Adrenaline City

Adam Gorb

General Info

Year: 2007
Duration: c. 8:15
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Studio Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $140.25 | Score Only (print) - $31.25

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon
Double Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III-IV
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass (or Bass Guitar)
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV

(Percussion instrumentation undifferentiated in score)

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Adrenaline City is a concert overture inspired by both the stress and vibrancy of 21st century city life. Composed in 2006, it was premiered by the West Point Band on March 3, 2006, at West Point, New York.

- Program Note from Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music

Adenaline City is a concert overture, inspired by both the stress and vibrancy of twenty-first century life. It is in sonata form and is notable by a time signature of 10/8. The harsh and dissonant opening passage is contrasted by a mellow second subject theme in the saxophones. The percussion come to the fore in the middle section, and, at the close of the work the harmonic tension reaches an exhilarating breaking point before resolving on the tonal centre of A.

- Program Note by composer

I am deeply indebted to Steve Grimo of the U.S. Air Force Academy Band for getting this project together. The bands involved in the commissioning of Adrenaline City include:

The USAF Academy Band, Lt Col Steven Grimo, Commander The US Military Academy Band, LTC Timothy J. Holtan, Commander USAF Band of Flight, Lt Col Alan Sierichs, Commander USAF Band of Liberty, Lt Col Larry Lang, Commander USAF Heritage of America Band, Maj Douglas Monroe, Commander USAF Band of the Golden West, Capt Michael Mench, Commander USAF Band of Mid America, Capt Donald Schofield, Commander

- Program Note by composer

Awards

British Composer Awards, 2008, Best Composition Award for Wind and Brass
Adrenaline City has been recommended as interesting, serious and distinctive music by members of the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE).

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
Audio CD: University of North Texas Wind Symphony (Eugene Migliaro Corporon, conductor) – 2010

State Ratings

Tennessee: VI

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

United States Marine Band (Washington, D.C.) (Bryan P. Sherlock, conductor) – 13 January 2019
Eastern Michigan University (Ypsilanti) Symphonic Band - 2010
University of North Texas (Denton) Wind Symphony (Eugene Migliaro Corporon, conductor) – 26 March 2009 (CBDNA 2009 National Conference, Austin, Tx.)

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

A Little Tango Music (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2020)

All Wind Works

Adrenaline City (2006)
African Samba (2006)
Ascent (1996/2004)
Awayday (1996)
Awayday (arr. Wintringham) (1999/2015)
Battle Symphony (1999)
Bells Across the Atlantic (2013)
Bermuda Triangle (1994)
Bohemian Revelry (2013)
Bohemian Revelry: For Chamber Ensemble (2013/2021)
Bohemian Revelry (tr. Holland) (2013/2017)
Bridgewater Breeze (1996)
Candlelight Procession (2001)
Concerto for Euphonium (1997)
Concerto for Violin, Viola and Wind Ensemble (2022)
Dances from Crete (2003)
Downtown Diversions (2000)
Eine Kleine Walzermusik (2009)
Eine Kleine Yiddishe Ragmusik (2003)
Elements (1998)
Farewell (2008)
French Dances Revisited (2004)
A Little Salsa Music
A Little Tango Music (2007)
Metropolis (1992)
Midnight in Buenos Aires (2007)
Parade of the Wooden Warriors (1999)
Pikes Peak (2017)
Repercussions (2011)
Scenes from an English Landscape
Scenes from Bruegel (1994)
Suite for Winds (1993)
Summer Dances (2012)
Symphony No. 1 in C (2000)
Three Way Suite
Towards Nirvana (2002)
Tranquility (2009)
Viderunt Omnes (2014)
Yiddish Dances (1997)
Yiddish Dances (Chamber) (1997/2020)

Resources

Adrenaline City, WASBE Accessed 25 June 2016
Gorb, A. (2006). Adrenaline City [score]. Studio Music: London