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WCU School of Music - Percussion Ensemble Recital
November 6, 2023
7:30pm
Dr. Adam Groh, director
Program
Canticle No. 1 (1965) Lou Harrison
Starfall (2022) James Vilseck
Tilted Spheres (2015) Dave Hall
Appalachian Morning (2016) Paul Halley
arr. Omar Carmenates
little magics (2023) Emma O'Halloran
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World Premiere
little magics
Sometimes it feels like our world thinks that bigger is always better but, for as long as I can remember, I've been more interested in the small things.
As a child, coming home from school each day I would find myself completely absorbed in noticing the ever-changing colour of the sky and the shape of the clouds (cumulus, stratus, cirrus, altocumulus…) and these details that no one else seemed to notice filled my life with a sense of magic and possibility.
A flower growing in a crack in the pavement, a gentle breeze making a curtain dance and sway, rainbows in soap bubbles, dandelion seeds floating in the breeze, frost patterns on windows, a particularly funny laugh…every day is full of the beauty and mystery of these little magics that often go unnoticed. I believe that the more you love the little things, the more you fall in love with life.
WCU School of Music - Percussion Ensemble Recital
November 6, 2023
7:30pm
Dr. Adam Groh, director
Program
Canticle No. 1 (1965) Lou Harrison
Starfall (2022) James Vilseck
Tilted Spheres (2015) Dave Hall
Appalachian Morning (2016) Paul Halley
arr. Omar Carmenates
little magics (2023) Emma O'Halloran
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
vi.
vii.
viii.
ix.
x.
xi.
World Premiere
little magics
Sometimes it feels like our world thinks that bigger is always better but, for as long as I can remember, I've been more interested in the small things.
As a child, coming home from school each day I would find myself completely absorbed in noticing the ever-changing colour of the sky and the shape of the clouds (cumulus, stratus, cirrus, altocumulus…) and these details that no one else seemed to notice filled my life with a sense of magic and possibility.
A flower growing in a crack in the pavement, a gentle breeze making a curtain dance and sway, rainbows in soap bubbles, dandelion seeds floating in the breeze, frost patterns on windows, a particularly funny laugh…every day is full of the beauty and mystery of these little magics that often go unnoticed. I believe that the more you love the little things, the more you fall in love with life.
