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Catalyst (Collins)
General Info
Year: 2015 / 2018
Duration: c. 5:15
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C. Alan Publishers
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $100.00; (digital) - $100.00 | Score Only (print) - $18.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet (optional)
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 I-II
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass (optional)
Piano (optional)
Timpani
Percussion I-VI, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Chimes
- Sleigh Bells
- Snare Drum
- Tambourine
- Temple Blocks (3)
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Wind Chimes
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Catalyst is a fun, challenging piece that requires skill and musicality from all players. It is meant to portray the action of a “catalyst,” which can be described as something that sets things in motion. This can be seen as many different things: maybe something that accelerates a chemical reaction in the tiny cells of our bodies, or maybe the spark that inspires someone to do what they love. Catalyst is a thank-you to all the role models out there, music related and otherwise, who act as a catalyst and give the next generation the inspiration and passion to do what they love. Specifically, Catalyst is dedicated to my many band directors, who have supported me in all my musical endeavors: Donald Gee, Daniel Barber, Mike O’Glee, Andrew Blezinger, Celestino Sosa, Frank Felice, LeAndre Benton, and Meredith Carter.
- Program Note by composer
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. MIDI realization
- Video: Reference recording. Texas Christian University Symphonic Band (Josh Donnelly, conductor)
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- O rose of May (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Trentadue) (2018/2020)
- Shining as the Sun (Flex instrumentation) (2022)
- Sunset Street (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- To Rights Our Wrongs (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Trentadue) (2021)
All Wind Works
- The Beginning of Spring (2020)
- Catalyst (2015)
- Christmas Night (2020/2022)
- Clash (2015/2018)
- Dark Convictions (2022)
- The Deer and the Owl
- Electric City (arr. Trentadue) (2019/2022)
- Fanfare for Wild Youthful Occasions (2022)
- Finding Home (2021)
- The Floodgates of the Sky (as transcriber) (2016/2020)
- Four Architectures in Normal, Illinois
- The Hymn of Ys
- Into a world unknown (2022)
- O rose of May (2018)
- O rose of May (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Trentadue) (2018/2020)
- The Paper Man (2018)
- Shining as the Sun (Flex instrumentation) (2022)
- Sunset Street (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- There and Back
- These Radiant Moments (2022)
- To Right Our Wrongs (2021)
- To Right Our Wrongs (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Trentadue) (2021)
- What We've Been Taught to Do with Death (2021)
- Young Voices (brass ensemble) (2018)
- Young Voices (wind ensemble) (2018/2020)
Resources
- Collins, H. (2018). Catalyst [score]. C. Alan Publications: Greensboro, N.C.
- Harrison J. Collins website Accessed 5 February 2022
- Perusal score