River Updates

After working with Cedric this week, I'd love to do something to combine the previous ideas mentioned (flute, strings, etc) with Cedric's new, "arpeggiated" ideas. An idea mentioned was having low register chords slowly progressing with a flute almost "dancing" over it (in counterpoint, perhaps). Once the head emerges, I think we're going to try to switch from major to minor or minor to major to really make it a pivotal moment. As Cedric mentioned, we'll make the two parts of the piece modular, so that the River Puppet can take as long as it needs to. We'll be using the softer drums before the head emerges, and we'll pull out the bigger, stronger drum samples as the head emerges. I'm hoping to make it a very dramatic moment, so that the puppetry team can have a lot of flare with having the head of the river emerge. We also had an idea for transitioning from the pre-show sound effects. We discussed lowering the volume of the pre-show composition as the river piece starts and having both play at the same time. This way, the pond will have a more river-esque ambiance as the piece is playing.