depict the catastrophic avalanche.
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Mvt. 5: To The Summit (This is currently the FI Recording) closes the show with driving ostinatos and undulating scale passages, representing the indomitable human spirit and drive to reach the planet’s tallest summit. Chord progressions continuously pull the music upward until the triumphant final chord.
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