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Celestial Voyage
General Info
Year: 2015
Duration: c. 5:00
Difficulty: IV+ (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: M.O.T.I.F.
Cost: Contact composer
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium (2 players)
Tuba (2 players)
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V-VI-VII, including:
- Vibraphone
- Glockenspiel
- Marimba
- Crotales
- Bass Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tam-tam
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Celestial Voyage evokes an innocent sense of wondering what it might be like for one to travel through outer space. After some music which establishes this particular mood, the piece takes off on its journey. Included is a "motor" prevalent throughout the piece and found at some point in most, if not all, of the instruments. Complementing this is a musical motif, also littered throughout the piece, and broad chords representing the vastness of this undiscovered country, as well as its mysterious and perhaps even ominous qualities. After a triumphant climax where all of these ideas return, the piece ends on this mysterious note, revealing that there is still so much more to be discovered out there beyond our planet.
- Program Note by composer
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Media
Performances
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- Michigan State University (East Lansing) Campus Band (Jared Staub, conductor) - 21 April 2015 (Wharton Center for the Performing Arts) *Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Comets Ablaze! (adaptable ensemble) (2020/2022)
- Dancing Fire (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2016/2020)
- Ember Skies (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2020/2022)
- The Floodgates of the Sky (adaptable ensemble) (2016/2021)
- The Golden Pier (adaptable ensemble) (2019/2020)
- The Great River Rapid Chase (adaptable ensemble) (2018/2020)
- Havana (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2018/2020)
- Kaleidoscopic Dances (adaptable ensemble) (2020/2021)
- Lightning Round (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2022)
- Meditation and Hymn to Nature (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
- O rose of May (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2018/2020)
- Raindrops in an endless sea of stars (adaptable ensemble) (2020)
- Seven Islands (adaptable ensemble) (2020/2022)
- Splendid Ridges (adaptable ensemble) (2020/2022)
- The Straits of Mackinac (adaptable ensemble) (2017/2020)
- To Right Our Wrongs (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2021)
All Wind Works
- Anthem for Doomed Youth (2018)
- Celestial Voyage (2015)
- Comets Ablaze! See: The Grand Ledge Triptych
- Concerto for Double Bass and Chamber Ensemble (2018)
- Crystal Oscillation (2022)
- Dancing Fire (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2016/2020)
- Ecstatic Samba (as arranger) (2017/2022)
- Electric City (as arranger) (2019/2022)
- Ember Skies (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2020/2022)
- enter data sequence (as arranger) (2022)
- The Floodgates of the Sky (tr. Collins) (2016/2020)
- The Floodgates of the Sky (adaptable ensemble) (2016/2021)
- The Golden Pier. See: The Michigan Triptych
- The Great River Rapid Chase. See: The Michigan Triptych
- Havana (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2018/2020)
- Hilltop Run (2022)
- Kaleidoscopic Dances (2020)
- Kaleidoscopic Dances (adaptable ensemble) (2020/2021)
- Lightning Round (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2022)
- The Grand Ledge Triptych
- Splendid Ridges (2020)
- Splendid Ridges (adaptable ensemble) (2020/2022)
- Seven Islands (2020)
- Seven Islands (adaptable ensemble) (2020/2022)
- Comets Ablaze! (2020)
- Comets Ablaze! (adaptable ensemble) (2020/2022)
- The Michigan Triptych
- The Great River Rapid Chase (2018)
- The Great River Rapid Chase (adaptable ensemble) (2018/2020)
- The Golden Pier (2019)
- The Golden Pier (adaptable ensemble) (2019/2020)
- The Straits of Mackinac (2017)
- The Straits of Mackinac (adaptable ensemble) (2017/2020)
- Midnight Skyline (2019). See also: Of Day and Night
- O rose of May (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2018/2020)
- Nature's Light (2019)
- Raindrops in an endless sea of stars (adaptable ensemble) (2020)
- Seven Islands. See: The Grand Ledge Triptych
- Splendid Ridges. See: The Grand Ledge Triptych
- The Straits of Mackinac. See: The Michigan Triptych
- Summertime Echoes (2019)
- Tango Oscuro (as arranger) (2020/2022)
- The Undiscovered Country (2018)
- A Wild Christmas Nightcap (2020)