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Ascent (Shapiro)
General Info
Year: 2020
Duration: c. 2:30
Difficulty: IV+ (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Activist Music LLC
Cost: Score and Parts (print or digital) $60.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba I-II
Piano
Timpani
Percussion (5 players), including:
- Bass Drum
- Glockenspiel
- Marimba
- Splash Cymbal
- Suspended Cymbal
- Vibraphone
- Xylophone
Electronic sound effects
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Ascent reflects the effort to get off the ground, literally or figuratively. It's a micro-overture that begins with the promise of upward transcendence, yet soon flies off into rogue disorganization. The raucous flock of many notes finally gathers into a united upward-headed murmuration, but the freedom of soaring into the sky brings an uneasy mystery before settling into the tranquil air of anticipation.
Ascent was commissioned by Jeffrey Boeckman and the University of Hawai'i at Manoa, with the participation of 24 high school and college members of the consortium.
- Program Note by composer
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- University of Washington (Seattle) Wind Ensemble (Timothy Salzman, conductor) - 9 December 2021
- University of Arizona (Tucson) Wind Ensemble (Chad R. Nicholson, conductor) - 4 December 2021
- University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Symphonic Wind Ensemble (John P. Lynch, conductor) - 7 October 2021
- University of Hawaii (Honolulu) Wind Ensemble (Jeffrey Boeckman, conductor) – 1 March 2020 *Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Count to Ten (Adaptable Band) (2021)
- Kitchen Sync (Adaptable Band) (2021)
- Kitchen Sync. See also: Suite Treats
- Passages (Adaptable Band) (2020)
All Wind Works
- Ascent (2020)
- Beneath. See: Immersion (2010)
- Bioplasm (flute choir) (2004/2012)
- Bioplasm (flute quartet) (2004)
- Breathe (2020)
- Count to Ten (Adaptable Band) (2021)
- Depth. See: Immersion
- Even Deeper (2014)
- Free (2022)
- Homecoming (2008)
- Immersion (2010)
- Kitchen Sync (Adaptable Band) (2021)
- Kitchen Sync. See also: Suite Treats
- Lights Out (2015)
- Liquid Compass (2014)
- Moment (2016)
- Off the Edge (2019)
- Paper Cut (2010)
- Passages (Adaptable Band) (2020)
- Pop Music (2022)
- Rock Music (2016)
- Surface. See: Immersion (2010)
- Suspended (2021)
- Tight Squeeze (2012)
- Train of Thought (sextet) (2015)
- Trains of Thought (concert band) (2015/2017)
Resources
- Alex Shapiro website Accessed 5 July 2020
- Perusal score