Cameron's Dream
Subtitle: Interludes for Concert Band
General Info
Year: 2016
Duration: c. 3:00
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Manhattan Beach Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $135.00 | Score Only (print) - $20.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Bass Drum
- Chimes
- Glockenspiel
- Pinger Cymbals
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Cameron's Dream encompasses many moods and styles, with the goal of introducing younger players to diverse musical expressivity within appropriate technical demands. It is dedicated to my young son, Cameron, and was inspired from the practice of intermedii (interludes) of the late 16th century – musical excerpts of various themes and styles presented between acts of a play. They are considered the forerunner to opera, and were often brief spectacles incorporating dance. Such intermedii frequently told a story with moral or political overtones.
Using this as my description, Cameron's Dream introduces a whimsical fantasy for young plyers to express brief scenes within an overarching story: Sailing to Dreamland; Gypsies vs. Pirates; Man Overboard; Heroic Measures; and Teddy's Lullaby.
- Program Note by composer
Awards
- Third Frank Ticheli Composition Competition, Class I, Second Prize
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- University of Wisconsin Stevens Point Wind Symphony (John Lynch, conductor) - 17 November 2022
- UMass Amherst High School Band, Maroon Honor Band – February 2018
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Cameron's Dream (2015/2016)
- Circean Waters (2009)
- The Dawnland (2017)
- Enigma Machine (2013)
- Event Horizon (2011)
- Glow (2018)
- In the Stillness (2017)
- The Moon Glistens (2104)
- Moonscape Awakening (2010)
- Net Luck Soaring (2011/2015)
- Out of the Shadows, Love Shines (2017)
- The Persistence of Memory (2020)
- Reaching Nirvana (2021)
- Suspended in a Sunbeam (2022)
Resources
- Greene, J. (2019). Cameron's Dream [score]. Manhattan Beach Music: Brooklyn, N.Y.
- The Horizon Leans Forward..., compiled and edited by Erik Kar Jun Leung, GIA Publications, 2021, p. 340.
- Joni Greene website Accessed 23 January 2021
- Perusal score