Cait Nishimura Night Light - Nishimura - Concert Band - Gr. 4

Author/Composer:

NISHIMURA, CAIT

Instrumentation:

CONCERT BAND

Genre:

CANADIAN

Grade/Level:

4.0

Model #:

CNM001

Composer: Cait Nishimura
Format: Score and Parts
Instrumentation: Concert Band
Level: 4

Night Light began as a few simple themes that represented my childhood experience of fearing the dark and feeling comforted by the soft glow of night lights. These ideas evolved over time into a musical story that depicts the experience of being awake in the night while the surrounding world is at rest -- an experience full of moments of tension and softness, pain and joy, and darkness and light. As an insomniac and anxiety-ridden optimist, I feel that Night Light is a musical autobiography of sorts, and the piece will always be incredibly meaningful to me.