Haunted Symphony (No Battery)

Difficulty: Medium-Advanced

Pre-Show Length: 1:10
Show Length: 7:47

Adapted by the Cooper City High School Marching Band in Cooper City, Florida

Music

My Immortal by Evanescence
Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Saëns (Public Domain)
Original Music by Jeff Chambers
Sound Design by Tim Mitchell
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The non-original music in this show was arranged with permission, ONLY after securing the rights to arrange and perform through Tresona Music. Any future ensemble that wishes to perform this show will have to obtain the same rights and permissions.

Show Description

Haunted Symphony tells the story about a tormented musician who hears ghostly voices and becomes obsessed with creating a sorrowful symphony dedicated to his lost love. Early on in the show, a motif is established and from there, the musician spends the rest of the show trying to craft this motif into a full symphony. Part 2 creates space for the guard and winds to focus on some sort of visual presentation and part 3 utilizes a lot of sounds common to a graveyard as the percussion gets to come front and center. The show concludes with the symphony finally being finished. Consider building your field around a piano prop where your main character can sit and work on his symphony throughout the show (whenever the common motifs show up).

Other Versions

This show is also available as a marching band show with battery

Instrumentation

WINDS
-Flute
-Clarinet 1, 2
-Bass Clarinet
-Alto Sax
-Tenor Sax
-Baritone Sax
-Trumpet 1, 2
-Mellophone
-Low Brass 1, 2
-Baritone T.C.
-Tuba

BATTERY

FRONT ENSEMBLE
-Marimba 1, 2
-Vibraphone 1, 2
-Xylophone/Bells
-Synthesizer 1
-Synthesizer 2/Sound FX
-Rack Percussion 1, 2

STRING QUARTET (OPTIONAL)
-Violin 1
-Violin 2
-Viola
-Cello