Heartworm

Amanda Feery

General Info

Year: 2019
Duration: c. 7:40
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Murphy Music Press
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $165.00 | Score Only (print) - $40.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute I-II-III
Recorder
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II-III
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III-IV
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:

Bass Drum
Brake Drum
Drum Set
Floor Tom
Marimba
Mid-Tom
Ride Cymbal
Snare Drums (2)
Triangle
Vibraphone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Heartworm was commissioned for the Ball State Symphony Band in 2019. To the composer, a “heartworm” is a friendship that you can’t get out of your head, or that has come back into your life. Feery conveys this idea with a piece in four continuous sections; the outer two express the nervous giddiness that can come from interpersonal relationships and anticipation, while the inner two sections portray a more dreamlike, emotional state.

- Program Note from Florida State University Wind Ensemble concert program, 12 April 2022

Media

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State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Indiana University (Bloomington) Concert Band (Jason H. Nam, conductor) – 4 October 2022
Florida State University (Tallahassee) Wind Ensemble (Jennifer Jolley, conductor) - 12 April 2022
Ball State University (Muncie, Ind.) Symphony Band (Caroline Hand, conductor) – 20 September 2019 *Premiere performance*

Works for Winds by This Composer

Resources

Amanda Feery website Accessed 13 September 2019
The Horizon Leans Forward..., compiled and edited by Erik Kar Jun Leung, GIA Publications, 2021, p. 323.
Perusal score