For  Meridias's character, Amanda the Hamster

This is a WIP of the prelude section and the beginning of the principal section featuring her main theme.

This piece is on the wait-list to possibly be performed in the 2014-2015 season of a certain orchestra (who's name for now I can not say until it's confirmed), with the possibility of even being programmed in the following season as well. So this could be a big moment for my career.




Still working on this. There is percussion in here that will be added on as well, a lot of bells, crotales, and bell tree that will make ring sounds on moments where the woodwinds play the high note gestures.

I'm experimenting a lot with overtones, having the high woodwinds play notes that are overtones to the lower notes. These would be sounds that normally one would think would be dissonant, but contextualized properly can actually sound very bright.

I have avoided as much as possible to put any straight major or minor chords. There is always something, usually multiple things added to a chord. There are a lot of other little things I'm doing here that I can get into detail about but for now here's a wip.

Instrumentation:
3 Flutes (Fl 3 Int. Piccolo)
2 Oboes
2 Bassoons
3 Clarinets in Bb
1 Bass Clarinet
1 Contrabass Clarinet

2 Alto Saxophones
1 Tenor Saxophone
1 Baritone Saxophone

3 Trumpets
4 Horns in F
3 Trombones
1 Euphonium
1 Tuba

1 String Bass

Harp
Piano
Organ

Timpani

Percussion (as of now, and in order of appearance): Large Triangle, Small Triangle, Bell Tree, Bass Drum, Tam-tam, Vibraphone, Crotales, Tenor Drum, Tambourine

Will be scrapped later