Crossing the River is written for an intermediate to advanced player using four mallets on a 4.3 marimba with optional 5-octave notes indicated in parentheses ( ).
A companion haiku accompanies this piece, helping to convey the song’s meaning:
We were once a stream
Now part of a river, large
Flowing with the rest
Some days the same-old
But the current can also
Become rapids, rough
And we yearn for when
We were just a simple stream
Crossing to break free