Today I completed the sketch for the final movement of Night Sky. This movement ended up being simplistic in form: A B A with a brief seven-measure (actually six measure plus one beat) coda. I have intentionally tried to keep the texture of this movement fairly thin. This, for me, is a by product of the faster tempo in which I have set this movement.
Since what I have finished is a sketch I may decide to add more layers as I orchestrate the piece. As I composed this movement I had intended to feature the percussion. This is why the percussion is more prominent. I also felt as if the piece and the kids playing it would benefit from something that has more of a drive to it.
Now that this movement has been sketched out I am turing my attention to the second movement: Unidentified. I have already sketched an idea for the opening melody. I will work with it, try to develop it and see where this theme takes me. My hope is to sketch this movement while on vacation so that I can focus my energy on orchestrating the piece.
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