{"product_id":"a-chance-encounter","title":"A Chance Encounter","description":"\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote:\u003c\/strong\u003e International orders receive digital music files, while U.S. orders receive physical music. Shipping is free on all physical music orders.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_8\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Chance Encounter\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003cem\u003efor 11 Percussionists\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the Winter of 2018 I was approached by long time friend and percussion colleague, Landon Ewers, to write a percussion ensemble piece for his percussionists at Byron Center High School in Byron Center, Michigan.  The ensemble had a diverse skillset with a heavy focus on marching percussion as well as African drumming styles.  I decided to write the piece in a similar fashion utilizing traditional instruments (Bells, Vibraphone, Xylophone, Marimba, etc.) as well as a small cohort of musicians that would switch from various snare drums to djembes to an assortment of auxiliary percussion instruments.  The title of the piece is derived from the beginning marimba motif which I stumbled upon in a practice session and fell in love with.  The entire piece fell into place as I expanded from that original motif.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Chance Encounter was commissioned by Marc Townley (Music Director) and Landon Ewers (Percussion Director) for the Byron Center High School Percussion Ensemble.  The piece premiered on May 30, 2019 at their annual percussion ensemble concert. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_8\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-6b328dfb-7fff-45c3-c2b7-6e86310f1ae6\"\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e 11 Performers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComposed: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e2019\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDuration:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e~6:01 minutes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Max McFarland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52926143398168,"sku":null,"price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0921\/9247\/3368\/files\/Screenshot2026-10-17at4.26.22PM.png?v=1792273727","url":"https:\/\/sixtofiveproductions.com\/products\/a-chance-encounter","provider":"Six to Five Productions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}