Trip the Light Fantastic!
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When commissioning this piece, the Tipton High School's Band Director,
Matthew Skiba indicated that the premiere performance was to be played at an
event where it would be most appropriate for the music to be joyful and
uplifting. Those are the feelings I hope to convey in this tuneful and
light-hearted piece that features syncopation and a touch of Lydian modality
to enhance its playfulness.
The title is obviously borrowed from John Milton and his poem, L'Allegro
written in 1645. Generally speaking,
to "trip the light fantastic" is to dance nimbly (trip), with fancy
(fantastic) footwork (light, as in to "light" or land on something
after jumping). This unusual turn of
phrase has amazingly survived and
continues to be used nearly four hundred years later! And it somehow seems to be just the right
title for this composition as the tunes seem to dance nimbly and land lightly
on the listener's ear.
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