Doctoral Music Composition: “The Path of Destiny” Fantasia for Chamber Ensemble

Abstract

"The Path of Destiny" Fantasia for Chamber Ensemble is the doctoral music composition to express the journey of composer’s life destiny that was imprinted in the long-lasting memory of the composer. Such journey has created a highly motivated inspiration to convey the impressive moments through innovated cultural diversity, reflecting the harmonious beauty when recalled the memory of preciousness and meaning of life. The aim of the "The Path of Destiny" Fantasia for Chamber Ensemble was to create the Western contemporary music work by blending these Western methodologies with the Southern Thai traditional music and Korean tradition music elements to achieve a unique expressive personal style. The composition consists of three movements including Movement no.1 Tarangue – conveying and depicting the story of Tarangue, the land of dawn, reflecting the bond and pride of the hometown; Movement no. 2 Maha Nakhon , the land of enticement and dream – reflecting different aspects of emotional intensity of the urban citizens with different background, signifying harmony in adversity; and Movement no.3 Seo-Ul - reflecting the reminiscence of the past events and memory during the journey in the far-away land. Despite the individuality of each movement that is aimed to induce the audiences with different impression, all three movements are connected under the rhythmic structure that creates and allows unity to the composition.