Comet Ride
From Wind Repertory Project
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General Info
Year: 2006
Duration: c. 2:30
Difficulty: I (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: FJH Music Company, Inc
Cost: Score and Parts - $55.00 | Score - $6.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
Bb Soprano Clarinet I-II
Bb Bass Clarinet
Alto Saxophone
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
Trumpet (in Bb) I-II
Horn in F
Trombone
Euphonium (doubles trombone)
Tuba
Timpani (Opt.)
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Brake Drum
- Cymbals (crash and suspended)
- Glockenspiel
- Gong (Tam-tam)
- Snare Drum
- Wind Chimes
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Based on the Deep Impact mission in which scientists crashed a probe into a comet at approximately 23,000 mph, the composer writes, "So what would it be like if someone could actually grab on to one of these comets and take a ride through the solar system?" Conveying that very feeling, the work begins with a sighting of the comet, then takes off on a wild roller-coaster ride, including glimpses of the sheer beauty of outer space.
Comet Ride was commissioned by the Haycock Elementary Band, Falls Church, Virginia, Brand Zimmerman and Dan Hastings, directors.
Program Note from Publisher Web-site
Commercial Discography
None discovered thus far.
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Recent Performances
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- African Journey
- Among the Clouds
- Awakening, The
- Beyond the Summit
- Blue Ridge Impressions
- Camptown Variations
- Chant and Savage Dance
- Chesapeake Serenade
- Comet Ride
- Conquest
- Courtly Dance and Procession
- Dragonfly
- Escapades (Balmages)
- Etowah
- Fanfare Canzonique
- Flight (Balmages)
- Flight of the Griffin
- Fusion
- Gettysburg (A Civil War Portrait)
- Hero's Destiny, A
- Images of Ireland
- Incantation and Ritual (Balmages)
- In Nature's Glory
- Instant Christmas Spirit
- Invictus (Balmages)
- Jingle Bell Tones
- Journey By Night
- Kilauea (The Volcano's Fury)
- Legacy (Processional for Band)
- Legend (Balmages)
- Loudoun Praises
- Majestica
- Midnight Madness
- Midnight Mission
- Midnight Sky
- Miramar Fanfare
- Moscow, 1941
- Motion
- Not Afraid to Dream
- Of Emperors and Chariots
- Olympia
- O Mio Babbino Caro (Balmages)
- Parade of the Jesters
- Pele
- Proclamation (Balmages)
- Proudly We Hail
- Raging Machines
- Rain
- Rhythms and Riffs
- Rite of Passage
- Rocky Mountain Romp
- Sapier's Story
- Shenandoah Triptych
- Smithsonian Suite
- Sound Prisms
- Sparks
- Star Above, Shine Brightly
- Starscapes
- Summer Dances
- Summer Resounding!
- Summit City
- Symphonic Episodes
- Symphony No. 1 for Brass
- Through Courageous Eyes
- View of the World, A
- Waves
- When Spirits Soar
- Whispering Winds
- Winged Victory
- Winter Dances
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