This
work is published for performance and study. The performance set
inlcudes three saddle-stitch part booklets for the marimba trio (choose
Parts only). The full score can be purchased individually for study or
reference (choose Score only).
About the work:
The
work is based on material derived from the melodic shape stated at the
outset, and it evolves over the course of the three main sections in a
series of gestures and episodes. The title alludes to a sense of the
journey of the human spirit onward and upward, and this is occasionally
inferred through the use of a recurring seven-note rhythmic figure.
Seven Steps
is governed by alternating moods of calm and intensity, the latter
coming to predominate as the work drives to a dramatic finish.