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The much-anticipated solar eclipse on April 8 will arrive to the tune of an original composition by Dr. David Wilborn<\/a>, associate professor in the Texas A&M School of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPrelude and Fanfare\u201d will premiere during an eclipse event April 8 at 1 p.m. at The Green at Century Square. The Friends of Chamber Music of Bryan-College Station<\/a> commissioned Wilborn\u2019s piece for the occasion, which is co-presented by the Brazos Valley Astronomy Club<\/a>. Wilborn will conduct and perform with a brass quintet ensemble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bryan-College Station sits just outside of the path of totality<\/a>, where the moon completely blocks the sun, but the area is expected to reach 98.6 percent totality at 1:39 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPrelude\u201d will be performed as the eclipse causes the sky to darken, and will feature percussion instruments and a trumpet solo. Members of the brass quintet will create an ethereal sound by rubbing crystal glasses filled with different levels of water to produce various pitches, Wilborn said. As the light returns, \u201cFanfare\u201d will lead with the brass quintet, with Wilborn joining on keyboard to produce an organ sound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe opening of \u2018Prelude\u2019 is very loud, but the opening of the \u2018Fanfare\u2019 is very soft,\u201d Wilborn said. \u201c\u2018Fanfare\u2019 is creating this celestial concept, with the addition of the organ being added to the brass quintet at the end of the piece. It is a huge celebration of the sun.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Musicians in the brass quintet ensemble will play trumpets, a French horn, trombone and tuba, he said. The percussion and keyboard instruments include tom-toms, wind chimes, snare drum, orchestra bells, crotales and electric pianos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wilborn said he pondered some of his favorite movies about space in composing the piece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI thought about \u2018Star Trek,\u2019 \u2018Battlestar Galactica,\u2019 and then I started thinking about Stanley Kubrick films,\u201d Wilborn said. \u201cThere are these harmonies that are just readily identifiable with space in those films, and those are the ones I really zoomed in on, in \u2018Fanfare\u2019 especially.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elena Reece, artistic director for Friends of Chamber Music, said the organization wanted new music created specifically for this \u201conce-in-a-lifetime occasion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are so excited to have commissioned this work to Dr. Wilborn, whom we have known for a number of years as a wonderful person and a great collaborator,\u201d Reece said. \u201cThe world premiere of this new composition, being performed at this event that will never be replicated, is going to be amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to Wilborn\u2019s performance, guests will hear a presentation from Dr. Ray Garner<\/a>, postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. His presentation will cover the basics of eclipses \u2014 how and why they happen \u2014 and eclipse-viewing safety, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Garner said his favorite eclipse moment is seeing daylight suddenly change to an \u201ceerie twilight\u201d in a few seconds, where everything becomes quiet. The sun vanishes and is replaced by a \u201cblack orb\u201d of the moon, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou sort of experience the \u2018music of the spheres,\u2019 as German astronomer Johannes Kepler called the mechanics of the solar system in action,\u201d he said. \u201cIt sort of brings you out of yourself, watching and being a part of these events that we can in no way affect or stop. It\u2019s humbling, really.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The event also includes NASA\u2019s livestream of the eclipse on large screens. The first 200 guests will receive free solar glasses, Reece said. Randall Light and Mark Spearman of the Brazos Astronomy Club are sponsors of the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wilborn said the eclipse performance elicits a \u201ccelebratory ending,\u201d and hopes guests leave with a memorable experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI hope that they are able to listen to the music and really relate it to what is happening in the sky,\u201d he said. \u201cTo develop that sort of relationship between the music and the solar eclipse.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top image by Igor Kraguljac Photography.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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