Composed by Erin C. Blake

Performed on November 4th, 2024

Ford-Crawford Hall, Jacobs School of Music, Bloomington, IN

Meeball’s Wacky Adventure follows Meeball, a small cat with a big heart, on a journey through the forest. While on his adventure, Meeball meets many other friends and witnesses their unique talents. In writing this piece, my hope was to create something that a group of friends of just about any size and instrumentation could get together and play on a whim. Meeball’s Wacky Adventure is a story about finding confidence in yourself through your experiences with others, which is something that impromptu music-making has brought me.

Sy Anderson, narrator

Dmitri Volkov, violin

Em Singleton, viola

Robert Cardon-Wake, trombone

Caleb O'Neill, tuba

Leland Conrad, harp

Anya Zions, percussion