Drawing Mars - arr. Michael Markowski (Concert Band Grade 2)Drawing Mars is inspired by the life of Percival Lowell, who was a 19th century astronomer obsessed with the idea of life on Mars. The composer writes: "I dont think the music in Drawing Mars tells a story about aliens invading Earth or of first contact or anything like that, but I do think it tries to get inside Lowells head as he looks through his telescope, night after night, in the dark, all alone, as his mind maybe starts to wander and wonder