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INDOOR PERCUSSION — CONCERT
The Hammer
Complete Production — $995
Fully adaptable for your ensemble, with direct composer support.
Show Overview
Duration: 5:30
Difficulty: Open Class
Flexibility: Instrumentation and difficulty adjustments available.
Source Music:
Symphony No. 6 in A Minor by Gustav Mahler
Original Music by Stephen Downing
Copyright: No additional licensing required
The Concept
The Hammer explores the tension between force and anticipation. Inspired by the famous hammer blows in Mahler’s Symphony No. 6, the show builds toward moments of overwhelming impact, creating a sense of weight, pressure, and inevitability as the music repeatedly drives toward release.
The concept remains intentionally abstract, allowing ensembles to shape their own visual interpretation. Staging, movement, color, and form can reinforce ideas of tension, impact, resistance, and expectation without requiring one specific story.
Listen to the Full Show
Every Show Includes
MainStage File
and Individual Audio Files
Scores and Parts for Winds and Percussion
Instrumentation Adjustments
Circuit/Regional Exclusivity
Direct Composer Support
Difficulty/Class Adjustments
Complete Show
$995
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A concert class indoor percussion show exploring force, tension, anticipation, and the weight of an impact that may never come.