Kaleidoscopic Dances

Josh Trentadue

Josh Trentadue

General Info

Year: 2020
Duration: c. 3:30
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: M.O.T.I.F.
Cost: Score and Parts (digital) - $75.00 | Score Only (digital) - $45.00

Instrumentation

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

• Bass Drum
• Cabasa
• Drum Set
• Egg Shaker
• Glockenspiel
• Marimba
• Snare Drum
• Xylophone
• Vibraphone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

As I was flying back home from a trip one bright afternoon, I was enamored by a particular phenomenon that made an appearance in the skyline for only a few minutes. As the plane was high above the clouds, the sunlight glared at such an angle and the passenger window reflected the sunlight at such a point that a perfect circle with all of the colors of the rainbow was formed in the clouds. This particular type of cloud iridescence was fascinating to witness, and it led me to imagine a fiery celebration of colors and sounds contained within this phenomenon.

Kaleidoscopic Dances is a light and joyous work in this regard, a fun and youthful celebration of life complemented with a constant sensation of motion. A kaleidoscope of shimmering melodic figures are infused with grooves inspired by heavy metal and progressive rock, creating a sound world both modern in nature and celebratory of some of this planet's most beautiful natural wonders.

- Program Note by composer

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Media

• Audio: Reference recording.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

• International Music Camp (Dunseith, N.D.) Youth Band, Session 3 (Armand Hall, conductor) - 9 July 2022
• State University of New York Geneseo Wind Ensemble (George Perdomo, conductor) - 4 March 2022
• St. David USD #21 Symphonic Band (St. David, Arizona) (Jason Taurins, conductor) - 4 May 2021 *Premiere Performance

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)

Resources

• Josh Trentadue website