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The Darkness is Always Soft
Concert Band • Grade 4 (Difficult)
Performance Time: 7:08
Composed after a six-day expedition through Mammoth
Cave in 1996. There's more than 450 miles of known cave
passages under Mammoth Cave National Park — and
more is surveyed every month. I've been lucky enough
to take several trips to seldom-visited parts of the
cave system since that week in 1996, and this piece
was written to capture the awe-inspiring size and mystery
of this natural labrynth. The work combines dissonant
harmonies with a very beautiful and tonal melody throughout.
Highlights include bold fanfares, flowing contrapuntal
lines, extensive percussion writing, and a haunting
ending. An adventurous work for mature groups. (view
recommended reading)
• This work is listed on several state
• school music festival lists, Including Texas,
• New York, Georgia, Virginia, and Maryland.
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