Hal Leonard Lights Out - Shapiro - Concert Band/Audio Tracks - Gr. 4

Composer: Alex Shapiro
Format: Score & Parts
Instrumentation: Concert Band with Audio Tracks (available on-line)
Level: 4

The renowned composer of Paper Cut and Tight Squeeze has created a love child from these two popular works. The result is Lights Out, an audience-wowing excursion into a new realm of opto-electro-acoustic wind band repertoire that incorporates visual and physical elements into an exhilarating piece. The music itself is stunning, but for the full effect you'll want to devise a performance that plunges the audience into darkness and suddenly surrounds them with glowing colours of LEDs and glowsticks. A very physical approach to connecting band music to life - and to light!
Duration: 4:30

To perform the piece, you'll need an audio system capable of playing the prerecorded audio tracks from a laptop computer via a small digital audio interface connected to an audio mixer. Download information is provided in the printed piece.