Time - A Class - 6 to 5

Music Files Below (left click to listen, right click to download) Time "Time.  One thing is absolutely inevitable:  at some point your time is up" This quote is ominously repeated, in part and whole throughout the program.  The show explores the idea of time and how it shapes us through our lives.  The concept is driven home through numerous orchestrational techniques like rim knocks, woodblocks, and various other "tick tock" type sounds.  Clock samples, ranging from watch ticks all the way to large church bells, provide additional effect reinforcement throughout the show.  Several effects include a metric accelerando and decellerando (imitating time slowing down and speeding up), a "Matrix" type slow motion effect, the use of the famous "dies irae" musical motif, and an abrupt ending to signify that "time is up!"  The various tempi of the show also provide a programmatic influence.  The show begins at 180BPM in 3/4 time.  Each clock tick at the beginning (as well as every downbeat) h