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I Dream Beyond the Stars
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General Info
Year: 2016
Duration: c. 7:00
Difficulty: III+ (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Canadian Music Centre
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown
Instrumentation
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Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Inspired by the life and work of Dr. Roberta Bondar, Canada's first female astronaut, I Will Dream Beyond the Stars is a short fantasy for beginning concert band. As a point of departure, the students were told about some of the extraordinary accomplishments, achievements, and challenges undertaken by Dr. Bondar throughout her career. We noted that after 14 years of public school, she went on to 18 years of university and post-graduate work, earning multiple degrees in a variety of disciplines. Despite this, she still asks herself “what should I do next?” in a world where the majority tend to ask “can I stop now?”
When asked what aspirations, goals, and dreams, might sound like, the students responded with imagery that was open, clear, soft, and sparkling. When asked what challenges and obstacles might sound like, the students used words like busy, dark, and discordant.
From this comes a short piece of music that presents a number of musical challenges to the young players. Various ideas are built up in layers which add to the complexity of the sound. In the middle of the piece, there is an offstage trumpet solo which serves to remind us what is possible with hard work and dedication.
- Program Note by composer
Media
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State Ratings
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Performances
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- Putman Public School Band (Ottawa, Can.) - June 2016 *Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Fanfare (2006)
- I Dream Beyond the Stars (2016)
- Life Passes in Transformation (1992)
- Signals (2009)
Resources
- The Horizon Leans Forward…, compiled and edited by Erik Kar Jun Leung, GIA Publications, 2021, p. 429.
- Kelly-Marie Murphy website Accessed 4 March 2021