VIBE

VIBE is the newest educational, full-length concert work by Gregory Smith. Based on the S.T.E.A.M. educational approach (SteamTechnologyEngineeringArtMath), VIBE is a symphonic exploration of sound.

Topics explored include:

• How energy vibrates air molecules, forms sound waves, and travels to our ears

• How our voices produce sound

• How instruments produce sound

• The speed of sound and the significance of having two ears

• Reverb and echo

• How sound behaves in air, water, solids, and in space

As with Smith’s other works in the genre, the general tone of VIBE is lighthearted and often humorous. There is also a recurring audience participation component.

Orchestration: 3(pic),2,2,2    4,3,3,1    Timp+2 (opt. 3), Harp, Strings, Narrator

Duration: 34 minutes (easily adaptable)