It’s About Time! (Full Instrumentation)

Style: Modern/Classical/Jazz/Pop | Difficulty: Medium Difficult | Grade: 4+

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It’s About Time! connects music styles and themes across time periods and genres to create a musically entertaining show around the premise of time travel gone awry. With no way to return to the present, a group of time-travelers embrace their situation and interact with the people of the time.

CREDITS

Composed by: Key Poulan, Alan Silvestri, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Cyndi Lauper, Benny Goodman - Arranged by: Key Poulan
Percussion by: Shawn Glyde & Dan Bryan
Originally commissioned by: Branham H.S., San Jose, CA - Chris Nalls, Director
License required. (Back to the Future / Time After Time / Sing, Sing, Sing)
Duration: 7:57 (Add 1:20 for PreShow)

MUSIC SAMPLES

Mvt. 1: PreShow: Present Day (Clocks) sets the stage for the show by immersing the listener within the inner mechanisms of a ticking clock. The number of ticking clocks increases quickly over a drone chord before fading back into silence.
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Mvt. 1: Present Day (Back to the Future) utilizes the main theme from “Back To The Future” by Alan Silvestri to establish an ordinary day in present time. Suddenly, there is a disturbance to the space-time continuum. LICENSING REQUIRED
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Mvt. 2: 1700s (Magic Flute) is an excellent opportunity to showcase the ensemble’s dynamic sensitivity—the movement opens with several woodwind solos over a soft ensemble accompaniment and gradually builds to a full ensemble arrival. This movement utilizes a popular theme from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s opera “The Magic Flute.”
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Mvt. 3: 1980s (Time After Time) is a stirring and flowing ballad using Cyndi Lauper’s popular melody from her hit song “Time After Time.” Flute solo introduces the melody, which then travels throughout the ensemble toward a full ensemble arrival. LICENSING REQUIRED
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Mvt. 4: 1930s (Sing, Sing, Sing) borrows from “Sing, Sing, Sing,” made popular by swing clarinetist Benny Goodman. Providing ample opportunity and space for a percussion feature, this movement is all fun and swing dancing. LICENSING REQUIRED
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Mvt. 5: It's About Time starts with an original composition with a quasi Hip-hop feel that transitions into a mash up with fragments of other themes and motifs used in earlier movements of the show. LICENSING REQUIRED
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