Marilyn Bliss
Spirit Dance
Year: 1999
Duration (in minutes): 3'45"
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: small chamber ensembles - 2 to 4 players
Instruments: flute, other
Publisher: American Composers Alliance
Publisher website: https://www.composers.com
Video Links: https://youtu.be/twtKVK4GY6o
Purchase score URL: https://composers.com/composers/marilyn-bliss/spirit-dance
Description: Commissioned by James Pellerite for his on-going creation of literature for the Native American flute. Inspired by Native American shaman ceremonies, this piece for Native American flute and maracas features bending tones and a steadily building accelerando to an ecstatic ending. The flute part may also be played on concert flute, or adapted for shakuhachi.