Impressions of a Storm

Impressions of a Storm-The Music of Robert W. Smith, Larry Clark and John Williams. Our 2001 Marching Band show is a musical and visual exploration of a storm. In the first movement, we use the soothing B section of Robert W. Smith's Into the Storm to depict the calm before the storm. As the movement closes, the audience can hear the thunder clashes and the dissonance of the storm forming in the distance. Larry Clark's Conflict brings the storm into our area and ushers in the first wave of destruction. Once the first wave has passed us by, we are issued a reprieve. The lush harmonies of John Williams' Cadillac of the Skies are depictive of the warming calm of the eye of the storm. As with any storm, the eye is followed by a second wave of impact. The intensity of rhythm that Robert W. Smith created in Into the Storm leads us through the final moments and to the sunshine at the end of the darkness.