Beginning Piece Change

After speaking with members of the river group and learning about the choreography, Rachel and I are changing our plan of action a little bit. Instead of a piece solely with drums, our piece will be very melodic. The drums will be the driving force behind the piece as the river develops. We will start off with some of the softer drum samples as the river appears from behind the bushes. A melody will start as the river flows toward the front of the pond. The drum samples will change as the river moves forward. The big moment of the piece will be as the head of the river appears and joins with the river. We'll have loud drum samples for this part and a very powerful melodic moment. We plan on using flute and string-like instruments for this piece. We also will be triggering various river noises live instead of drum samples, so that choreography for the river can be planned with the drums.