"The Birth of Falling Stars" by Myles Thomas (World Premiere 04/08/2024)

Written in 2023, “The Birth of Falling Stars” is my first big percussion ensemble composition and was written for the Radford High School percussion ensemble and was premiered by the Radford Percussion Ensemble at Radford University in April 2024.

Growing up, I was in awe of the Jazz Fusion genre and this piece is inspired by the music of Snarky Puppy, Tigran Hamasyan, and Gabrielle Pribetti. The complexity of harmonic and rhythmic motifs has always been very attractive to me and this piece is my way of recreating that on a more digestible scale for percussion ensemble.
My goal with "The Birth of Falling Stars" is to make the experience of it energetic, exciting, and engaging for the performers and audience as if it was a live rock concert.

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