Melissa Darrow Engleman Composer

The collected works of composer Melissa Darrow Engleman.

Blackbelt Form 5. Sipjin Poomsae (싶진)

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Sipjin is for the 5th dan.  It is about the eternal 10 elements of longevity (sun, clouds, mountains, water, pine trees, turtles, deer, cranes, peaches, and the herb of eternal youth). It symbolizes health and long life.

Musically, this one was the most challenging because it has slow movements mixed in with faster ones. I left much of it undefined with figures played in the upper instruments over a constant slow pulse. As in nature, there are elements of randomness and chaos. 1 minute, 27 seconds.