Meechan Music Eclipse - Meechan - Concert Band - Gr. 2

• Composer/Author: MEECHAN, PETER
• Instrumentation: CONCERT BAND
• Genre: CANADIAN
• Grade/Level: 2.0
• Model # PMM171

Composer: Peter Meechan
Format: Printed conductor score with on-line access code for PDF parts
Instrumentation: Concert Band
Genre: Canadian
Grade: 2

I was approached by Halifax Regional Arts to write a new work for their wind ensemble in early 2023. Due to the several factors unique to the Province, Nova Scotia had a particularly tough, elongated time recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic. At the time of commissioning there were relatively few players in the ensemble, and through discussions with all involved it was decided to write a new work for band with an electronic accompaniment.

The work was to be premiered the following year, just after Halifax had witnessed a solar eclipse an eclipse where the sun is eclipsed by the moonwhich immediately made me think of the song Eclipse, from one of my favourite albums Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon.

I took inspiration from some of the mysterious elements of a solar eclipse, as well as the sounds of Dark Side of the Moon, and combined them to compose this new work, Eclipse.

Eclipse was commissioned by Halifax Regional Arts, Nathan Beeler, and Fiona MacIntosh-Robar

Pete Meechan 2024