A Shot in the Dark
A Shot in the Dark is a piece born from a mixture of two different stories connected to the “Pink Panther” – one is the very real-life story of high-end jewel and art thieves getting away with increasingly brazen heists all over Europe while evading capture; the other is the series of comical film and cartoon stories starring the elegantly inept Inspector Jacques Clouseau attempting to solve crimes and capture thieves. It is at times exhilarating and full of forward momentum. At others, this same energy seems to throw the whole trail out the window. A Shot in the Dark comes from both the sneaking thieves waiting for their moment to smash and window and make a run for it and also the detective who can’t quite put the pieces together. Both sides sharing in the same thrill of the chase, even if one of them is chasing their own tail.
This piece is dedicated to the 2024 Florida State University Summer Music Camps and premiered by Dr. Patrick Dunnigan.
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