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Golden Pier (flex), The
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This work is the second movement of Trentadue's "The Michigan Triptych."
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General Info
Year: 2019 / 2020
Duration: c. 6:00
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: M.O.T.I.F.
Cost: Score and Parts (digital) - $65.00
Instrumentation (Adaptable Ensemble)
Full Score
Part 1
- Piccolo
- Flute
- Oboe
- E-flat Soprano Clarinet
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- Soprano Saxophone
- Violin I
Part 2
- Flute
- Oboe
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- Alto Saxophone
- Trumpet
- Horn in F
- Violin II
Part 3
- Bassoon
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- E-flat Alto Saxophone
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone
- Horn in F
- Trumpet
- Trombone
- Euphonium
- Viola
Part 4
- Bassoon
- B-flat Bass Clarinet
- E-flat Baritone Saxophone
- Trombone
- Bass Trombone
- Euphonium
- Tuba
- Violoncello
- Double Bass
Additional Instruments (optional)
- Piano
- Guitar
- Harp
Timpani (optional)
Percussion (optional), including:
- Bass Drum
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Glockenspiel
- Marimba
- Ocean Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tam-Tam
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
When I was growing up, my family and I would sometimes travel to the Grand Haven Lighthouse and Pier in my home state of Michigan. One of the earliest memories I have of that place is how far it was to walk to the lighthouse, how warm the sandy beaches were, and how cold the waters of Lake Michigan were on that bright summer day. There was another time that I visited this place around sunset. The lighthouse and pier practically emitted a radiant golden glow across the entire beach, a perfect and quasi-spiritual image of what Michigan's natural beauty has to offer that greatly profounded me.
This piece represents the idea of that place with its lush musical language. But it also represents the warmest qualities that family and home can provide. Thus the work is mainly reflective in a sense, bridged together by a ballad which twists and turns harmonically. Oftentimes warm and peaceful, other times darker and uncertain, The Golden Pier is a work which embraces all of these qualities throughout its entire journey. In the end, however, I believe that the inherent beauty of the Grand Haven Lighthouse and Pier will always remain a bright memory and a natural wonder for those who visit it.
The Golden Pier joins my earlier band pieces The Straits of Mackinac and The Great River Rapid Chase to complete a triptych of music inspired by my Michigan roots in some shape or form. I would like to dedicate this piece to my wife, friends, family, and colleagues who have supported me and my work over the past few years. Thank you for believing in my music.
- Program Note by composer
Performance Notes
The Golden Pier has been arranged for four-part adaptable ensemble -- the score is in C. Any combination of instruments at your discretion, as long as they each fulfill the four different parts, can be used to perform this work. I am happy to provide any additional instrumental parts fulfilling another role at your request (ex: B-flat Soprano Clarinet on Part I instead of II).
I highly encourage you to experiment with this piece's orchestration. Use what available resources you have and get creative with color and texture (example: if you have an Electric Bass, or even an electric string quartet or quintet, use it! Go wild!). Use these experimentations as a learning tool for how color and texture can change with even the smallest difference in orchestration (example: have the flutes play a melodic passage alone, then another high group of voices such as clarinet and/or soprano saxophone if available. What are the differences in timbre? Does it affect the mood or emotion of the piece? How, if so?). To that end, use this adaptable-ensemble version of The Golden Pier as an endless sea of experimentation and creative possibilities for you and your students, no matter what the performance situation or instrumentation may be.
Media
- Audio: Reference Recording.
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
None discovered thus far.
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)