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Ghost Apparatus
General Info
Year: 2017
Duration: c. 5:50
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Murphy Music Press
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $140.00 | Score Only (print) - $40.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe (div.)
Bassoon (div.)
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Contra Alto Clarinet (optional)
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet (optional)
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
Bass Trombone (optional)
Euphonium
Tuba (div.)
String Bass (optional)
Piano
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Bass Drum
- Hi-Hat
- Marimba
- Snare Drum
- Tam-Tam
- Temple Blocks (3)
- Tom-Tom (3)
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
I find it interesting that many people have a proclivity toward using narratives to structure the way they listen to music. If a title or a program note does not immediately evoke a narrative, many will invent one to frame their listening experience. In some ways, video games, some more than others, also allow you to create your own narrative.
Ghost Apparatus -- a hidden network or force -- is the soundtrack for a video game that exists only in my head. The narrative for this game is up to you. From the beginning, every note, every decision has a consequence -- a cause and effect -- that sets in motion a chain of events that cannot be undone. Every note, every gesture is part of a larger puzzle; these single points of sound come together to form something bigger. It’s not apparent from the beginning, but there’s also a force working against the music, against the game. It comes in the form of a melody that emerges slowly -- just quick, dramatic swells at first -- gradually becoming longer and punctuated by low, loud pillars of sound from the low voices until, finally, the music melts into chaos and this force overtakes the music entirely.
- Program Note by composer
Commission by District 8 of the Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association.
- Program Note from score
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- The Ohio State University (Columbus) University Band (Alex Mondragon, conductor) - 6 December 2022
- University of North Texas (Denton) Wind Orchestra (Dachuan Cao, conductor) – 25 October 2022
- Loyola University New Orleans (La.) Concert Band (Serena Weren, conductor) - 28 April 2022
- Eastern Michigan University (Ypsilanti) Symphonic Band (J. Nick Smith, conductor) - 20 April 2021
- Houghton (N.Y.) College Wind Ensemble (Timothy McGarvey, conductor) – 21 February 2020
- VanderCook College of Music (Chicago, Ill.) Symphonic Band (Alexander Kaminsky, conductor) - 20 December 2019 (2019 Midwest Clinic)
- University of Nebraska Omaha Symphonic University Band (Joshua Kearney, conductor) – 6 December 2019
- University of Colorado Boulder Concert Band (Matthew Dockendorf, conductor) – 18 April 2018
- GMEA District 9 Clinic Band – 2018
- East Lansing (Mich.) High School Wind Ensemble (David Larzelere, conductor) – 14 December 2017 *Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Cerulean (2014/2017)
- Cipher
- Concerto for Wind Ensemble
- Cyclotron (2017)
- Daybreak Crossing (2014)
- ...dream of ember, dream of star (2021)
- Dreams in the Dusk (2012)
- Ghost Apparatus (2017)
- Goof Groove from Cerulean
- Kyrie (arr. Austin) (2015/2019)
- Luminescence (2009)
- Melodious Thunk (2012)
- The Night (2021)
- Red Vesper (2014)
- Schism (2010/2015)
- Severance (2020)
- Shell and Wing (2018)
- Stomp (2008)
- Their Eyes Are Fireflies (2018)
- This Night (2012/2021)
- Unquiet Hours (2017)
- What Is Written on the Leaves (2019)
Resources
- Biedenbender, D. (2017). Ghost Apparatus: For Winds and Percussion [score]. Bent Space Music: [Boise, Ida.].
- David Biedenbender website Accessed 18 April 2018
- Perusal score